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Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of joining my brother, Matthew Moloney, and good friend, Joe Taveras, on a journey to Paris to host an art exhibition called HERE NOW. I learned so much through the documentation process. And I had a blast being with them, making art, and exploring the wonderful city of […]
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Cheryl Clegg is an award-winning Boston based commercial photographer with over two decades of successful projects. Cheryl delivers images that linger. More than filling white space, each project tells a story or burns an impression into the mind of its audience. After working with Cheryl on some recent projects, she told me about an important […]
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Katie Southworth is an internationally recognized abstract artist and art educator currently based in Boston, MA. Originally from Darien Connecticut, she graduated from Colby College in Waterville Maine with Bachelors degrees in Studio Art and Psychology. She was the recipient of the Charles Hovey Pepper Prize for her body of work featured in the 2016 […]
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Shooting documentary shorts or featured interviews about a person or business is a great way to share someone’s story in a visual, emotional way. Think about the about page on someone’s website – probably a few paragraphs of text and a photo or two; pretty boring if you ask me. Now think about if you […]
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Lower third texts are essential for documentaries. Whether you need to display a name, place, date, time, or key information these elements are a must. Aside from the basics, these elements need to capture your viewer’s attention without distracting them. Creating lower thirds text can be time-consuming especially if you want them to be animated. […]
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In a world where everyone has a camera with them at all times (phone camera), not often do you take time to sit and appreciate an image any more. Many types of visuals, photographs especially, have become so easy to consume, that we often forget what went into creating them. Today, we sat down with […]
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One of the best ways to enhance any video is by adding effects to create a whole new concept and idea with the raw footage / photos that you have. After Effects Templates are perfect for helping with this because you don’t have to make everything from scratch! You can add your own content and […]
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From getting hated on for taking pictures of his friends in high school to starting a jewelry company out of his parent’s basement, Dan Folger is truly the definition of a self-made entrepreneur. Folger sits down with our co-founder, Matt Moloney, to tell us about his journey from working at a cheese factory to touring […]
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Blogger, friend, photographer; but most of all, storyteller. Brandon Stanton began making portraits of the humans of New York in 2010 and has since spread these people’s stories throughout the world. For almost 10 years, Stanton has been working to shed light on life in New York and what it means to be human, to […]
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When I shoot street photography and portraits outdoors I am always looking for a new perspective; a new eye. I look for twisted angles that will force the viewer to feel something and ask questions. Inspiration I have known of fish eye lenses for a long time, and have always been inspired by old (and […]
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