This is the blog of Ben Jack.

Eggs

2010-10-02T01:28:00.003-04:00

Milk

2010-09-30T03:43:00.010-04:00

Milk

2010-09-30T02:23:00.000-04:00

Tara cooks dinner

2010-04-29T20:05:00.000-04:00

Thanks to Brandon for convincing me to do this, and to Cameron and Stephen for letting me use their kitchen. I am going to continue doing short little videos for a while.

Mint Condition

2010-03-28T00:52:00.007-04:00

Last night Brandon, Nicki and I went to Brandon's house to make the poster for Nicki's senior show. The name of her show is "Mint Condition" and therefore her concept was to make the type out of mint chocolate chip ice cream and mint toothpaste. We thought this had a lot of potential for a stop animation video (with the melting ice cream and all) so I set up my tripod and snapped a shot every few seconds. Brandon impressed us as usual with his type skills and ability to perfectly write "condition" with toothpaste in one take. And I think it turned out great besides the sun setting early on us. But whatevs. Enjoy!

Ill & GD Poster

2010-03-22T05:11:00.011-04:00

Today I filmed the Ill & GD seniors hand pull over 100 posters.
They turned out amazing and I got so many beautiful shots.
I can't wait to start seeing them edited together.
Click here to buy one for $10!

Home

2010-03-02T21:25:00.002-05:00

My first short film as a director of photography is up! We entered into the annual Doorpost contest.
Go watch and vote! The Doorpost - Home

Ill & GD: A documentary

2010-03-02T19:02:00.010-05:00

Ill & GD just launched! I have been shooting a documentary about their process and performing all their photo needs. Here is the trailer. Enjoy!

Reuben

2009-12-15T06:36:00.002-05:00

Large Format Final Series

2009-12-14T13:50:00.003-05:00

Austin and Chris

2009-12-05T23:58:00.006-05:00

J

2009-12-05T23:55:00.005-05:00

John and Jarin

2009-12-05T23:52:00.000-05:00

Blake

2009-12-05T23:49:00.000-05:00

Elise

2009-12-05T23:45:00.000-05:00

Stephan and Lydia

2009-12-05T23:42:00.000-05:00

Chris and Amy

2009-12-05T23:41:00.001-05:00

Brandon and Erin

2009-12-05T23:29:00.000-05:00

This is the story of people.

2009-11-29T22:19:00.001-05:00

Last night was my senior show. Look!

Red berries

2009-11-22T22:11:00.001-05:00

Scarf

2009-11-18T20:10:00.005-05:00

This is my favorite shot from an in class shoot where we cycled through models
getting 10 min with each.

Chip on his shoulder

2009-11-09T23:19:00.000-05:00

this is a photo i did for samir's packaging design project. he's designing chip bags. i'll post his finished product once he's done.

Emulsion lift

2009-11-09T12:01:00.001-05:00

You should come!

2009-11-09T00:19:00.001-05:00

Piano and wine

2009-11-08T23:04:00.000-05:00

Milk and toast

2009-11-08T22:34:00.000-05:00

Stephan

2009-11-08T21:41:00.001-05:00

new works!

2009-11-05T19:50:00.000-05:00

this is my favorite of the poster series i did for my senior classes upcoming exhibition. this image is by cameron bunce. i love it!

Biting fruit

2009-11-05T19:48:00.001-05:00

i got stuck with the lemon. these are some large format prints.

Fogged film

2009-11-04T02:40:00.000-05:00

i fogged my film tonight. but i was still able to get this print.

Holga

2009-11-03T18:04:00.000-05:00

large format prints

Gallery Up

2009-10-30T19:43:00.000-04:00

these are the photos that i submitted to gallery up for the upcoming photo show there! the artist reception is on november 12th at 6pm. you should come!

Self Portrait

2009-10-26T23:50:00.001-04:00

Red Stripe Shoot Two

2009-10-14T06:38:00.001-04:00

Breakfast

2009-10-13T14:11:00.001-04:00

iPhone

2009-10-08T02:19:00.000-04:00

taken and edited with my iPhone

Wedding assistant

2009-10-07T22:33:00.000-04:00

Red Stripe

2009-10-06T23:16:00.001-04:00

Fashion photography class

2009-09-30T20:23:00.001-04:00

Brandon and his belly

2009-09-10T20:16:00.001-04:00

Megan and the pig

2009-09-10T19:54:00.000-04:00

my first photograph with a large format camera.

Blunt Bangs

2009-09-06T22:21:00.001-04:00

Tara K. Sweeney : Actress

2009-05-22T16:53:00.001-04:00

HI J

2009-05-05T02:10:00.000-04:00

its the alphabet, get it?

this is my digital version of a spread of brandon's pop up alphabet book. i took the photo, the rest of the concept is his.

Hello eighties.

2009-05-04T03:43:00.000-04:00

Mr. Chris Crutchfield

2009-05-04T03:35:00.000-04:00

Faces

2009-05-02T02:37:00.000-04:00

Awesome & Chris don't like to wait.

2009-04-21T12:04:00.000-04:00

brandon and i are designing the website for The Awesome & Chris show. this is the first shoot for the background. the idea is to have all the characters in a waiting room.

Erin B. Fowler photography website

2009-04-18T23:10:00.000-04:00

i did my first website in two years. i'm pretty happy with it.

Awesome & Chris

2009-04-02T22:31:00.000-04:00

this is a promotional poster for THE AWESOME & CHRIS SHOW starring austin herring and chris crutchfield. i took the photograph and brandon made the typeface.

People like to eat cookies with milk.

2009-03-26T02:36:00.000-04:00

and the second food: COOKIES WITH MILK

People like to eat spaghetti and meatballs.

2009-03-26T01:56:00.000-04:00

so for my final project in my lighting class i decided to do series on my two favourite things to photograph: food & people. the name i think i am going to go with is "People like to eat." i was originally going to have a photo of each person eating a different food, but after the shoot tonight, i may want to do a mini series of each food with multiple people. so here is the first food: SPAGHETTI & MEATBALLS

WHITE ON WHITE

2009-03-13T18:38:00.000-04:00

i love this one. i decided to just shoot the cup by itself and turned out great.

STRAWBERRY FRENCH TOAST

2009-03-13T18:34:00.000-04:00

it was so hard to photograph this. it smelled too good!

tara made this for cate's breakfast on her birthday.

MASHED TOMATOES

2009-03-13T18:29:00.000-04:00

NIC & MEG

2009-03-13T18:22:00.000-04:00

here are some photos i took of nicki and megan in their kitchen while they were painting. they are good.

BIRTHDAY PARTY

2009-03-06T17:44:00.000-05:00

here is a screenshot of the website invitation for my birthday party.

the template was created by brandon.

BLACK DRESS

2009-02-26T17:07:00.000-05:00

then we decided to have more fun.

MOUSE EARS

2009-02-26T17:05:00.000-05:00

some tourist inspired portraits using a warming filter on the flash.

SLEEPY TIME

2009-02-26T15:34:00.000-05:00

some portraits balancing strobe with tungsten. blue filter added to the flash.

I BOUGHT POLAROID FILM

2009-02-21T19:25:00.000-05:00

cate got daisies from her parents for the opening night of her latest play. so i thought they'd be a great thing to start off a series of polaroids of us. more to come!

I LIKE TO EAT

2009-02-19T16:42:00.000-05:00

some quick self portraits from studio lighting to test the affects of filtering flash. the top image is not filtered and the second is filtered with a #206 1/2 ORANGE.

ARTICHOKE

2009-02-16T12:24:00.000-05:00

this is a pretty cool collaboration between brandon and his girlfriend, erin and i. erin is making a stuffed "thing" for each letter of the alphabet and then i am photographing them in an environment and then brandon is going to use those photos to make a book. and there is a possibility of a

pop-up book! and hopefully a show. more on that later.

but here is the first one- ARTICHOKE.

head over to The Paper Towns for more.

TONY GROUT

2009-02-11T00:53:00.000-05:00

splash page i created for tony grout. the photograph was taken in my bedroom just using my floor lamp and my wallpaper.

MARK HAMILTON

2009-02-09T22:01:00.000-05:00

portrait i did of photographer and professor mark hamilton.

i had a lot of fun because it almost doubled as a lighting lesson. which is one thing i enjoy about his classes, i am actually learning something. not just doing projects.

BENJACK TOOK THESE PHOTOS AND MADE THIS BOOK. IT'S FREE.

2009-02-07T17:55:00.000-05:00

i finally photographed the book i made.

it's an autobiographical photo book where i took twenty photographs with my HOLGA and then put them together in a book with handwritten text. brandon helped with the type and production.

i made 50. they are hand numbered.

i am still trying to find the best way to present it online. i was thinking a video.

LOVE MOVES T-SHIRT

2009-02-07T16:40:00.000-05:00

with brandon's typography i did the layout for a cast and crew t-shirt for the show. thanks to dave and bobby at ink floyd for helping me out with this and doing a great job printing it.

LOVE MOVES

2009-02-07T14:14:00.000-05:00

promotional photo i did for my good friend lauren.

its for the dance show "LOVE MOVES".

she and her friend jamie (pictured above) wrote, directed and choreographed the show.

brandon did the typography.

SPILLED COFFEE

2009-02-04T14:26:00.000-05:00

my studio lighting class was assigned to photograph a styrofoam cup in different light qualities. and when i think of styrofoam cups i think of drip coffee. here are a few of my favourites.

1. camera corrected tungsten light

2. side lighting with tungsten and the double blue filter

3. front tungsten light

MEAT HEAD

2009-02-04T14:11:00.000-05:00

my favourite photograph from last semester that i did for the paper.

MUSLIM PRAYER

2009-02-04T14:06:00.000-05:00

another photo for the school newspaper.

SUPERBOWL OF CHILI

2009-02-04T14:02:00.000-05:00

the school newspaper assigned me to photograph the local bar during the superbowl.

MMM... BURGER

2009-02-04T13:45:00.000-05:00

old town bistro

in my editorial photography class we were assigned a business to photograph.

BOBBY HAS ARMS

2009-01-30T22:07:00.000-05:00

favourite of some portraits i did of my old friend bobby.

he's an artist and screenprinter at ink floyd.

XMAS CARD!!!

2008-12-15T21:01:00.000-05:00

we are completely wrapped up in each other.

HOLIDAY SHINDIG!

2008-12-08T11:08:00.000-05:00

collaboration with brandon for my parents christmas party.

THE BIBLE {ABRIDGED}!

2008-12-05T11:19:00.000-05:00

our second poster for the pineville dinner theater.

i took the photo and brandon did most of the type.

STUDENTS! friday nights are buy one get one free. so take a student ID and get a 5 star meal and great theatre for only $48 a couple.

pinevilledinnertheater.com {soon to be redone by benjack and brandon}

BRIAN JONES

2008-11-23T19:09:00.000-05:00

portraits of brian jones. actor.

HOLGA ROLL 2

2008-11-23T16:01:00.000-05:00

first images for a book that is in the making.

HOLGA ROLL 1

2008-11-23T15:44:00.000-05:00

this is the roll that got me hooked on the holga.

and brought me back to film.

it's a 1940's movies inspired shoot.

these are from the same shot that produced "THE THIRD MAN" poster.

B&W

2008-11-17T22:52:00.000-05:00

portrait of fellow Etc. designer.

brandon oxendine.

SOLD

2008-10-29T17:15:00.000-04:00

phil moody bought this piece from my show.

he is a photography professor.

SALON STYLE

2008-10-22T21:37:00.000-04:00

benjack and brandon had a show.

PIT STOP

2008-10-21T11:50:00.000-04:00

stopped on the side of the road on the way back from charleston.

NEWSPAPER

2008-10-01T22:57:00.000-04:00

MOVIE POSTER

2008-09-23T19:13:00.000-04:00

SHOWTIME!

2008-09-20T17:05:00.000-04:00

album cover

2008-09-16T16:19:00.001-04:00

front and back spread

i can draw too

2008-09-16T14:03:00.000-04:00

benjack[dot]net

2008-09-09T23:09:00.000-04:00

etcetera design studio.

2008-09-09T23:08:00.000-04:00

CIRQUE DEPRAVITE

2008-08-19T12:23:00.000-04:00

more mustache humor

2008-08-10T17:54:00.000-04:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TARA

2008-08-09T23:47:00.000-04:00

oh, mustaches...

2008-08-03T00:22:00.000-04:00

HAT & MUSTACHE

2008-08-02T23:36:00.000-04:00

i have a thing for mustaches.

website [updated]

2008-07-20T21:15:00.000-04:00

dinner

2008-07-20T01:36:00.000-04:00

dance poster

2008-06-30T22:35:00.000-04:00

poster brandon and i did for the create carolina dance showcase.

This is the blog of Ben Jack.

Eggs

Milk

Milk

Tara cooks dinner

Mint Condition

Ill & GD Poster

Home

Ill & GD: A documentary

Reuben

Archives

Large Format Final Series

Austin and Chris

J

John and Jarin

Blake

Elise

Stephan and Lydia

Chris and Amy

Brandon and Erin

This is the story of people.

Red berries

Scarf

Chip on his shoulder

Emulsion lift

You should come!

Piano and wine

Milk and toast

Stephan

new works!

Biting fruit

Fogged film

Holga

Gallery Up

Self Portrait

Red Stripe Shoot Two

Breakfast

iPhone

Wedding assistant

Red Stripe

Fashion photography class

Brandon and his belly

Megan and the pig

Blunt Bangs

Tara K. Sweeney : Actress

HI J

Hello eighties.

Mr. Chris Crutchfield

Faces

Awesome & Chris don't like to wait.

Erin B. Fowler photography website

Awesome & Chris

People like to eat cookies with milk.

People like to eat spaghetti and meatballs.

WHITE ON WHITE

STRAWBERRY FRENCH TOAST

MASHED TOMATOES

NIC & MEG

BIRTHDAY PARTY

BLACK DRESS

MOUSE EARS

SLEEPY TIME

I BOUGHT POLAROID FILM

I LIKE TO EAT

ARTICHOKE

TONY GROUT

MARK HAMILTON

BENJACK TOOK THESE PHOTOS AND MADE THIS BOOK. IT'S FREE.

LOVE MOVES T-SHIRT

LOVE MOVES

SPILLED COFFEE

MEAT HEAD

MUSLIM PRAYER

SUPERBOWL OF CHILI

MMM... BURGER

BOBBY HAS ARMS

XMAS CARD!!!

HOLIDAY SHINDIG!

THE BIBLE {ABRIDGED}!

BRIAN JONES