WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:03.620 line:15% Hey, my name is JD Casto, I am class of 2011 2 00:00:03.620 --> 00:00:07.530 line:15% at Rollins College, and I do a little bit of everything. 3 00:00:07.530 --> 00:00:10.130 line:15% Artists is probably the easiest thing to say. 4 00:00:10.130 --> 00:00:13.060 line:15% I freelance in photography, videography, 5 00:00:13.060 --> 00:00:16.130 line:15% and I'm also an activist here in Central Florida. 6 00:00:16.130 --> 00:00:18.420 When it comes to my art form, 7 00:00:18.420 --> 00:00:20.540 line:15% my education, my background, is critical media 8 00:00:20.540 --> 00:00:22.410 line:15% and cultural studies. 9 00:00:22.410 --> 00:00:24.500 line:15% My art informs my activism, 10 00:00:24.500 --> 00:00:26.210 line:15% and my activism informs my art. 11 00:00:26.210 --> 00:00:29.850 line:15% So I will do a lot of photography at rally's, 12 00:00:29.850 --> 00:00:33.150 I will do a lot of portrait photography of activists. 13 00:00:33.150 --> 00:00:36.700 I will also just do, you know, senior photos, 14 00:00:36.700 --> 00:00:40.160 but I'm also, at Rollins, I was very heavily involved 15 00:00:40.160 --> 00:00:43.340 with the athletics department and filming all the sports, 16 00:00:43.340 --> 00:00:45.470 and so one of my clients for the videography 17 00:00:45.470 --> 00:00:47.700 side of everything is actually the Orlando Magic, 18 00:00:47.700 --> 00:00:49.830 I'm a court-side camera operator. 19 00:00:49.830 --> 00:00:52.400 line:15% I will normally speak with a client 20 00:00:52.400 --> 00:00:54.930 line:15% and ask what their expectations are. 21 00:00:54.930 --> 00:00:56.917 line:15% There's really a lot of just going back and forth of, 22 00:00:56.917 --> 00:00:59.847 line:15% "Okay, what is your look, what is your story 23 00:00:59.847 --> 00:01:03.027 "gonna look like in accompaniment with this? 24 00:01:03.027 --> 00:01:06.020 "Is there anything that you specifically want me to get?" 25 00:01:06.020 --> 00:01:09.200 Now it comes to selecting what lenses I'm going to use. 26 00:01:09.200 --> 00:01:11.120 If I'm on the go, I try to use 27 00:01:11.120 --> 00:01:14.110 just my 24 to 70 milometer lens. 28 00:01:14.110 --> 00:01:16.180 It's the most versatile lens that I have. 29 00:01:16.180 --> 00:01:18.630 If I know that I'm going to need 30 00:01:18.630 --> 00:01:21.920 line:15% more of a telephoto lens to get close-ups of like a band, 31 00:01:21.920 --> 00:01:24.800 line:15% let's say I'm covering a band at Hard Rock, 32 00:01:24.800 --> 00:01:26.570 line:15% I will typically bring a second body 33 00:01:26.570 --> 00:01:29.980 line:15% with the 70 to 200 milometer lens, 34 00:01:29.980 --> 00:01:32.530 and just switch off between the cameras. 35 00:01:32.530 --> 00:01:37.090 When the other photo journalist zig, I zag. 36 00:01:37.090 --> 00:01:39.080 When you do a lot of events you'll see 37 00:01:39.080 --> 00:01:42.380 that the photographers kind of move in a cluster, 38 00:01:42.380 --> 00:01:44.860 and I don't like that, I don't like getting, 39 00:01:44.860 --> 00:01:47.150 it sounds very pretentious, but I don't like getting 40 00:01:47.150 --> 00:01:49.280 the same exact shot that everybody else gets. 41 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:53.990 I will try and kind of zoom back and get a bigger picture. 42 00:01:53.990 --> 00:01:55.850 I really focus on energy. 43 00:01:55.850 --> 00:01:58.020 line:15% When you make a selects pass, which is you're making 44 00:01:58.020 --> 00:02:02.140 line:15% your VIP, your top 10 photos, 45 00:02:02.140 --> 00:02:04.590 line:15% I go through the big emotional beats. 46 00:02:04.590 --> 00:02:06.920 line:15% It's not just a photo of someone at a rally, 47 00:02:06.920 --> 00:02:10.010 I want someone sitting there in passion. 48 00:02:10.010 --> 00:02:14.210 Or I want someone with a sign hugging someone. 49 00:02:14.210 --> 00:02:15.890 It's not just a picture of the sign, 50 00:02:15.890 --> 00:02:17.930 I always lead with emotion. 51 00:02:17.930 --> 00:02:19.890 There is no typical week, it's just busy. 52 00:02:19.890 --> 00:02:24.890 I can go from doing a mediation project with a law group, 53 00:02:24.900 --> 00:02:28.403 to doing a underwear model shoot, 54 00:02:29.310 --> 00:02:31.790 line:15% to then ending my day, on the court, 55 00:02:31.790 --> 00:02:34.990 line:15% with the Orlando Magic, and sometimes all that combines 56 00:02:34.990 --> 00:02:37.880 line:15% with me having to teach at Rollins video production, 57 00:02:37.880 --> 00:02:39.450 line:15% somewhere in the middle of that. 58 00:02:39.450 --> 00:02:41.070 line:15% So there is no typical week. 59 00:02:41.070 --> 00:02:41.903 I like that. 60 00:02:41.903 --> 00:02:44.390 There's this weird controlled chaos aspect to it 61 00:02:45.330 --> 00:02:46.673 that I just love.