S2E5: Why Mixing Digital & Film Is The Future Of Photography w/ Kirk Mastin
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06/27/19 • 54 min
A big believer in bridging the gap between digital and film photography, Kirk Mastin is a legend in the photography world. Now working with his company, Mastin Labs, to provide presets for photographers to help bless their digital images with the unique quality of film, Kirk is here to provide some insight into everything from singularity to the juxtaposition between the future and the past.
If you appreciate the analog version of photography but need some guidance in which camera, film, and settings you should be experimenting with, you are in for a treat. Kirk guides us through the relationship between the contrast and softness to film that exists nowhere else, why film photography increases your hyper-awareness, and what exactly goes into making a successful portrait.
Kirk uses his camera as a way to understand more about an individuals relationship to the world, and has created a hybrid photography style like no other. Film has a bad reputation for being complicated, which couldn’t be further from the truth. If you are looking to experience something outside of the attention that digital photography demands, this episode is for you.
Have you dipped your toes into the world of film photography? Share what you enjoy most about the look of film, and what development studio you use, in the comments on the episode page.
In This Episode
- Quick tips for those looking to start dabbling in film or edit their digitals differently
- The importance of building a ‘Batman and Robin’ relationship with your development lab
- Why you should be treating your career like a bonsai tree
- How to sell without selling and maximize your print and digital sales
- Why Kirk believes that shooting film makes you a better photographer
Quotes
“We are living in the future, we are living in a time that I couldn't even comprehend as a child.” (8:36)
“I can use the camera to understand the world, understand other cultures, and understand what it is to be human through a camera. And that has never changed. It has changed what kind of work I do, but the underlying principle of understanding the human condition has not changed.” (13:38)
“You're gonna let like $14 tops stand between you and discovering an entirely new way of doing photography? That's absurd.” (24:17)
“Once you are in the flow, you are in the flow and you know where to be, its like a dance. You have just enough time to get to every position that you need to be because you are so in touch with what is happening.” (40:04)
“The theatre of the imagination is so powerful. If you show someone a weak photo, you have ruined that, you have ruined your legendary status by showing someone something that is mediocre, so just don't do it.” (50:01)
Links
Photoism Magazine by Mastin Labs
Follow Kirk on Facebook | Instagram | Twitter
In The American West by Richard Avedon and Laura Wilson
Check out the full show notes page here
Keep up with everything ARC here
Follow ARC on Instagram |
A big believer in bridging the gap between digital and film photography, Kirk Mastin is a legend in the photography world. Now working with his company, Mastin Labs, to provide presets for photographers to help bless their digital images with the unique quality of film, Kirk is here to provide some insight into everything from singularity to the juxtaposition between the future and the past.
If you appreciate the analog version of photography but need some guidance in which camera, film, and settings you should be experimenting with, you are in for a treat. Kirk guides us through the relationship between the contrast and softness to film that exists nowhere else, why film photography increases your hyper-awareness, and what exactly goes into making a successful portrait.
Kirk uses his camera as a way to understand more about an individuals relationship to the world, and has created a hybrid photography style like no other. Film has a bad reputation for being complicated, which couldn’t be further from the truth. If you are looking to experience something outside of the attention that digital photography demands, this episode is for you.
Have you dipped your toes into the world of film photography? Share what you enjoy most about the look of film, and what development studio you use, in the comments on the episode page.
In This Episode
- Quick tips for those looking to start dabbling in film or edit their digitals differently
- The importance of building a ‘Batman and Robin’ relationship with your development lab
- Why you should be treating your career like a bonsai tree
- How to sell without selling and maximize your print and digital sales
- Why Kirk believes that shooting film makes you a better photographer
Quotes
“We are living in the future, we are living in a time that I couldn't even comprehend as a child.” (8:36)
“I can use the camera to understand the world, understand other cultures, and understand what it is to be human through a camera. And that has never changed. It has changed what kind of work I do, but the underlying principle of understanding the human condition has not changed.” (13:38)
“You're gonna let like $14 tops stand between you and discovering an entirely new way of doing photography? That's absurd.” (24:17)
“Once you are in the flow, you are in the flow and you know where to be, its like a dance. You have just enough time to get to every position that you need to be because you are so in touch with what is happening.” (40:04)
“The theatre of the imagination is so powerful. If you show someone a weak photo, you have ruined that, you have ruined your legendary status by showing someone something that is mediocre, so just don't do it.” (50:01)
Links
Photoism Magazine by Mastin Labs
Follow Kirk on Facebook | Instagram | Twitter
In The American West by Richard Avedon and Laura Wilson
Check out the full show notes page here
Keep up with everything ARC here
Follow ARC on Instagram |
Previous Episode
S2E4: How Self Care Can Reinvigorate Your Creative Vision w/ Akeem Pierre
As creatives, we can often feel drained if we aren't following our passion, but struggle to balance that passion with success. Akeem Pierre is my health and wellness coach and inspirational creative in his own right, who believes in restoring your energy through self-care. Akeem combines the healing power of nutrition, exercise, energy, and movement to create a space of mindfulness and creative awareness.
If you are struggling with getting in tune with your creative vision, Akeem provides physical and mental exercises to help you tap into your true spirit. The best way to become more intuitive is to embrace the skills that allow you to add extra intention into your day to day life, and create daily rituals to check in with yourself and stay on track for what is serving you best.
Akeem believes that our ability to achieve greatness is directly correlated to our ability to adapt and create without second-guessing ourselves. By recognizing the patterns in your life, tuning into what your spirit truly needs, and fueling our bodies with the appropriate things we can position our brains onto a path of enlightenment.
Are you ready to practice mindfulness and enter an engaged state where you are able to go with the flow and create a world for yourself full of harmony and bliss? What do you relate most to Akeems message of self-discovery and self-acceptance? Share what resonated most with you in the comments on the episode page!
In This Episode
- How to avoid burnout and stay in your flow despite creative setbacks
- Understanding the role your vocabulary can play in the way you live your life
- Exploring Irish Sea Moss, Maca and how they can physically benefit you
- Gaining food tools to utilize when necessary to make yourself feel better
- Breathing and exercise techniques to help you tune into yourself anywhere
Quotes
“I look at tuning in as just being able to listen to the signs that your body and your mind are telling you.” (6:30)
“When we are talking about creation and being creative, its all aspects of life. It is not just taking a photo, not just taking videos, it's also being able to look into your mind and scan your mind and replace anything that isn't serving you, replace anything that doesn't make you feel like you can create better.” (13:29)
“The best way to become more intuitive is to understand if this helping me and if this is not. You just have to go back to the tuning in and just asking that question, is this helping me, is this serving me?” (30:08)
“Words are worlds, so what are you creating?” (35:57)
“Our brain is trying to keep us safe, but we got to know when we have to take control and be those creators of our life and of our destiny.” (47:33)
“When you listen to that inner voice, it is just allowing you to be yourself in what you really want to do right now.” (57:24)
Links
Follow Akeem on Facebook | Instagram | YouTube
Check out the full show notes page here
Keep up with everything ARC here
Next Episode
S2E6: How To Create Your Financial Warehouse Of Wealth w/ Thomas DeSchutter
Thomas DeSchutter has worn many hats, beginning with a professional recording career as a drummer and making a major life change and diving into the world of financial advising. Now Thomas helps his clients find sustainable personal wealth and success by empowering them to become the stewards of their own financial affairs.
Thomas believes in the positive potential of surrounding yourself with those you wish to be like, setting financial goals and using lessons from the Buddha to give power to your thoughts. Learn how to change the language you use around money, how to start creating good sustainable financial habits for yourself, and the importance of building a financial warehouse of wealth for your legacy.
As creatives, the way we deal with saving, spending and everything in between can get a bit messy. Thomas is determined to help others create financial literacy for themselves so that you can shift your subconscious relationship to money.
A no-nonsense talk about what it takes to fire yourself up, create what you love and still be financially stable, Thomas is a wealth of knowledge for new and seasoned entrepreneurs that want to grow smarter.
Are you ready to tune yourself into the financial conversation and create habits that will take care of your needs from the inside out? Share what you learned about wealth mastery in the comments on the episode page.
In This Episode
- Effective habits to help make you money and keep you thriving for years to come
- How to develop a healthy conversation, mindset, and language around money
- The importance of being true to yourself as an artist first and foremost
- What you can do right now to start a change in yourself and the rest of the world
- Day to day apps and software to better manage your personal finance
Quotes
“You have to unload the terrible stuff that's in you in order to find the gems. You can't just sit around waiting for ‘oh this is the perfect moment for me to be creative’.” (5:31)
“Its a discipline, there are no shortcuts. Yes there is some natural talent involved, but at the end of the day you have to put in the work, you have to put in the hours, you have to learn your craft. And I would say that would apply to any area of your life.” (15:51)
“The first part for me around anything to do with finance is what is our thought process, and what are the words we speak out loud and to ourselves? And retraining that. Because that is the starting point for any conversation for anything in your life, especially money.” (22:43)
“As a creative person, you need to be feeding, I use the word ‘need’ there, you need to be feeding what fires you up. That is what is going to set you apart.” (39:21)
“I am sure if I sat down with you we could have an in-depth conversation about photography gear. How it works, why you would do this, how you would light something, everything that you would want to know about photography, chances are you know it already or you are on the path to learning it. That's what it takes in finance.” (48:25)
“Building a financial warehouse of wealth if you will, of creating the warehouse of wealth for your legacy, starts with knowing exactly where you are today, everything that is going on, and then building outward from there.” (51:34)
Links
View the Bloom Strategy Tools Here
Bloom Your Money, Your Life by Thomas DeSchutter
Follow Thomas on Facebook | Instagram | Twitter
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