My amazing spouse Lori Kane and her partner in crime Bas de Baar have released their new site Different Office. It is a site that is dedicated to people who have self-created, soul-satisfying work spaces. They have been working on collecting stories for a few weeks now and the first one is up and live.
I have been lucky to have the opportunity to work my photography into some the various stories that they are writing when my schedule allows. For the most part, it is a great experience of hearing from people who love what they do and love the space the work. It has been a great motivator for me and my photography goals. One of the biggest challenges is to try to find a way to photograph the work spaces in a way that really shows the passion, personality and heart of the person and the space.
I spend some time getting a tour of the space and then listen to the interview for a bit and then try to find the things that resonated with me in their stories and focusing in on what really lit them up during the tour. Then I try to photography in a way that captures that excitement. For me this has been interesting as it has me pushed out of my comfort zone in some cases. I find that I push the point of view, processing, and artistic choices a little differently knowing that I am trying to capture not just what I find interesting, but also what relates to the person.
On a side note, my wife has a great sense of humor and I found this little nugget on the Different Office site.
Unfortunately they don’t note which are which in the story and we are left to wonder. 🙂
Hi Daniel,
Now I know why I like you so much even though we have never met. It is your honest and reflective statement “and her partner in crime”. May be this is the only crime people welcome.
Cheers
Thanks hon! You’re pretty amazing too. If you’d like to work out a way to distinguish which photos are yours on the site, please do. Bas will be getting you and Simone up on the main page as contributors soon. Let me know the photo you’d like us to use for you. Also, what titles you’d like for yourself. Working together it’s clear that you’re a story wrangler too, contributing through and far beyond the photography.
love you