Published and interviewed for my first photobook by the news

I started working on a book and got interviewed and printed in the Territorial news paper (www.nnsl.com) for it. I'm walking around and asking people what their dreams are, then compositing it with my astronomy photographs. Originally I just thought I would go with wherever I traveled, but then I started thinking maybe it'd be cool to do the whole country depending on how much interest it got.

I also do this kind of stuff (aurora borealis portraits) with flash and lighting, and if you're interested in that too you can read the how to article here: http://www.itsjustligh​t.com …lights-model-photography/

Anyway here's the publication scan in the newspaper. I thought it was fairly nice for them to contact me.

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more info: http://www.karljohnsto​n.com/gallery/pursuito​fdreamers/

Congratulations, Karl. Good job.

Congratulations! You had a great idea & executed it well. But I'm kind of torn because of the old saying that "photographers & their kids never have good images of themselves" & here you are looking as if you're in pain? ; )

WTG Carl.....

airfrogusmc wrote in post #17160658
WTG Carl.....

Thank you

Picture North Carolina wrote in post #17160597
Congratulations, Karl. Good job.

Thanks

PhotosGuy wrote in post #17160640
Congratulations! You had a great idea & executed it well. But I'm kind of torn because of the old saying that "photographers & their kids never have good images of themselves" & here you are looking as if you're in pain? ; )

Oops, sorry I should have made it more clear - the picture of John is the one included in the article. He is about 90 years old and I met him while out for a walk around a town in the northwest territories. He was riding a bike and asked me what I was doing, and I asked him if I could interview him for my book. Side note..it turns out he is a fairly renown film photographer from the 1950 and 60s. I have over a thousand scans of his work, but never knew the man himself. Only heard his name and when he told me it I connected the dots

Here is one of me, pardon the cocky smile it was a few years ago (2011/12) but from itsjustlight.com 's article of how to do astro portrairs with off camera lighting

Interesting concept. That pic of you is pretty awesome! Not sure the one of John works so well, as not enough sky!?!

Karl Johnston wrote in post #17160802
Oops, sorry I should have made it more clear - the picture of John...

My bad! I should have read the caption!

PhotosGuy wrote in post #17160640
Congratulations! You had a great idea & executed it well. But I'm kind of torn because of the old saying that "photographers & their kids never have good images of themselves" & here you are looking as if you're in pain? ; )

Karl Johnston wrote in post #17160802
Oops, sorry I should have made it more clear - the picture of John is the one included in the article. He is about 90 years old and I met him while out for a walk around a town in the northwest territories. He was riding a bike and asked me what I was doing, and I asked him if I could interview him for my book. Side note..it turns out he is a fairly renown film photographer from the 1950 and 60s. I have over a thousand scans of his work, but never knew the man himself. Only heard his name and when he told me it I connected the dots

Here is one of me, pardon the cocky smile it was a few years ago (2011/12) but from itsjustlight.com 's article of how to do astro portrairs with off camera lighting

PhotosGuy wrote in post #17162311
My bad! I should have read the caption!

You know, it's interesting how our view of a photo differs with how we are "understanding" what we are viewing...in fact, it gives some "oomph" to the fact that sometimes photos need "words" to give "meaning". Not always, but often...

tonylong wrote in post #17162482
You know, it's interesting how our view of a photo differs with how we are "understanding" what we are viewing...in fact, it gives some "oomph" to the fact that sometimes photos need "words" to give "meaning". Not always, but often...

I also agree. I find the story behind the image to compliment it..turn it more into something with aesthetic pleasure, change it from an artistic medium to an editorial one. Tell a story through imagery. As if the drops of ink on a print become words, colors become sounds. Put all together its like listening to music (or a novel) for me, I could stare at a light spot moving across a wall (with a cuppa tea in hand of course) and watch for hours all the different contemplations flowing from the display. But not everyone can see things that way, and its hard to convey, and sometimes the stories are a bit obscure, constantly changing or shrouded somehow. I feel I am blending mixed mediums with this project - writing and photo

Also Runs in my family to be synthaeaiaics maybe thats where it comes from..

Karl Johnston wrote in post #17160802
Oops, sorry I should have made it more clear - the picture of John is the one included in the article. He is about 90 years old and I met him while out for a walk around a town in the northwest territories. He was riding a bike and asked me what I was doing, and I asked him if I could interview him for my book. Side note..it turns out he is a fairly renown film photographer from the 1950 and 60s. I have over a thousand scans of his work, but never knew the man himself. Only heard his name and when he told me it I connected the dots

Here is one of me, pardon the cocky smile it was a few years ago (2011/12) but from itsjustlight.com 's article of how to do astro portrairs with off camera lighting

That looks really awesome, Karl! I am curious to know, have you tried to do that with wildlife? I mean, if there are caribou and moose that live near towns and have gotten very habituated to humans, and allow people to get close to them, could you use that habituation to your advantage and set the lighting up around the beasts, to get awesome aurora wildlife images?

Tom Reichner wrote in post #17163088
That looks really awesome, Karl! I am curious to know, have you tried to do that with wildlife? I mean, if there are caribou and moose that live near towns and have gotten very habituated to humans, and allow people to get close to them, could you use that habituation to your advantage and set the lighting up around the beasts, to get awesome aurora wildlife images?

Using the method in the article probably not, though perhaps rear sync could do that although I havent had the opportunity. I rarely encounter wildlife at night, even birds are hard to find.

Congrats Karl

Karl Johnston wrote in post #17163122
Using the method in the article probably not, though perhaps rear sync could do that although I havent had the opportunity. I rarely encounter wildlife at night, even birds are hard to find.

Well, it is an absolutely awesome look. And it features the brilliant aurora, which is inaccessible to 99%+ of all photographers. So you've got something really special and unique there.

Of course, people portraits using that technique can/will lead to a lot of success for you. But there are probably many other subjects that would look great in that type of scenario . . . a team of sled dogs, for instance. You know how much serious sled dog owners love their teams. I'm sure you could contract to shoot "team portraits" for many of the serious sled dog competitors.