After visiting Napa Valley, we drove east on some backroads until we hit Interstate 80. We switched to Highway 50 and made our way into the Sierras, eventually landing in South Lake Tahoe. The terrain in California can change so quickly. The following day we went for a long hike aiming for Maggies Peak. We…
Author: Jessey Dearing
NYTimes: A Company Copes With Backlash Against the Raise That Roared
Dan Price, chief of Gravity Payments, raised the annual salary floor for his employees to $70,000. Most responses were positive, but Mr. Price says that even the negative letters were valuable. When I found out I’d have just over an hour and a half for this shoot, I knew I wanted to bring Tim Matsui…
Working with the Canon C100 and FCP 7
We started using the Canon C100 at Talking Eyes Media recently. It is a beautiful camera for a number of reasons, but the only hurdle we had to really jump was incorporating the AVCHD recording format into our Canon DSLR workflow. We are still using Final Cut Pro 7, which cannot read DSLR or the…
Here is New York #5 – 06.08.2013
After shooting a roll of film with a recently acquired Yashica T4, I quickly learned that the corner pharmacy and 1 hour photo stores have largely shut down. Some still offer to process it, but they ship it out to who-knows-where with a 7-10 day turn around. Luckily, in New York, there are still a few…
great california road trip #1
Lauren and I took a vacation road trip around a large portion of California last year. I brought my Hasselblad, which I basically abandoned after graduating from photography school in 2008, and stocked up on some Kodak 100VS film. I’ve always enjoyed the film experience because it forces me to slow down and demands a different attention…
Here is New York #4 – 06.09.2013
I went with my girlfriend, Lauren, to the Upper West Side this afternoon to have lunch with her family. We photographed Juliana (Lauren’s cousin’s daughter) after her first communion at Riverside park in the upper west side. I brought my Hasselblad with a polaroid back and took a portrait of her. We gave the prints…
Kisumu, Kenya
I recently traveled to Kisumu, Kenya, to film part of a client documentary project with my employer, Talking Eyes Media. The project highlights an effective program aimed at fostering friendly dynamics between the police force and sex workers. The program has helped sex workers feel comfortable reaching out to police when a crime has…
Here is New York #3 – 05.01.2013
Since moving to New York City in September 2011, my primary means of getting around is on a bicycle. I ride about 80-100 miles a week year round and I think it’s one of the best ways to explore this city. It’s quick and above ground. You’re forced to learn the roads and you can…
Here is New York #2 – 04.14.2013
I was riding over the Brooklyn Bridge with a friend one evening and we took a break half way over the bridge. I used a Panasonic Lumix with a slow shutter to capture the crescent moon over downtown Manhattan. This reminded me of an assignment for a photography class. Rejuvenating.
Here is New York #1 – 04.07.2013
I visited the Astoria Skatepark on a Sunday afternoon under the Triboro bridge in Astoria, Queens. I had to take a break from skating after seeing a group of ATVs riding all over the park. I followed them down to the waterfront of the East River and took a few photographs with a point and…
Massachusetts Incarceration
I worked on this story while I was at The Boston Globe. I toured four different prison facilities with reporter, David Abel, to see a supervised view of the Massachusetts prison system. I say supervised because our tour was carefully guided by a public relations representative who was present during all interviews and all locations. We…
National Geographic: The Weather Observer
Richard G. Hendrickson has seen his share of weather. That’s because the 101-year-old has been logging weather data on his farm in Long Island, New York, since the Hoover administration. Last month, Hendrickson was honored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for his 84 years of service in collecting and reporting weather data….
A Prison Without Walls
A Prison without Walls tells the story of prisoners in the MCI-Shirley minimum security prison in Shirley, Mass. I filmed and photographed at multiple prisons with Boston Globe reporter David Abel. This is one of several short multimedia pieces that were edited from the multiple day shoot. Filming and photography by Jessey Dearing. Editing by…
James ‘Whitey’ Bulger: In Plain Sight
While I was interning at The Boston Globe in 2011, James ‘Whitey’ Bulger was arrested in Santa Monica, Calif., after 16 years on the run. Bulger is known as one of the most dangerous and notorious gangsters in Boston and spent more than 10 years on the FBI’s “Most Wanted” list. I was sent to Santa…
A Well Deserved Vacation
This short documentary was produced while I was working with The Boston Globe during the summer of 2011. Interviews, video and photography, and editing by Jessey Dearing.
Dreams of American Healthcare
Even after passing health reform legislation, heated debate continues around the country about whether we should pay for others’ health care. While it is too soon to see the effects that the legislation will have on this country, it is clear that the current system is not helping those in need. Medicare, Medicaid and Disability…
Fresh Lifelines for Youth
Each year, The James Irvine Foundation hires Talking Eyes Media to produce short profiles for their leadership awards. We usually schedule about two days of filming per winner and about a five to eight days editing. While all the winners are often doing amazing work, Christa Gannon’s Fresh Lifelines for Youth (FLY) program stood out…
VII Photo – 2012 Teaser
VII Photo commissioned Talking Eyes Media to produce a teaser / promo reel for the agency. This was a fun project to piece together and find similarities in composition, light and content to create diptychs and smooth sequencing. It was also incredibly humbling and difficult to make selects from such an amazing body of work. All…
Yuna – Music Video
I filmed this music video with Sarah Riazati at the Converse Rubber Tracks studio in Williamsburg. We did about 3 or 4 takes and I was shooting with a long lens focusing on details and tight shots. Sarah filmed the wide to medium shots and edited the video together.
Rent Memories or O Brother, Where Art Thou?
This is a personal story that was originally produced for an autobiographical film assignment while taking an experimental film course at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I cannot classify this as a journalism or editorial piece, because it is my own story, in which case my storytelling cannot possibly be objective. Scripting,…
Nature of Man
This is another project I created for an experimental film course at UNC-Chapel Hill. Each video clip is triggered by a different sound from the music. The eight different scenes play out a different consequence of the interaction of nature and man. All but the center video clip were taken from YouTube indicated at the…
Spilling Over update…
Last August, Lauren and I traveled to Venice to film a few days and catch up with the Arnesen’s for our documentary, Spilling Over. It was a fairly successful trip. We were able to interview David, Kindra’s husband, and I went fishing with him. Read more about the trip in this post on our film’s…
Spilling Over: An Essay
Spilling Over is a work-in-progress documentary film that documents the human consequences of the 2010 BP Gulf oil spill disaster. I began working on Spilling Over with a team of journalists as a student at UNC-Chapel Hill. When we began documenting the community, I was working mostly with photography and interviews, but as we progressed we…
Dreams of American Healthcare
As Americans across the country debated the consequences of healthcare reform, the ones who need it most were often left out of the debate as they were in hospitals and unable to leave their homes. This essay explores three individuals and their battle to survive physically, emotionally and financially in the US healthcare system.
Forever Family
Rebecca and her husband, Randal, always knew they wanted to be a foster family, even with three birth children of their own. Two weeks after becoming certified as foster parents in November 2005, they had two children placed in their home. They decided to adopt the children and have since, adopted a third child. “All…