A Whole New World

I always have to start off my blog post with an anicdote from my life, to set the stage, I was sitting at a table working on my computer with my camera sitting next to me.

It was about 7:15AM at Kéan as I was constantly checking the time waiting for a friend to talk business. to help pass the time I thought I'd go through and work on some pictures I had taken but not quite gotten around to processing. I had my camera with me so that I could take pictures of people working cause the lighting was just perfect. The coffee shop started to get a little busier as people were stopping by for their morning coffee. still waiting for my friend, one of our regulars that I had served his 4 shot expresso countless times saw me sitting there with my camera, came over, and asked "have you ever done video with that? or just pictures?" talk about perfect timing, I had just filmed a short 45 second clip of one of our barista's making a latte. Answering yes I actually have really been interested in video, I pulled up the short clip as a demonstration. The following question nearly knocked me out of my chair. "have you ever worked with a RED camera?"

well, no only my DSLR

sidenote: RED cameras are super awesome cinema cameras that they use for like huge movies
here's a link simply to the camera (no batteries, lenses, memory cards, controls, viewfinders, anything, just the sensor)

http://www.red.com/store/products/epic-m-dragon-brain-only

when I hear that, my brain nearly exploded. So where does all this lead? I've been working at an internship where I'll basically learn all the ins and outs of the cinema industry, from cameras, to audio, to editing, compositing, storyboarding, script writing, the whole nine yards.

we just finished a commercial that turned out pretty good and now we're onto the fun projects ^_^

I feel like I'm leaving out a ton of detail, if you want to know anything more about it, just ask and I can fill in details, I need to move the blog post along cause there is other stuff I need to talk about.

I'm so blessed to be learning all this video stuff perfectly timed cause I am going to Vietnam with a team from my church this June. This is a much needed trip because I have been wanting to travel for about a year but with running/work I just haven't had the time or resources to do it.

as a fundraiser I would like to sell some prints of pictures I have taken. I'm going to set up a gallery at my house with all the pictures all of the procedes will go towards helping my team go to Vietnam

we need to raise about $2400 per person (7 people in total) I am personally responsable for raising $800 for myself (any extra will go into the team fund) all donations are tax deductible (more info on that will be at the gallery)

Thanks for reading/supporting
I will be trying to post as much as I can while in Vietnam
Brandon Goodyear

God's Most Loved Creation

I spent some time in Big Bear this past weekend on a college group winter retreat. It was a ton of fun, there was snow, laughing, sledding, the whole lot. The main event though was our lessons (saturday morning, evening, Sunday Morning. Last Year we were learning about the contrast between Adam and Jesus. How living in the flesh will lead to death and destruction, where as living in the spirit will lead to life and heaven. This year we were learning about the importance of reading your bible, praying, and walking in the spirit daily. God's word is supernatural, and will apply to what you are going through no matter where you are reading in it, God will use it. I cannot stress how important it is to read and pray every day, humbly asking God for wisdom and guidance as you go through out your day.

Now this all sounds good, but if we're honest, things can go perfectly until we run into that person that just can ruin our day. Weather it's a customer, cashier, server, guy who cut your off on the freeway, you get the picture. This is the one thing that I learned this weekend that hit me like a train, backs up, then hits me again. That one person, customer server cashier guy on the freeway, they are God's most loved creation. God is infinite in love, so you are God's most loved creation, and when you look at it in that perspective  how would you treat God's most loved creation? With respect, love, servent's heart, and even though they might not know it, God sent his son Jesus to die for them and save them of their sins. Think back for just a week, I know I can come up with a long list of things I have done that is less than pleasing to God, and that's just this week!! God paid for all the things that we have done in the past, are doing, and will do in the future. Now, how will you treat people knowing that they are God's most loved creation? 

just a little food for thought, it has definitely changed the way I look at the people I work with and serve =)

Enjoying the simple things... like Coffee

Wow, it just occurred to me that I have been working for almost 8 months at Kean Coffee. To answer all those who will inevitably ask, yes I'm a Barista. 

now, the reason that I'm writing this post is not because I totally forgot to tell the world that I got a job but because about a week ago I started composing a blog post on my phone while I was waiting for some friends in a hipster coffee shop in the middle of irvine to discuss our future filming plans (more info to come in it's time). As I was sitting there I realized that I need to get out and see the world, and if I can put together a big enough project I can get funding (through sites like Kickstarter/indegogo). My big mental block was what to do, what can I photograph, video, or simply document while traveling all over the world. Then it hit me, I was sitting in this small coffee shop (coffee wasn't the best, but I'm spoiled, so take my opinion with a grain of salt) that has a relaxed, comfortable aura to it. That's when I realized that I should photograph/film in coffee shops all around the world.

this is (in all honesty) a brilliantly crazy idea. I'm gonna start out by mapping out where some coffee shops are, then see about travelling as a "pre trip scouting" we'll see how this all pans out, if you need me I'll be praying and doing a little bit of research ^_^ 

have a wonderful day, and if you ever want to stop by, my latte art is getting a little better 

- Looking at life through a lens

Brandon Goodyear 

that one time...

it seems that about once every three months I get super inspired and come up with at least ten blog posts that I would love to share with the world. Also, in that moment of inspiration I want to become that cool person who writes up weekly (or daily) blog posts that are inspirational in some way or another. The main things that have been floating around in my mind are my running and photography. With only 33 days left in the year (when I have completed my running goal) my mind has been filled with more and more ideas as to what to do with all my extra free time I'll have in my day next year. This list seems to be endless, from learning to play the guitar (drums, piano, or any awesome instrument) to getting better at my photography so I can actually make a little money at it. After writing and re-writing my list of plans I always come back to running. What will happen next year? Will I turn back into the lazy kid who doesn't know which direction he is going in life? Will I actually be where I envision myself in a year? all these things have been clouding my mind to the point where I seem to lose the ability to function normally in public. It doesn't entirely help that I have been focusing on saving what money I have for a computer and essential gear to take my photography to the next level. That above all has taken the most energy and thought cycles from my brain.

in the end, I will always come back to that one time when I ran 10 miles every day, through the stress, pain, constant tiredness, I realize that without it, my head would still be spinning and wouldn't know which way is forward

until next time...
your scatter brained blogger
Brandon Goodyear

Resolved

Resolved, living life resolved. Resolved to do what you ask? That is up to you but from this weekend I believe that I will be resolving to live life with the Gospel at the Center of my life and continuing to be a light in this world in my actions, words, and overall interactions with the outside world

Living life in Public

so, I read an article the other day on www.fstoppers.com about a photographer who takes pictures of the people around his neighborhood then writes a blog post about them, seeing as I carry my camera with me almost everywhere and I come in contact with people every day I want to do something like this, I'm gonna try and write at least one post every week (we'll see how this turns out) Stay connected by clicking the follow button and adding this to your RSS feed

Working on the perfect head shot

Head shots, they're hard to get right. Since my semi change in career (focusing on photography more than cinematography) I have been trying to figure out what type of photography I want to do the most. I have experimented with many different types of photography including portrait, landscape, nature, sports, and composition photography. Out of these the two that are working for me are sports and composition, though there isn't much money in composition, and the sports photography market is dominated sports illustrated. This gives me a lot of motivation to pursue more in the ways of portrait photography, my biggest challenge is working with models. I haven't quite got the eye for saying "turn your head this way, now tilt back this way" eventually I will get this down, I just need to work with more people... Hey!! on that note if you know anyone that wants portraits for free I need the practice, so while I'm learning I'll do portraits for free anywho advertisement over. Just figuring out what I'm going to do with my future and you get to hear my rants about what's going on hope you enjoyed this and eventually I will be getting on the path to posting on a more regular basis (i tried to upload a composition but the file size was too large ^_^)