Odd Man Out

Here's a new photo I made earlier this week. It's a bit of a metaphorical piece just about being the odd one out amongst others, haha. Just trying some new things and having fun with it I guess. Hope you enjoy. This may be the last one shot in Minnesota for a while. Only two more weeks until the big move to South East Florida, pretty excited! Anyway, I hope you enjoy the new photo. By the way, there have been some new updates on the website, check it out if you have a sec! http://www.micahkvidt.com

Changing a light bulb

So this weekend I spent time at my moms in Sioux Falls, SD. I had my lights with me in hopes to shoot while I was there. Unfortunately, it rained most of the weekend, so shooting outside was not an option. Although the weather outside was not the best, it made me force myself to work with what I had inside. I always love challenges like this. I encourage others to try the same challenge as well to always push your self as a shooter and thinker. Anyway, my sister Ali, and her best friend Brigitt, were home and they volunteered to help me out with some of my photos. Of course I kept my idea a secret when I asked them, as you'll see why, haha, but they were good sports about it.

So like I said, I had no idea of a photo concept to shoot inside my mom's house. I looked down a stairwell and saw a ladder and next to me a home improvement book. I thought it would be funny to construct an image of Ali and Brigitt trying to change a light bulb using the ladder and the instructional book. Below is what turned out from the shoot.

Andy Santamaria : Conecting Me To You

Yesterday was a great day at the Internship at the Callahan & Co. studios in Mpls. Andy Santamaria was there who created Conecting Me To You. CMTY started out as a blog that covered small businesses in the Twin Cities. In a short time, it’s become a platform for launching ideas and exploring how business can make sense of the ever-changing web. Be sure to check it out; Great stuff!

Anyway, since Andy was at the studio, we decided to do some test shots with him for his site, which also gave me some more time shooting in the studio. Always a good thing. Below is one of the shots from the shoot.

Magic Kingdom

I spent this past weekend, back home, in Pelican Rapids, MN. I had some photo ideas running through my head that I thought would be perfect for this setting, plus I had the perfect person to model in it for me. My idea was to construct a photograph of a boy making a snow fort with a warm orange-ish light coming from the inside of this entrance to the snow fort. The idea behind this was that when you're younger and you build forts, they're no longer piles of snow, or even blankets on chairs, it becomes something much more than that -- It becomes this ginormous, magical place that only exists in your own little world, and a mind/imagination of a child; The good ole days. So with that concept in mind, I made this photograph. Hope you enjoy! Be sure to keep checking the website as well! http://www.micahkvidt.com

Ok...Who's The Wise Ass

So you may or may not know, but I have been Interning with Conor Lawrance and Callahan & Co. since around this past December. It has been a great time and an outstanding learning experience. Conor is always pushing me to keep shooting and is always trying to get me to think forward.
Yesterday, Conor booked the studio for me so I could come in and take advantage of my time Interning with them and use their space. That was Huge! The experience that is, the studio is huge to...haha
Anyways, below is one of the shots I got from yesterdays photo shoot with my dog Izzy. I hope you enjoy!

Video Blog w/ Venus On Fire

Hey guys, Thanks again for checking out my blog to see what's new. Last Monday I had another photo shoot with Venus On Fire and we brought the video camera along for the ride to show you all how it all went down. Check out the video below! Hope you enjoy it!

KS95 "Live 95"

It has been way to long since the last time a blogged. I guess I fell into a little bit of a blogging slump. Things are continuing to keep steady and big things are in the future; I'll fill you all in later when details are certain.

But in the meantime, here is a slide show of images I shot for KS95 of their Live 95 event that took place at The Varsity Theater in Dinkytown. The line up of artists consisted of Theory of a Deadman, Uncle Kracker, and Colbie Caillat. The show was GREAT, and they had a record attendance at the show -- 600+ people came to rock out and have a great time. Check it out!