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Focus on Nature interview with Seth Resnick
By Einar Erlendsson
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Q: Have you ever been to Iceland before Seth?
A: No
Q: What is your idea of the nature?
A: Everything created naturally be it light, shape, form, texture, living or dead
Q: What do you think about the up to four hours twilight zone in Iceland?
A: Having been to Antarctica three times four hours of twilight means a Kodachrome sunrise or sunset that just doesn’t stop. This translates into major gigage when it comes to shooting
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Q: Do you feel that your Iceland workshop will be different in some way to your normal workshops?
A: Absolutely. In my normal workshops we focus the majority of time on technology specifically Lightroom. Here we will be focusing the majority of time on shooting. That said, we will also spend a good amount of time on categorizing, metadata, and developing.
Q: What’s your teaching style?
A: high energy
Q: What do you like most about teaching?
A: I love seeing a light go off in someone’s head. Suddenly they get it. You can see it in peoples faces and eyes when you teach. You convey something special with a positive influence and you achieve a special connection.
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Q: What are your students mostly likely to learn?
A: How to see and how to see differently. My goal is always to bring back images that you wouldn’t see if you were standing next to me. I like to encourage creativity and taking risks to achieve truly special and different imagery. Additionally, I concentrate on organization. How to caption, keyword and organize so that you can instantly find what you are looking for.
Q: Do you set assignments for students during field trips?
A: It depends on the class. There are students who thrive better with freedom and students who thrive better with structure. I will be there for both.
Q: Is critic session’s important part of you workshops?
A: I think looking at images and critiquing them will be a very important part of this workshop.
Q: When the weather gets challenging what are you most likely to do?
A: Again this depends on the class. Light is always interesting to me and storms can make for amazing images. I stayed out for 4 nights during hurricane season just photographing lightning and I loved every minute of it. I will be there for the students and if they would rather stay in and work on images we will but if they would rather shoot we will shoot.
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Q: What characteristic do you feel will be of importance for participants to nurture and develop staying with you out in the Iceland workshop, that should last in their images?
A: Seeing from a new perspective. I want to convey the importance of being a participant in the creation of images rather than simply an observer.
Q: Should your students prepare in some way before the workshop
A: They should get plenty of rest. Anyone who has taken a workshop with me or who knows me would attest to a high energy level.
Q: How would you describe your photographic approach?
A: I try not to preconceive and to always keep my minds eye open looking for strong color, design, texture or gesture. As I said earlier I like to bring back images that you would not see if you were standing next to me. I look at the role of television to capture exactly what is happening if you were standing next to me but I look at the role of the still photographer to bring back much more. We must capture the essence of a story and many times we must do so in a single frame.
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Q: How would you characterize your visual style?
A: I am excited by strong design, dramatic color, shape form and gesture and usually go to extremes to find it.
Q: Do you have a personal concept or future project in mind before you travel to a place like Iceland?
A: Do what I do every day which is keep my eyes open, take a camera and shoot.
Thank you Seth for taking your time.
Einar Erlendsson,
Project Manager
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