The Story Behind The Photograph C. Powell

Artography by Dlonzo
“It’s not just a Photograph, it’s Art!”

The Story behind the Photographs continues - C. Powell

I’m always thinking of names and personae’s to give to people I photograph who I think have that certain something. As an artist who takes pictures, it’s not always easy to persuade people to take on modeling as a career. They don’t mind allowing me to photograph them, but they don’t always see the beauty that I see.

It’s also not easy when people decide to be photographed to get them to do certain things. For me the art is the entire process. Getting someone interested enough to let me photograph them and then getting at least one picture that we’ll both like. If there are more that’s even better. Sometimes the person I photograph doesn’t like the way they look and that happens from time to time.

If you’ve ever taken pictures of your family, there is always one relative that doesn’t like the way they look in pictures. That’s the person I always go after. I want to show them what can be done when the right person photographs them. Those can always be the best pictures because they will have character.
Anyone can take a picture, but only an artist can capture the essence of the subject. An artist will capture a photograph that tells a story of that particular moment.
It’s true, a picture is worth a thousand words or more.

Since working at ZACH, there are many people that walk across the campus. Sometimes its just a friendly hello and other times a conversation begins and if it’s the right person I let them know that I’m a photographer.

That was the case with C. Powell. I had seen him walking across the lot a few times, but I was always beginning my shift and not in the location where I could talk to him. One day I happened to come in early and we ran into each other and to my surprise found out he worked at ZACH. I mentioned to him that I’d like to photograph him and he seemed interested in having his picture taken. Of course once a person agrees, it takes time to put it all together. Location, time, etc. it all has to be planned out.

With the holidays approaching and both of us having things to deal with it was probably not going to happen before the year was out.
 2015 began and we managed to find time when we were both available. I always do shots just in a setting where the subject can be natural before I try to photograph them on location or in studio. (Which at the moment, I don’t really have a spot to take pictures like I did in NOLA.) Of course that’s just an excuse because I can always put something together when its what I really want to do.
I am currently working on making space to put up everything in a moments notice.

Here are a few images of C. Powell that I took. I have a few ideas for a photo shoot, but there is no free time and that’s not an excuse.




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Check out the links below for some of my videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmgUzGZGt98

The above link is a video for an organic flutist in New Orleans.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hciIcHFm3Yw&NR=1

The above is a link of a performance from Oz in New Orleans.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-qcybZsUzc

The above link is for a promo of a DJ in New Orleans.

http://www.myspace.com/darqueleight/music/songs/d-bohemian-31098704

Computer generated music.

Keep Austin Weird

The Keep Austin Weird fest and 5K was yesterday. The party began at 2 P.M. and the 5K race began at 7 P.M. I decided I would go out and see if I could get some interesting pictures. There was so much going on. Here are a few of the photographs that I took.

Runners of all ages took part in the Keep Austin Weird 5K.

If I'm not mistaken, I believe this was the winner of the race.

People dressed in costumes to show their weirdness.

Two women celebrate in a playful pose after crossing the finish line.

Even Jason Voohries was resurrected to run the race heading South on First Street.

Supergirl and Batgirl joined the festivities.

These are the Mexican split tail bats flying out from under the Congress St. bridge. The Bridge is also named after Ann Richards. 

I may have told this story on one of my other blogs. 

Austin was never on my list of places to see until I read an article in the Times Picayune in 1997, about the bats in Austin. When I arrived in Austin I had forgotten all about it, but then one day while watching the weather the reporter mentioned the movement on the radar was that of the bats. Still it took two or three more years before a friend took me down to see the bats. I was so excited, but I was standing on the bridge and it didn't make for great pictures or video. I knew I needed to stand under the bridge to get some light from the sky. I took that opportunity since I was downtown for the race and to photograph the super moon.

Yesterday was what meteorologists call the super moon. This was the main reason I decided to go downtown, and I got a pretty decent shot.

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