Eric Vizents Photography

Griffith Park Scenics – Los Angeles Iphoneography

Eric Vizents — Sun, 13 May 2012 22:27:34 +0000

Last couple of weeks I’ve been doing a lot of trail hiking/running in Griffith Park. I’ve been preparing for a backpack trip in the Los Padres National forest (Santa Barbara Backcountry) with my uncle, Dan McCaslin. Dan is a long time resident of Santa Barbara, all around great guy, and knows the Santa Backcountry incredibly well. Here’s a link to his hiking column in the Santa Barbara Independent. So while getting myself into shape (otherwise my Uncle will literally leave me in the dust, I think his legs are partially tree trunks) on the Griffith trails I of course have been listening to my Iphone and shooting lots of great new images. This installment will be Los Angeles scenic images. I will be making a separate post in a couple of days of a cohesive group of my trail images. If anyone wants to go for a hike/run that will have your lungs bursting, give me a ring sometime. And in a couple of weeks I will be posting my images of my backpack trip.

I must pull a couple of quotes from my uncle’s articles as he indeed has a special connection to what we city folk consider the wilderness. ”The once-porous boundary between ordinary social living and transformative experiences in nature has become a sealed Berlin Wall. Those who love to head out onto the remote trails are viewed as a little crazy or pretty “far out” – yet restorative, sparkling, divine awaits us.. Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor suggests that in our postmodern times, it’s very easy to miss those “signs” that may inform you about choices for your life’s direction. Taylor feels that “mechanism undermines enchantment,” and that we’ve lost a sense of eternal time or “eternity”. In A Secular Age he asks why so many Westerners are “disenchanted” with the cosmos. Why does their world feel so “flat” to them, as if it resides behind a screen? Among other deficits, Taylor mentions the general loss of “the understanding of things as sings or expressions of a higher reality.” Taylor writes that wilderness “is not [only] the locus of an alternative life to the ‘city’…rather, it communicates or imparts something to us which awakens a power in us of living better where we are,” even in town.

Los Angeles Driving – New Iphoneography Book

Eric Vizents — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:19:27 +0000

I have just self-published a new fine art photography book of my latest images of Los Angeles. All the images were shot at the end of 2011 and interestingly all were taken with the Iphone. The reason for the title “Driving” is that in many cases these photographs were literally taken while driving. That being said, I do not condone the method one bit, it is not safe. I do feel however, if you love L.A., this book captures a little bit of the soul and beauty of our wonderfully sexy lady. The link below will allow you to browse the entire book. All the images are available as archival fine art prints at 16″ x 16″ and custom framed. Please contact me for more info.

Los Angeles Driving by Eric Vizents | Make Your Own Book

Los Angeles Iphoneography – HP Secret Santa Workshop

Eric Vizents — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:57:14 +0000

I recently got the chance to shoot a corporate photography event with the Iphone for HP in Los Angeles at the Andaz Hotel. It was a secret santa workshop for kids and it was blast. HP is selling new printers with an eprint function that allows you to directly send a photograph from a mobile device, (via email) directly to any eprint enabled printer connected to the internet. Thus, I take a picture in Los Angeles – and then I instantly email the image to my Mom’s eprint enabled printer in Boise, and boom – out comes the print from her printer (without her having to do a single thing). Might be a good idea to stock Mom up on paper and inks…

Iphoneography – 4S Los Angeles Street Images

Eric Vizents — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 01:21:19 +0000

Playing with the new Iphone 4s. It was an overcast Los Angeles morning. Camera looks good so far. Do you ask for permission?

Iphoneography – Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles

Eric Vizents — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 06:00:37 +0000

Iphone images from a recent drive down Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. Image on left is the May Co. building now owned by LACMA.

Venice and Clouds

Eric Vizents — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:08:18 +0000

I was on Brooks Ave. this weekend after assisting another portrait photographer.. I turned around and realized suddenly – I was being watched.

Seeking Business Photography Commissions

Eric Vizents — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:44:54 +0000

Would your business be interested in beautifully framed architectural photographs hanging on the office walls? Photographs of your business of course. Granted they might be a different perspective than a traditional architectural photographer – then again if you’re even reading this I imagine a different perspective might interest you. Commissions are done at a very reasonable price. Often the custom framing is more expensive than the archival print itself, unless you would like me to edition the photograph. I shoot interiors and exteriors, employees, whatever ideas you have in mind. Please contact me at 213.840.6644 or studio@ericvizents.com and we can discuss your project.

Iphoneography – Los Angeles Photographs

Eric Vizents — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:50:09 +0000

More photography.. more Iphoneography and Hisptamatic love. Enjoy!