this year, especially over my maternity leave, we are going to work toward a couple of goals. Both Dustin and I desperately want to give back to our community and our world. we have sketched out plans for all areas of our photography/filmography business to help make the earth a better place. everything from going more green than we already are, to rewarding those who make a significant effort to be good to our mother earth, to people who’ve gone through incredible hardships and come out on top. we want to help, we want to give back, we want to document. this business started because i love doing what i do. I never want to lose that, i want to continue to be inspired on a daily basis by what i see around me, and what i see through my lens. I’ve hinted at a few of these plans in the past couple of months, and more will be revealed when things are set in stone and etched out!
one plan that i CAN announce right now is our participation in One Day On Earth, a global documentary encompassing 7 continents, and every single country. we’re so excited about it!
here’s the premise that was taken directly from the website:
Join us on 10.10.10 for an unprecedented event. Every Nation, 24 hours and You.
Across the planet, documentary filmmakers, students, and inspired citizens will record the human experience over a 24-hour period. By participating in this historic event, you will help capture the diversity of life and culture on this planet. Together we will create a document that is a gift to the world.
One Day on Earth is a documentary and new media project about the amazing diversity, conflict, tragedy, and triumph that occurs in one 24-hour period on Earth. More than a film, One Day on Earth is a multi-platform participatory media project. The flagship of this project is a 120-minute documentary to be released theatrically. Through the One Day on Earth platform we will establish a community that not only watches, but participates.
Dustin will be filming with super 8mm film on our vintage cameras a beautiful wedding of a girl i’m proud to call not only fellow photographer, but friend. Esther Kraus, of esther louise photography is getting married to her sweetheart of a man Jesse on this day, 10.10.10, and i can’t think of a better way to document a huge part of our culture than to submit her wedding. I also can’t think of a better media to submit than super 8mm film. an era gone by, it gives such an amazing timeless quality to whatever you film.
So, we invite you to participate along with us in this amazing effort to document the world in a 24 hour time span. anyone can participate, anyone can upload footage. and who knows, maybe your documentary will be chosen for the final 120 minute feature film that will be theatrically released. get out your camera. film what’s important to you. what would you film if you only had one day to do so?
We can’t wait!!!! We were already so excited about the video you guys are so amazingly talented! This adds a nice little cherry on top of it all – your work is so fantastic I won’t be surprised at all if they use your footage!
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