Over the Double Rainbow
A major storm rolled through Columbia, SC yesterday afternoon while we were editing images after an early morning assignment for an editorial client. Thankfully we only lost power for about 10 seconds, and had no other damage. After it was all over Brett saw this amazing double rainbow outside. He grabbed the Canon 5D MKII [...]
The Perseverance of Storytelling
The videos in this post about National Geographic photographer Sam Abell and Ira Glass of “This American Life” are a good reminder of why it’s important to work hard and persevere through the rough times of developing your craft. Whether its telling stories with photographs, video, or words. To become proficient you have to dedicate yourself to creating a large volume of work, and to become a master like Sam Abell you have to continue creating that volume for decades.
Published – U.S. Army Toughens Fitness Test
Yesterday afternoon, I was fortunate enough to be the only photographer for a civilian media outlet on hand for a closed demonstration of the U.S. Army’s newly revised fitness tests for soldiers. Back in the days of print, I would wake up and head to the news stand to get a copy of whatever publication [...]
A White Christmas (almost)
Not sure when I would ever see snow around the holidays in Columbia ever again (even though it was minimal) I took my cameras out for a ride, and this is what I saw.
Columbia Regional Visitors Center Artist of the Month
AOTM Print Collection – Images by Brett Flashnick I am completely humbled that I have been selected as the Columbia Regional Visitors Center ”Artist of the Month” for November 2010. Photographic prints will be on display and available for purchase throughout the entire month of November at the Visitors Center located inside the Columbia Metropolitan Convention [...]
The after-show glow…
As I sat on the porch where I currently live, listening to the water fall in the Koi pond, and trying to catch up on growing email inbox this morning, I ran across a facebook message from a few weeks ago that new friend and fellow artist Anastasia Chernoff sent, after visiting my photo show, the [...]
My Artista Vista show “Symbology”
I believe that our culture is founded on, and formed by symbols that enable us to connect what we can see with those things that can only be understood by our souls. The symbols we use to express our patriotism, faith, love, and even socioeconomic status, are simply an outward expression of the desire we [...]