Will Graham Photography

Texan 2 Texan

wgraham — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 02:41:48 +0000

Here are a few of my favorite shots from a recent Air2Air Workshop I did out in Arizona with Moose Peterson. It was a wonderful time and Moose was a great teacher. I was able to shoot a T-6G Texan from the air while in the back of another T-6 (Harvard). The back canopy was rigged to open all the way up, like a convertible but in reverse. This created a calm air pocket out of the slip stream to shoot from. Seeing that I have loved old WWII era planes since I was 8, this experience was spectacular. Open canopy, 70-200mm hand held, radio headset to direct chase plane while in tight orbit around Arizona’s red mountain landscape…just awesome. I also can’t say enough about the wonderful people of the CAF Arizona Wing at Falcon Field Airport. The other images are of a C-47 and SJ B-17.

Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge by Santiago Calatrava

wgraham — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 23:51:44 +0000

Where GuestBook’s is running a photo essay I shot on the new Calatrava bridge in Dallas. The books are currently on coffee tables in hotels around the country. I had a great time shooting the bridge at night and was lucky to have a few hard rains so there was actually water under the bridge.

New York Times & The Texas Theater

wgraham — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 21:46:22 +0000

It was great fun seeing a couple of images I took for the New York Times in the paper today. Eric, Jason, and Barak are gearing up for the Indie Film Festival at the Texas Theater in Oak Cliff this June. They have totally revived the Oak Cliff Theater on Lexington which even includes a bar now.

Hotter Than Hell 100 in 3 mintues

wgraham — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:37:00 +0000

This is a time lapses video of the Hotter n Hell 100 held on August 27, 2011 shot with a GoPro camera mounted to the back seat of my bike.

Hotter n Hell 100 Time Lapse from Will Graham on Vimeo.

Our group of riders were (left to right) Brian Shaw, Jason Thumlert, William Mundinger, & Ben Ralston.

FA-18F Swordsmen – Fighting 32nd

wgraham — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 06:09:25 +0000

This past weekend I was working with a friend near Love Field when we saw two F-18 Navy Jets fly by, circle, then land at Love Field. After driving around the airport for a bit I located the two planes and made my way to the refueling port where the planes were parked. Right when I pulled up the four F-18 pilots came out on their way to the Navy/SMU game that they just flown over. I learned they would be taking off in the morning. So I showed back up Sunday morning and just happen to pull into the lot right when they did. Followed them out to the tarmac and was able to shoot a few pictures before the took off. They were part of the 32 Fighter Wing off the USS Harry Truman.

Thank you guys! I really appreciate you and your service for our country. Let me know if you want any of these pictures.

FA-18F Super Hornet

Rwanda’s Passion Week

wgraham — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:12:32 +0000

For the past 17 years the week leading into Easter has been reserved as the only week in which it is widely acceptable for Rwandans to speak about and observe the horrific events know as the Rwandan Genocide. If you were on a street corner in Kigali this week you would see flashes of purple from the arm bands and scarves worn by those personally affected by the Genocide. And if you visited the Genocide Museum just outside of town you might witness a gathering of hundreds mourning the the slain who’s bones are only now being laid to rest.

Here are a few images I’ve posted before that I took while in Kigali during the Easter Week in 2009. The link is to a piece by James Nachtwey who was there in 1994. His images are very graphic. They are shocking. Click HERE for his story.

Finally…Nikon D7000

wgraham — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 23:13:30 +0000

I’d like to thank my brother in law Jae Ellis, Claire Smith, Andrew Hudson, and Chad Lemons for letting me borrow their cameras over the last four months.

Indwe Cover with Tanit Phoenix

wgraham — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 03:01:31 +0000

I received a call from my lovely friend Tanit Phoenix a few weeks ago telling me that South African Airlines wanted to use a photo I took of her for the cover of their in-flight magazine. So I got my first cover! Tanit is an amazing actress from South Africa and is being talked about as the next Charlize Theron. The magazine is currently flying around South Africa and other Southern Africa countries in the backs of airplane seats.

No wind machines, just hair flip + timing. Also used a small strobe (SB-600) through an umbrella high camera left. The second picture also ran in the article.

Hipstamatic

wgraham — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:44:41 +0000

Over the past few years I have been following an amazing photographer named Chase Jarvis. His site is here. One of his main ongoing projects is taking pictures with the camera that is most readily available at the time. This is just about always a camera phone and in Chase’s case it is an iPhone. He even created an app and a photo book called “The Best Camera Is The One That’s with You“. You can find the app on iTunes and the book on Chase’s blog here. So over the past few weeks I have been shooting with my iPhone. It wasn’t until I downloaded the app Hipstamatic that I really started having fun shooting with the iPhone. I just got back from a trip up to Cape Cod and I only shot with this little camera using the Hipstamatic app. I loved it. The Hipst. creates square format images and adds a variety of effects depending on which ‘lens’ and ‘film’ you select. The main thing I really like is that you choose the effect first, then shoot. Most other apps let you shoot then apply an effect after. I like that you only get one chance. It is a small echo of the film days which I never really was a part of. I started learning photography when the digital age was in full swing. The Hipstamatic app is the best $1.99 I’ve spent in a while.

The Kill

wgraham — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:18:45 +0000

This past year I went on safari in Tanzania’s Serengeti and was lucky enough see a kill. I like zebra’s but I also like lions and they have to eat some how. What made this hunt exciting is that the collared lion used our vehicle as a blind to hide behind. The lioness started her run at the watering zebras from behind our car in order to mask her charge. She was at top speed when she emerged into the open. The zebras began to flee from the water in an angle perpendicular to that of the lioness charge. If she would have chased one of them she would lose speed in turning to adjust her angle. Luckily for her one zebra turned away from her thus cutting its speed and aligning itself with her charge.

Once she took the zebra down the other two lionesses joined to help finish the job.