Interview Telephone Prank

Last week, Sabrina Caruso and I decided to make a prank video.  For the prank we would ask people if we could interview them and during the interview I’d get a call which I would answer on an old style phone that was plugged into my cell phone.  While we thought this would be an easy task, it proved to be a lot harder than we expected.  We went through a number of formats for the video before we settled on the final product.  We initially tried putting me near a group of people and having me answer the phone.  After about fifteen attempts we realised that a ringing cell phone just doesn’t get people’s attention anymore.  We then tried asking people for directions and calling but after a few failed attempts and the previous fifteen we got frustrated and shut it down for the day.  Our next idea was the one we used in the final product.  It seemed to be going fine, although recording the audio was a bit of an issue.  Part way through a very successful attempt, a disgruntled student started walking down the hallway screaming at who I can only assume was someone they did a group project with.  They ended up ruining the take and getting kicked out by security.  Personally I am happy with how it turned out, but I don’t think this style of videography is for me.  It’s a lot of trial and error and the final product pretty much just comes down to luck.

 

If you’d like to see the video you can find it here.

 

While you’re at it, go check out Sabrina Caruso’s website.  You’ll love her photography.

The Future of Fashion Photography – Sabrina Caruso

One of the most well known types of photography is fashion photography.  It is on the covers of the magazines that line the check out counters of nearly every store, it is on many of the advertisements we see everywhere we go.  Sabrina Caruso is a photographer that hopes to make her mark on the fashion world with her photography skills. 

Her love for photography started when she took a photography course in grade eleven.  Little did she know that this attempt to fill her schedule would turn into her passion, her creative outlet, and her future career.  She took it again the following year, and now she is enrolled full time in the photography program at Durham College in Oshawa.

While a lot of fashion photographers prefer to be at fashion shows shooting the runway, Ms. Caruso would much rather take a model into a studio and shoot for magazines and advertisements. The magazine she would most like to shoot for is Vogue Magazine.  The photographs displayed in Vogue are in her words: “unique and out of the box”.  She finds them very inspirational.  Other magazines she would be interested in shooting for are Cosmopolitan, Elle Magazine, and Fashion; a Toronto based magazine.  She hopes that one day her fashion photography will bring her over seas to different countries like Italy or France to shoot new and interesting fashion trends.

A photographer that greatly inspired Ms. Caruso; and frankly most aspiring photographers, was the famous American portrait photographer, Annie Liebovitz.  Ms. Liebovitz has shot for a variety of magazines including, Rolling Stones Magazine, Vanity Fair, and most recently she photographed Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, and their daughter North West, for Vogue Magazine.

“I love Annie Liebovitz’s photography work.  Her photographs are creative, they evoke emotion, and they each tell their own unique story.  It is inspiring.” – Sabrina Caruso

In addition to the elegance of Annie Liebovitz’s fashion photography, Ms. Caruso is also inspired by Ansel Adams the iconic landscape photographer.  Ansel Adams was one of the photographers that helped establish photography as an art form in the eyes of the public.  He is the most well known for his landscape shots of Yosemite National Park in California.

“Black and white photography is my absolute favourite.  The lack of colour allows you to focus on the image as opposed to the colours.  Ansel Adams’ photographical work has intricate details and uses different tones.  His black and white landscape work is phenomenal.  One of the images that I particularly admire is ‘Moon and Half Dome’ because I have an immense appreciation for the detail he was able to capture in the dome.” – Sabrina Caruso

 

Moon and Half Dome – Ansel Adams

With Ms. Liebovitz and Mr. Adams as two of Ms. Caruso’s main inspirations, we can expect some amazing, innovative, and creative work to come from her.  Needless to say, I can not wait to see what will come next from this up and coming photographer.  If you would like to see more of Ms. Caruso’s work, you can find her personal blog here.  Below are a few photos she has already taken, I know you will love her work as much as I do.

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Annie Liebovitz 1

Annie Liebovitz 2

Ansel Adams