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James Weaver
Artist | Professional | Photography
United States
I began taking photos when I was young with Polaroids and disposable cameras like many kids at the end of the 20th century, eventually I worked my way up to a digital point and shoot. I would say I've always had an interest in photography but I didn't realize I wanted to make it my profession and passion until my senior year of high school. I quickly became obsessed with the art of taking photos once I started learning about it from my creative photography teacher, that was the world of corny Photoshop and cell phone cameras. After taking a few thousand pictures with my point and shoot I worked my way up to using more equipment, and since then I have learned a lot about the technical aspects of photography in college while I still use it as an output for my emotions and a way to make me happy.
Favorite genre of music: Anything Experimental, Industrial, Noise, Neofolk, Ambient, Post Rock, Post Punk,Electronica , Trip Hop, and anything psychedelic.
E-mail me at: otbpicturesjim@aol.com
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Interests
Favorite visual artist
Eugene Atget, Félix Nadar, Clarence John Laughlin, Maxfield Parrish, Joel-Peter Witkin, HR Giger, James Nachtwey, Frederick H Evans, Andrei Tarkovsky, Peter Christopherson, Gottfried Helnwein, and Hans Bellmer
Favorite movies
28 Days Later, Uncle Buck, Ghost in the Shell, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Fountain, Natural Born Killers, Pi, The Thing, Nosferatu the Vampyre, Beetlejuice, and Taxi Driver
Favorite TV shows
Beetlejuice (1989-1992)
Favorite bands / musical artists
Coil, New Order, Björk, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Joy Division, Nine Inch Nails, Current 93, and Nurse With Wound
Favorite writers
William S. Burroughs
Favorite games
Half-Life, Age of Empires 2, Quake series, Doom series, Timesplitters Series, Unreal Tournament series, and the Red Orchestra series. (List goes on and on)
Favorite gaming platform
PC
Tools of the Trade
Canon EOS Rebel T2i, Kiev-19, Canon EOS Elan II, Sony Cyber-shot DSC W350, EF50mm f/1.4 USM, EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II, Helios 81 50mm f2.0, Photoshop CS5, and Sony Vegas 10.0 Pro
Other Interests
video editing, history, gaming, and making ambient music.