COREY BIENERT PHOTOGRAPHY

9 of November

2009-11-10T20:35:00.002-06:00

(iTunes: Magnet - Duracelia)

I've started shooting for my Photo's final.

I have to shoot 4 rolls and make 10 prints.

I don't imagine it being too difficult.

I like having the motivation to get out and shoot more often.

8 of November

2009-11-10T19:55:00.002-06:00

(iTunes: Feist - Now At Last)

I like all the good sports there are around campus.

I'll be in need of shooting a roll for my class...and there will always be people willing to be photographed.

I like that.

I've been taking pictures of this guy since my first year here at school.

Funny how not much has changed.

7 of November

2009-11-10T18:59:00.002-06:00

(iTunes: M. Ward - One Hundred Million Years)

Here's a collection of all the "failed" attempts at Black And White photography.

The thing is, I rather like the way these pictures turn out.

I'm considering making the first one my new desktop background...

There's a sense of peace I have associated with these imperfect pictures.

A sense of fading into the background.

It makes me feel as if I'm a quiet observer in the scene.

6 of November

2009-11-10T18:36:00.002-06:00

(iTunes: Loney, Dear - Ignorant Boy, Beautiful Girl)

I like when the name of the song is the last phrase in the chorus.

...but that doesn't happen very often.

5 of November

2009-11-10T18:30:00.002-06:00

(iTunes: Electric President - Insomnia)

I wonder what the world looks like through the eyes of a caricature artist.

4 of November

2009-11-10T18:13:00.003-06:00

(iTunes: This Will Destroy You - Happiness: We're All In It Together)

I like working with pictures while listening to instrumental music.

Those who know me pretty well know that Album Leaf is one of my all-time favorites.

While going through these black and white's, I've been listening to alot of Explosions In The Sky and This Will Destroy You.

It just kinda fits the mood I'm in right now.

This picture was from the roll that ended up getting wrecked during the developing process.

It got all torn up and shredded while taking it off the spindle.

But I end up liking the grittiness to these pictures more then the "perfect" ones.

3 of November

2009-11-10T17:56:00.002-06:00

(iTunes: Explosions In The Sky - Your Hand In Mine)

Got a ton of black and white pictures from my Photo's 1 class imported to my computer.

Looks like the next couple of posts will be a bunch of those guys.

The semester is coming to a close.

It's been a good one...but it sure can be stressful.

2 of November

2009-11-03T20:29:00.002-06:00

(iTunes: Loney, Dear - Lower Your Head)

I spent about 10 minutes sifting through my cell phone's notes to see if I could put some interesting observation or something clever up on this post.

1 of November

2009-11-03T18:56:00.002-06:00

(iTunes: SIgur Ros - Glosoli)

I will be an active participant of No-Shave November this year.

The last time I went a month without shaving was over the summer.

I'm interested to see how this ends up turning out.

31 of October

2009-11-03T18:42:00.002-06:00

(iTunes: Sigur Ros - Heima)

Happy Halloween.

30 of October

2009-11-03T18:18:00.002-06:00

(iTunes: Sigur Ros - Heima)

This is Caleb.

My newest nephew.

I haven't really taken any other pictures of him accept when he was first born.

My sister Kellie wanted a few fall shots of him.

Then I convinced them to take me to Panda Express to get the last whole punched on my card.

I've been saving my Panda Express card for 2 years waiting to fill it up all the way.

Now I just have to wait for the perfect time to collect all the benefits of a fully punched card.

It's gonna be a good day.

29 of October

2009-11-03T12:16:00.002-06:00

(iTunes: The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out)

I've never been so nervous for Halloween.

In the past couple of years I've known exactly what I was gonna be.

And I got that costume idea instantly.

It just stayed with me...and I had it all ready to go.

But this year nothing stood out to me.

I ended up settling for a quick idea.

But I'm hoping next year I'll redeem myself.

28 of October

2009-10-28T23:49:00.002-05:00

(iTunes: Jadiid - Africa)

Shot these pictures for my Photo's class while at Carey's game yesterday.

27 of October

2009-10-28T23:10:00.002-05:00

(iTunes: Headlights - Wisconsin Beaches)

Headed to Carey's playoff soccer game today.

Like Ronnie said, it's weird seeing the tallest person on the field be a Bienert.

26 of October

2009-10-28T21:52:00.002-05:00

(iTunes: Headlights - I Don't Mind At All)

Grabbed Rob for a few pictures for my newest Photo's roll.

He loves my headphones.

And he borrowed my sweatshirt for the pictures as well.

Really digging this Headlights album by the way. For fans of Broken Social Scene, I recommend checking it out.

25 of October

2009-10-28T21:48:00.002-05:00

(iTunes: Headlights - Love Song For Buddy)

I made a quick print for my Photo's midterm.

It was from the same set of pictures I took of Margaret and Kara when we ran out of gas on the side of the road a couple months ago.

24 of October

2009-10-27T01:23:00.004-05:00

(iTunes: Sarah Siskind - Lovins For Fools)

Carey's soccer team is in the playoffs right now.

So I finally got a chance to head to one of his games.

He even scored a goal off a header within the first 5 minutes.

I'll be heading to his next game later in the week.

I'm sure they'll be a bunch of pictures from that game as well.

I'm in love with Bon Iver's version of this song.

23 of October

2009-10-26T03:58:00.002-05:00

(iTunes: Feist - The Park)

Went to see Robert's play tonight in Waukesha.

Going to see David Bazan play in Chicago tomorrow night.

It's his first show with a full-band in a while.

Looking forward to that.

22 of October

2009-10-25T20:52:00.003-05:00

(iTunes: Bon Iver - The Park)

More pictures from yesterday's shoot.

These dogs were not the easiest to work with.

Pretty rowdy.

But we somehow managed to get one good one.

21 of October

2009-10-25T20:06:00.003-05:00

(iTunes: Stars - Elevator Love Letter)

I owe alot of my progress in photography to these two.

It was the summer of 2007.

I was a 19 year old with one year of college under my belt.

I get an email from Braden asking if I would photograph their wedding.

I was terrified.

I had never done anything like it before.

He assured me I was capable of the job.

So I did it.

And I loved it.

I've since done far too many weddings for me to even begin counting.

I owe a large portion of my success to their trust in me and my abilities, whether or not I knew felt I was ready for the job.

And I took it as a pretty big compliment that 2 and half years later, they have me back to take pictures of them again.

Here's a few of the pictures from their wedding that I took in August of 2007.

It was pretty fun to look back at some old pictures of mine.

20 of October

2009-10-23T00:57:00.002-05:00

(iTunes: Bon Iver - Roslyn)

Donatallo kinda got screwed over didn't he?

He's purple....the girliiest of all the colors.

And then there's his weapon. His fighting utensil. He's got a stick.

He definitely got last pick in the draft for both choice of color and weapon.

It was always Leonardo for me.

Blue color. Nice.

Swords. Maybe not the most unique, but it's longer then the knives (sais), and could do more damage then a set of nunchucks.

19 of October

2009-10-22T21:32:00.003-05:00

(iTunes: Bon Iver - Blindsided)

You ever have to check to see if the label is in the front of your t-shirt.

That's about the most humbling thing that can happen to a person.

Then you realize the label is on the front of your shirt, but you're in a group of people.

So you casually make your way to the bathroom for a quick costume change your hoping no one will catch.

But for some reason, there's one person that notices that your neckline is revealing just the slightest bit more then it was before.

Foiled.

18 of October

2009-10-22T18:55:00.002-05:00

(iTunes: Loney, Dear - Hard Days)

Right after Austin and Lydia's pictures, I drove over to meet up with Greg and Rachel for their engagement pictures.

I'd be fascinated to hear people's internal monolog that occurs when they meticulously choose the wording for their text messages.

17 of October

2009-10-22T12:15:00.003-05:00

(iTunes: Death Cab For Cutie - Brothers On A Hotel Bed)

I think I'd like being a parent because you instantly become an expert at everything, and your kids totally buy it.

16 of October

2009-10-22T00:24:00.002-05:00

(iTunes: Sigur Ros - Fljotavik)

First of many photo shoots this weekend started off at 9 AM.

For the shots on the tandem bike I longboarded beside them to give it that motion-blur look.

Took alot of attempts to get some to actually turn out, but I like the look it gave them.