Asian Photography a Sean 6

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52 APRIL 2007 Asian Photography

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The job of a still photographer is

surely one of the least appealing

in the spectrum of photography.

In essence, the stills photographer

parlays the vision of the lms director

to the general public. There is little in

the way of creativity and inventive-

ness. Yet Jakarta based photographer

Darius

Photography for me is a way to

express and appreciate my imagina-

tion. I always hope I can transform my

ideas and my imagination, something

which in my mind to other people. I

believe this job of a still photographer,

which I have been doing for about

four years now, is very interesting and

unique. Photography in print media

is common and I have been through

that job for three years. That is why Idecided to explore more opportunity

in other media with more challenges.

Darius has faced up to the many

challenges of photography in the

print media and has the accolades

to prove it. He has won photography

competition such as the Central Java

Culture Festival in 1999 and Face of

Indonesia by Lowe Lintas Advertis-

ing in 2004. To cap it o, he staged a


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solo exhibition focusing on fashion

photography in 2006. More recently,

he participated in the Jakarta Interna-

tional Film Festival exhibition on stills

photography.

One of the more interesting ex-

periences that I have been through is

when I took a picture of my model in

the middle of a trac jam. It attracted

a large crowd with a lot of people

watching that session, Darius recalls.


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Nonetheless, the task of photo-

graphing stills is not one to be scoed

at. According to Darius, the challenges

of photographing stills are unique.

You have to take pictures with

good continuity, he explains, using

the lmmakers term for seamless se-

quence of events. You also have to be

careful to take a picture that is similar

to what the lm or video camera man

has taken. This is the one thing that is

very important for me. Coordination

between stills photographer, director

and cameramen is not only impor-tant, it is crucial, because if there is no

coordination between them, you will

not get a good picture nor be able to

capture the moment.

Darius is very careful with his

choice of equipment. He places a high

premium on quality and responsive-

ness. Which is why he uses the Canon

D20 with lenses 16-35mm f.2,8 and

70-200mm f.2,8.


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I take photos by project, so I have

to prepare and learn about every kind

of photography, he said.

NAZIR KESHVANI

When I am photographing stills,

I never use the ash because for me,

the ash can be a distraction for the

situation and shooting process, he

explains.

Darius has a studio workshop in

South Jakarta where he indulges in

photographic work, shooting every-

thing from still life to fashion photog-

raphy.

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