Photography John Ryan Flaherty Subject Hannah Fairweather (Background Piper Chris Donaldson and Chris Cooke) Hair Stylist Kyle Britt Makeup Artist Kristin McGuire VW Bus Bianca Banks Behind the Scenes Matt Bell Lance Moncada Kim Newmoney Paul Byun Lighting Kurt Holliday Wardrobe At the Ritz Costumes and Design Archives

Photography John Ryan Flaherty Subjects Lauren Lassiter and Chris Cooke Behind the Scenes Matt Bell. Scrapbook pages representing “Leaving Home” scene from “Uninspired”

I am staying in tonight and working on prop creation for my 8mm film “Uninspired”. I actually feel prepared for tomorrow and am excited to get started at >!< 6am tomorrow. ha. I wanted to take this time and post to thank everyone for their help. I have just the right props and wardrobe thanks to At the Ritz Costumes, the Music Academy of North Carolina, UNCG’s Media Studies Department, Design Archives, John Read, Alexis Sebastian, Ariel Perez, Bianca Banks, Mark Shaffer and Studio 207, Suds and Duds Laundromat, Grays Tavern and the talented Cast and Crew representing Production Photography

Matt Bell recently got me into 35mm photography. This post represents my 4th roll of 35mm film. The concept stemmed from a UNCG Photo I class assignment (originally assigned over Spring Break) in which we document our life each day. Well, this is a documentary of one day. Starts at the apartment I share with my girlfriend, Savana Nichoal, and continued to Tate Street and the area surrounding UNCG’s campus where I wandered for a while after class taking photographs of Tate Street Coffee and Design Archives (one of our contributing resources to Production Photography, highly recommended for all things vintage clothing). I then visited a North Carolina landmark, Cook Out, for a Cajun Chicken Cook Out Tray with seasoned fries, chicken nuggets and a large Cheerwine (another North Carolina staple for my friends up north), with photographer “Urban Decay” Chris Cooke. I wanted to document the process of making scrapbook pages for “Uninspired” (I recently arrived at a pretty exciting way to do this, combining hands on arts and crafts which I love, and the beautiful accuracy of Photoshop, which will be documented in an upcoming post). I went on to visit Bob Smithey at At the Ritz Costumes and took one from his perspective out the front window of the shop. Then, on to Green Bean for a perfectly constructed “Chai Bomb” latte and hours of work work work on all things Uninspired and Production Photography for the afternoon. This has been a massive part of my semester, so I felt it necessary to include this. John Read stopped by to show off his latest run of business cards, and his original “camera” symbol, soon to be seen many places throughout Greensboro. Rounding out the roll is the interior of Design Archives, Kyle Britt and assistants during his Studio B hair show production, and Savana pausing to look back on her way into the hair show to figure out what the hell I was doing walking so far behind (as I attempted to adjust focus). This was my first ever test of the “decisive moment” concept. I look forward to shooting more film. It focuses my attention and helped me concentrate on what I am doing. I feel like an “actual” photographer shooting this way, and I love it.

Photography John Ryan Flaherty. Models Lauren Lassiter and Hannah Fairweather. Hair Stylist Kyle Britt. Makeup Artist Kristin McGuire. Behind the Scenes Photography Matt Bell. Lighting Ariel Perez.

Photography John Ryan Flaherty
Model Lina Helgeson
Lighting John Read
Assistant Savana Harwood
Behind the Scenes Photography Matt Bell

For this shoot in my “isolation” series, I wanted to create an image of a runaway drifter, out from home for a few days, realizing the fallacy of their decision. Shot in the afternoon, I wanted it to look like nighttime, and I was lucky enough to catch one of only two trains that pass through Greensboro during the day.

Photography John Ryan Flaherty
Model Susan Schabacker
Hair Stylist Kyle Britt
Lighting John Read
Wardrobe Kit Rodenbough @ Design Archives

I usually do a lot of behind the scenes documentary work and detail photography. After working in film and photography for five years+, this was actually one of my first portrait sessions ever with lighting. Tate Street Coffee provided an excellent backdrop for the “restless” mood that I wanted to create, and since I love documentary photography, this session features a few shots that include both portrait and behind the scenes snapshot of the crew from Production Photography hanging out in the background (Chris Cooke, Chrissy Schelb, Savana Harwood, Matt Bell). John Ryan

Filmed and Edited by John Ryan Flaherty