2024 06 22
Hello loyal daily photo blog readers (mom & dad)! This coming week, and the week thereafter, I will be offering my insanely-priced $100 portrait sessions at the studio. If you’re in need of one-hundred unique new images of yourself, book a session and come shoot with me! It’s a ton of fun and I’ll soon be raising the price because this deal is going to lead me to financial ruin if I keep it up much longer.
Anyway, hope to see you soon!
-Clayton
Dinah, photographed in my “Keep It 100” setup at my See You Soon studio. Chicago, Illinois. December, 2023. © Clayton Hauck
Hello loyal daily photo blog readers (mom & dad)! This coming week, and the week thereafter, I will be offering my insanely-priced $100 portrait sessions at the studio. If you’re in need of one-hundred unique new images of yourself, book a session and come shoot with me! It’s a ton of fun and I’ll soon be raising the price because this deal is going to lead me to financial ruin if I keep it up much longer.
Anyway, hope to see you soon!
-Clayton
2024 05 07
Following my own advice from yesterday’s entry, I checked out another from Paulie B’s amazing Walkie Talkie series, this time featuring another photographer I was not previously familiar with by the name of Sara Messinger. I think the kids are alright! Beyond being introduced to another talented name, I loved the contrasting styles, approaches, and philosophies between Sara and Trevor, who was the previous subject of yesterday’s post. Throughout the entire forty-minute video, I’m not sure Sara made a single image, while Trevor finished like a dozen rolls and got into a few heated moments with strangers-who-became-subjects.
Partly why I loved this video with Sara is because she constantly reminded me of my own partner Allison, whereas I’m probably a bit more like Trevor. We all see the world a bit different and approach photography in our own ways. It’s also rather fascinating to contemplate how street photography has changed since I was their age wandering the streets with a camera. People these days are far more sensitive and aware about what might happen when a stranger makes a photo of them on the street without their consent.
That’s a deeper debate for another day, but let’s leave it there for now. Compete less; put yourself out there more; open yourself up to connect with your subjects as that’s how the magical moments are made. Thanks for your positive energy, Sara.
-Clayton
Dinah in front of the camera for my Keep it 100 portrait session. Chicago, Illinois. December, 2023. © Clayton Hauck
Following my own advice from yesterday’s entry, I checked out another from Paulie B’s amazing Walkie Talkie series, this time featuring another photographer I was not previously familiar with by the name of Sara Messinger. I think the kids are alright! Beyond being introduced to another talented name, I loved the contrasting styles, approaches, and philosophies between Sara and Trevor, who was the previous subject of yesterday’s post. Throughout the entire forty-minute video, I’m not sure Sara made a single image, while Trevor finished like a dozen rolls and got into a few heated moments with strangers-who-became-subjects.
Partly why I loved this video with Sara is because she constantly reminded me of my own partner Allison, whereas I’m probably a bit more like Trevor. We all see the world a bit different and approach photography in our own ways. It’s also rather fascinating to contemplate how street photography has changed since I was their age wandering the streets with a camera. People these days are far more sensitive and aware about what might happen when a stranger makes a photo of them on the street without their consent.
That’s a deeper debate for another day, but let’s leave it there for now. Compete less; put yourself out there more; open yourself up to connect deeply with your subjects, as that’s how the magical moments are made. Thanks for your positive energy, Sara.
-Clayton
2024 01 07
This is Dinah. She owns Spinning J and is awesome. I had a wild idea a few months back that would require me to find new partners and/or investor money (have a loose $100k you’re looking to do something with? Hit me up!) so I reached out to her and some other people to see if they may want to get involved. The idea is really cool and I hope it happens, however, it’s a bit of a long shot at this point because I don’t think the space is still available. If it does happen, surely you’ll be hearing a lot more about it soon.
-Clayton
Dinah. December, 2023. ©Clayton Hauck
This is Dinah. She owns Spinning J and is awesome. I had a wild idea a few months back that would require me to find new partners and/or investor money (have a loose $100k you’re looking to do something with? Hit me up!) so I reached out to her and some other people to see if they may want to get involved. The idea is really cool and I hope it happens, however, it’s a bit of a long shot at this point because I don’t think the space is still available. If it does happen, surely you’ll be hearing a lot more about it soon.
-Clayton