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Up in the Air
Saturday morning, late morning, my friend Michael Carnrike sent me a text saying if I wanted to fly in an airplane I better meet him at the airport in an hour. It snowed the night before, so before we could go up the runway had to be plowed. While the plane gets filled we [...]
Luminaria
Luminaria – a small paper lantern which is of significance in New Mexico especially on Christmas Eve. This is a quick story about luminaria in Berkeley, CA. Something that is just beginning to take off. As a personal challenge, I shot and edited this in the same night. Only now am I uploaded it because [...]
A Home Away From Home
The photographs are best viewed in HD, it’s worth the load time. Happy Buffering!
2nd Annual Rochester Tweed Ride 2011
2nd Annual Rochester Tweed Ride from Joe Philipson on Vimeo. 10/30/11 – Rochester, NY. Photographs and video from this years Tweed Ride. // joephilipson.com
Tammy and Jordan
I had the wonderful opportunity to photograph Tammy and Jordan in Austin, TX a couple of months ago. I left for Austin two weeks after my road trip back from California where I had shot Sarah Michael’s wedding. I really loved this couple, they made me feel more welcome then ever before and I put [...]
Sarah’s Wedding – More
I’ve known Sarah since I was a sophomore in high school. When she asked me to do her wedding of course I agreed.
Sarah’s Wedding
An old friend of mine, Sarah Michael, asked if I’d shoot her wedding at the beginning of the year. I told her I’d be honored. The wedding took place in my hometown Lancaster, California. As I sit and edit these photos I process the day slowly, remembering each event. It was a pretty crazy (in [...]
Washington, DC – Final Thoughts
The week has been intense, with multiple meetings on different days with different agencies. I’ve learned a lot about how to practically go about getting out there and being a freelancer. I made some great contacts that I hope to utilize soon in the future as I start my career as a freelance photojournalist. Based [...]
Washington, DC – Day Five
Day five was pretty much the same as all the other days. Same talks, same questions, same answers, different place. Today it was NPR, Reuters, and Washington post. I really loved NPR, it had the feeling of a startup company that has always drawn me in. It didn’t have the same strict feel about it [...]
Washington, DC – Day Four
The day started with an awards ceremony at the Newseum put on by my school RIT. The award being presented was the “Isaiah Thomas Award in Publishing.” The recipients, Paul Benoit, Robert Bukaty, Ken Geiger, Stan Grossfeld, Dan Loh, my professor William Snyder, and lastly, Anthony Suau. It was an honor to sit in a [...]
Washington, DC – Day Three
The day started with the class heading over to National Geographic to meet Ken Geiger, a frood with an amazing job. I had a great time perusing the offices, taking peeks in to see what people were working on. This is Wilma, she was created in October of 2008 for the cover of National Geographic [...]
Washington, DC – Day Two
The day started early with a trip to visit Andy Scott of USA Today. Andy and some other editors from USA Today stressed the importance of getting a broader range of skills. This of course is due to the demand for more photographers to start using video and audio in their presentations. Photography is not [...]
Washington, DC – Day One
Today was the first day of a week long field trip to our nation’s capitol, Washington, DC. On this trip my classmates and I run around to different agencies like NPR, USA Today, Reuters, and more. Today we met with McClatchy-Tribune News Service or just MCD. This meeting was similar in style and message to [...]
Om Noms…
I’ve moved out and started my road trip back to Rochester, just after I finish shooting a wedding tomorrow. I feel the itch to post something because it has been a while so here is a photo of some dontus I took for DineLA.com The one on the right is a bacon topped glazed donut. [...]
Manny Aguirre – The Cocktail Ambassador of Hollywood
At one of Hollywood’s oldest and most note-able cocktail bars, Manny Aguirre, serves drinks to the stars and common folk alike. Manny came to the US as a 19 year old boy, and since then has made a name for himself as one of Hollywood’s most famous cocktail mixers. Manny can be found on Hollywood [...]
X Games: Day 4 Skate Virt Final, Motocross Practice, and Rally Car Races
Day 4 of the X Games was incredibly eventful. It started with the Skate Virt (Halfpipe) final, then stumbled upon the motocross practice, then meandered to the rally car race warm ups. I’m posting a gallery, I may or may not get to captions. I’m exhausted from packing and working on this photo essay on [...]
Perseid Meteor Shower, TONIGHT!
V and I headed up to Wrightwood for the weekend with some family friends to catch a glimpse of the meteor shower. If you have time to get away from the city lights you should get out and take a look. Last night we saw about 20-25 shooting stars in about an hours time. Despite [...]
X Games: Day 5 Super Rally and Endurocross
X Games Day 5 was a really fun day, the first event I went to was the Rally Car race through the streets of downtown LA. Congratulations to Brian Deegan for winning the gold medal. Rally Car races were definitely a highlight for me at the X Games this year. I felt like at this [...]
Navy Week: Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln
On Thursday I was given a really exciting assignment. To board and tour the USS Abraham Lincoln in Port of Los Angeles for Navy Week. I wasn’t sure what to do but I met a Commander at a gunner ship and he introduced me to Tyler Mustin, a 22 year-old Airman from Nashville, TN. Tyler [...]
X Games: Day 5 Preview
As you can imagine, five days of shooting, 4 X Games and an aircraft carrier. I’m completely exhausted. From morning to morning capturing, running around, carrying photo gear, and then up all night editing. So, I’m going to sleep, but I wanted to post something from today. Here’s a teaser photo from today’s events. I’ll [...]
X Games: Day 3
I missed day two of the X Games because I had to drive to Port of Los Angeles to photograph Navy week and board the USS Abraham Lincoln. Totally sweet opportunity that I’m glad I accepted. This is why there won’t be a “Day 2″ post but there will be some Navy photos. I’m extremely [...]
Killa, makin’ me smile
This adorable pup is my brother Jimmy’s. I just got home from a long day of traffic and wandering around an air craft carrier (more photos to edit and put up!). I didn’t get to go to the X Games today so a little bummed about that, but still so happy about naval ship. Learning [...]
X Games: Day 1
Today was an amazing, incredible, and exciting day. A day of firsts, that will launch a week of firsts. Tomorrow I get to board an aircraft carrier to take photographs for Navy week. This summer pretty much rocks. Today also in a lot of ways felt like the first day of highschool. Nobody tells you [...]
Lady of the Dead
I woke up yesterday morning to find V in the downstairs bathroom putting on makeup. I asked what she was doing and she told me about a friend who was selling some artwork at the LA Convention Center for an event and she was to go down and help her by dressing up and hanging [...]