Details from the Smallest Group Show, ever.
I've been looking at your photos. I see them on Facebook, Twitter, Path, instagram and Flickr. Occasionally, I plan to post a few that I like, with your permission, in what I like to call, the Smallest Group Show, ever.
This installment: scenes from Texas summer. View the show after the jump.
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Local freelance photographer Justin Clemons was hired by Marie Claire UK to photograph two men on Texas' Death Row. (Note: "Within a month of the shoot, both inmates were dead.") 
Death Row. Livingston, Texas. © Justin Clemons
The current issue of Photo District News asks Clemons how he shot the assignment. Read about Clemons' lighting as he explains how he had to think quickly and problem solve in a tense situation!
I have photographed on Death Row and it's a strange, poorly lit space. Nice work, Justin.
See more examples of Clemons' style here and additional photos from his Death Row shoot after the jump.
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When I am on assignment with my Canon 5D Mark II or shooting photographs for myself with my Hasselblad, chances are I am also making photographs with the Hipstamatic app on my iPhone. It has become my scratch pad for quick, inconspicuous pics. 
Tom Orr & Frances Bagley's studio. Dallas. May 2011. © Allison V. Smith
Like any "toy" camera, there are mysteries and bit of magic that come with each image. It's fun when I am surprised by the outcome. I keep it simple and use the Blanko film and John S lens for most of my shots (that's Hipsta talk, folks). Then I run them through one of the Instagram app filters for the rounded corner look and occasionally a tilt shift. If you prefer black and white, I've been blown away by Hipstamtic's BlacKeys SuperGrain B+W Film.
Above, and after the jump, take a peek at some shots of my Hipsta shots taken over the past month around Dallas. And find more cell phone photo fun with iPhoneography and Life in LoFi.
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I've been looking at your photos. I see them on Facebook, Twitter, Path, instagram and Flickr. Occasionally, I plan to post a few that I like, with your permission, in what I like to call, the Smallest Group Show, ever. 
details from the Smallest Group Show, ever.
This installment: scenes of Texas weather. View the show after the jump.
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I have always liked looking for excellent photography and design in newspapers, magazines, blogs. Lately a recent crop of photo/design related online magazines have caught my eye. Book mark these three bad boys, I have a feeling that more goodness will follow.
1814 Magazine: recently launched and based in Dallas, and founded by Michael Thomas. The first issue features work by Dallas artist Dan H. Phillips and also photographs by Stanley Marcus from the book, Reflection of a Man. Worth a read & a look.
Fun photo fact: 1814 is the year that Joseph Niepce achieved first photographic image with the camera obscura.
I'm in. 
© Allison V. Smith "Oh Hey. New York City. February 2011."
That was my response when the Dallas Observer told me about the Mixmaster and my proposed role as Photo Geek, the blogger.
I'm Allison V. Smith, self-proclaimed photo geek, with a resume to prove it. I shoot with film, digital and cell phones. I shoot for myself and for hire. I collect photography books and have published a photography book. I blog and read photo-related blogs. I make zines and stickers. I collect zines and stickers.
I love photography and photographers.
And I intend to share that enthusiasm with you right here, Fridays on the Mixmaster!
It's official.
Nice to meet you.
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