In this assignment we were directed to create an enviornmental portrait of a subject. We were to use the person and their surroundings to show who they are and what they are like and do like. I met this man, Carl Capua-Breeden and formed this photograph.
I went with some friends on Saturday to go do some skateboarding photography in Everett, Wash., and one of my buddies brought this man, Carl Capua-Breeden, 24, who films and edits skateboard videos.
After a day of skateboarding, a small group of us returned to Capua-Breeden’s house to review footage from that afternoon. What got him into being a skateboard videographer? Simple, he grew up with skateboarding and watching skate videos and simply wanted to produce his own.
“Skateboarders see the world differently than your average Joe,” Capua-Breeden said. “To try and materialize that is pretty rad, and challenging,” he said.
It is taking something that is already liked and expanding on it, he said. To make it your art and your vision is rewarding, Capua-Breeden said.
In this assignment we were instructed to meet people on the streets or anywhere we could find them and ask them the question "If money wasn't an object, what would be your dream job?" I decided to find people at work and ask them this, to give a little context to their reaction. In most cases these people perform jobs in which there was much training or certification. Let's see what they had to say!
Steve Hate – Tattoo artist
As a skilled tattoo artist 33-year-old Steve Hate said he loves his job, on Wednesday he said that if there was anything else he could do it would be a pilot, but not just any pilot.
“I would be a World War II pilot, something more hands on then fighter pilots of today,” Hate said. “You get to fly and shoot guns, and you get to do it for a cause.”
Ian Krause - Red Berry Ice Cream
I like what I do now. If money wasn’t an object then I wouldn’t care, I just like to work with people,” said Ian Krause, 20.
When explained the question, that he could do anything he wants and he wouldn’t have to worry about money he said he understood, “I just love working with people and I get to do that here.”
Diana P. – Bartender
Diana, 28, is one to look at the glass half empty, and then fill it up for you. As a bartender she is constantly engaged with customers and filling orders. On Wednesday, when asked what her dream job would be she responded without hesitation.
“I would be a photographer for National Geographic, she said. “I feel like I would never stop learning.”
Daniel Devenport -Street magician
With views on the general public regarding the deterioration of society, street magician Daniel Devenport, 29, of Reno, NEV. put on a show for a small crowd in downtown Bellingham on Wednesday before explaining that magic can help fix society.
“I am pursuing my dream job, I want to be a successful magician,” Devenport said. “I would build people. Magic makes people think, handle themselves in a new way, the old way isn’t working and its time to start a new one and move away from money.”
With all the quarters he pulls out of people’s ears, it is possible that Devenport could be pulling his version of a good society together, one trick at a time.
Summer Huntington, - Yoga instructor
You don’t always have to switch careers to work your dream job; sometimes a change in where and how will suffice. On a lunch break 26-year-old Summer Huntington demonstrated a few moves, Wednesday outside the Yoga studio where she is an instructor in Bellingham. So what is her dream job? Yoga instructor.
“I want to work at a commune as a yoga leader, “ Huntington said. “Somewhere where people live off the land and are self-sufficient.”
Huntington is moving to New York City next month in pursuit of a better career within the field. She said she hopes to produce he own Yoga DVDs in the near future while working toward her ultimate goal.
Lisa DeAnnuntis –Parking Enforcement
Lisa DeAnnuntis, a parking enforcement officer with the Bellingham Police Department wanted her old job back when asked the question: “If money wasn’t an object, what would your dream job be?”
“I would like to go back to being a flight attendant,” she said. “I love to travel and you get to work with all kinds of great people.”
She switched careers to be with her four children more often, even though “you only have to work 15 to 17 days a month in the air.”
Amongst the students at Western Washington University is Joshua Osterhaus, 34, a self-proclaimed “Christian freak” who wants to hear your thoughts on religion, no bars held. In short unannounced filmed interviews Osterhaus aims to find out what the Western population knows about religion.
"I am not challenging people about what religion they believe in, just what they already believe in," Osterhaus said . "It doesn't bother me if you are religious or not, hypocrisy is what bothers me."
He said he just wants people to know that there are rules to being Christian and he says that you can't follow some and not others. Osterhaus runs a YouTube channel, which showcases the conversations he films with random subjects that focus on all topics of religion. He isn't out to change who you are, he says, he just wants to see what you know about your own beliefs. If you say no thanks to his interview, he won't have hard feelings.
With a simple inquiry to draw conversation, such as “Do you have any questions about religion?” Osterhaus will try and talk with anybody who will give him the opportunity. He said he likes to hear from people of all beliefs and that he likes to learn as much as he likes to teach.