Mike's Photo Blog Is Moving!

Thanks again for visiting my photo blog!  Because WordPress is Google Optimized, I will be migrating my blog to the following address:
http://harnettimages.wordpress.com
Sorry for the inconvenience...I feel that the new blog will be much easier to navigate as well as be more visually appealing than the old site.  Enjoy, and I look forward to hearing your inputs!

--Mike--

Nails on a Chalkboard!

As part of an assignment for one of my classes, I was required to set up a small little booth out in public where I would have to find at least 25 strangers who would allow me to photograph them.  The concept that I came up with for this was based off of people's responses to the sound of nails scraping down a chalkboard.  This sound is known to be one of the most irritating (and, in some cases, physically painful) sounds that we know of, so I chose to use something so universally negative.  I asked the subjects to listen to a soft song while I took their pictures; however, ten seconds into the soothing music, I spliced a loud nails on a chalkboard sound effect to force a strong auditory response.  This was such a great experience, and I might consider continuing this endeavor to build an entire book out of it.  Hope you enjoy!

Here are the latest and greatest images from my lifestyle shoot with Tobi yesterday.  The assignment was to come up with ten images with a person interacting with a product.  I chose to photograph Tobi with a messenger bag, and I think the resulting images are pretty strong!  Enjoy!

Lifestyle Spa Shoot

Here are some images that I took for my lifestyle photography class on Monday.  Thanks to Lauren for being such a great model!

NYC 2011

This is an editorial photo essay that I chose to do for my Travel Photography class at Brooks Institute.  I chose to focus on the various programs that are in place to bring a bit of the Country to the City (parks, farmers markets, urban agriculture, etc.).  Hope you enjoy!