Silver and Light

Once ever now and again you'll see something that makes you step back and completely re evaluate everything that you do. This is one of those moments.
Ian Ruhter took his life savings and turned a van into a giant camera/darkroom and has begun travelling the United States shooting wet plate collodion images. When you see the part in the video where Ian throws a plate that hasn't worked in frustration you think he's over reacting. But then when you find out that each time he makes a plate it costs him $500 whether it comes out or not you completely sympathise.
The first time I saw Ians work was on the Vans dvd A Lucid Dream which if you haven't seen it before i've added it to the bottom of this post.

Enjoy

Jeff Harris 4,748 self-portraits

Photographer Jeff Harris has taken a self portrait every day since 1999. In the time since the project began Jeff has always taken time out in the day to take an image.
The pictures form a visual diary of his life over the past 12 and a half years.
The project forced him to actively seek new things to do in order to make his work more interesting.
This story is really inspiring for anyone who makes excuses for not taking pictures, which I am also guilty of. It also shows how photography can be used to help people through difficult circumstances.

Hope you enjoy the video and Jeff's website can be found here

Video originally seen on fstoppers.com