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Newfoundland Journal vol. 2

Posted by jeremybrake on  March 8, 2017
Hello everyone this months journal of my time in Newfoundland is more of a collection of my thoughts over the past month about posting on social media and how often to take photographs than a list of notable events, it’s still extremely cold here in Newfoundland so taking trips out of town is a challenge, but my father did come down for a visit this month and we ended up going to Marble mountain, he

Inspiration from my grandmother

Posted by jeremybrake on  March 2, 2017
this is an article I’ve been wanting to write ever since I first came to Newfoundland and walked into my grandmothers study, Something I’ve never talked about before on this blog is my grandmother who passed away a few years ago, she used to be a painter, she would paint landscapes, still lives, and a few portraits. When I walked into my grandmothers study I saw this painting she made years ago Instantly I was

Building consistency

Posted by jeremybrake on  February 22, 2017
Hi everyone. Today I wanted to talk to you about having a consistent style across your work, how it happens, and why it happens. First off what is a consistent style? well it’s when your work has a similar look, feel, mood, etc. lots of people starting off in photography will take photographs of anything and everything. Which is great because it’s fun! There’s no need to limit your work to one specific genre, always create

Newfoundland Journal Vol. 1

Posted by jeremybrake on  February 9, 2017
Hi everyone this is a series I would like to add to my blog, to update once every month. This is meant to be a summary of what I’m doing in Newfoundland and what I think of it all. Taken on the road to Corner Brook I’ve been living in Corner Brook NL for two months now. I came here in order to spend more time with family and to start a new project documenting

Life in color

Posted by jeremybrake on  February 1, 2017
I don’t remember when I chose for my work to be predominately be in black and white, When I go out taking photographs I almost always focus on the light, this in turn makes my mind go into state where I only think about how I can turn the scene into the a series of tones that shows the depth not just of the physical scene, but also my emotional response to it. How I perceive and

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