Matthew Bourgeois
filmmaker - photographer - auctioneer - art & antiques
surfer - snowboarder - world traveller - art lover - music
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@elmakias I'm stoked on the new bracelets! Congrats!
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@elmakias I'm currently in NH en route to Toronto for Nik Software, then back to the east coast for a minute. Call me up or Facebook me.
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January 24, 11:11 PM
If you find yourself stumbling around New Orleans looking for good live music, check out the Maison on Frenchmen. After a few drinks I pulled up a front row seat to really soak in the sounds. Then I made the above and below image in Pano and then edited them in Snapseed.
The Frenchmen area is much nicer then the Bourbon scene and if the act is too avante guard you at the Maison, go across the street for some hot jazz! There's also a bike shop there if you're a cyclist looking for a rental. The shops not super cheap, but you'll ride away on a decent bike.
The Frenchmen area is much nicer then the Bourbon scene and if the act is too avante guard you at the Maison, go across the street for some hot jazz! There's also a bike shop there if you're a cyclist looking for a rental. The shops not super cheap, but you'll ride away on a decent bike.
December 30, 05:00 PM
Are you into making panoramic photographs? Well you have until April 20th, 2012 to get your images entered into the EPSON International Pano Awards - Panoramic Photography Competition, Contest
Just a FYI
October 12, 07:58 PM
I've been fooling around with two apps this week. The first being snapseed, which was designed by Nik Software. The second is one I got for free this past week, Palette0.
Snapseed is amazing. You'll find all kinds of great write ups about the software all over the internet. Palette0 is also great for what it is; it emulates vintage computer and video game outputs.
The self portrait above is a mix of the two apps. Palette0 used first, then Snapseed.
Snapseed is amazing. You'll find all kinds of great write ups about the software all over the internet. Palette0 is also great for what it is; it emulates vintage computer and video game outputs.
The self portrait above is a mix of the two apps. Palette0 used first, then Snapseed.
September 12, 12:18 AM
September 07, 11:08 AM
Hey digital photographers! Did you hear that Nik Software released their new Color Efex Pro 4 today? Just in time for Photoshop World in Las Vegas! They've got 55 filters now! Here's PDN's post about the new software.
August 20, 03:49 PM
My two day adventure in Chicago was a blast! I made a new friend who's from NYC and together we did a little urban exploration of the windy city. Above is "the Bean" in Chicago's Millennium park. The place was swarming with visitors from around the world admiring the work of art (or maybe they were just admiring their reflection.) Either way, it's worth a visit if you're in the city.
August 10, 10:40 PM
On the way to San Jose there's a wine maker who once told me that he raised a wild boar from birth and it ended up being the best dog he ever had.
He claims the female boar got along great with his other dogs but at the same time scared off any unwanted intruders with ease. Unlike portly domesticated pigs, his hairy beast was slender and lean. The man told me the pig was house trained in less than 3 weeks. He had the Polaroid to prove it (see below.)
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July 25, 06:29 PM
Although this flower is a little tattered around the edges I still think it's beautiful. I photographed this beautiful iris early this morning then edited with the Nik Software plugins in Photoshop.
July 24, 05:53 PM
I'm not sure if it's the delicious flowery taste, the intoxicating 9% alcohol/volume or if it's the fact that La Fin Du Monde is produced in the birthplace of my great grandfather, the province of Quebec, Canada, that draws me to this beer. Whatever the reason, I love this beer. If you're new to this malt beverage be ready for a strong flavor and an even stronger kick back for this potent triple fermented ale. To properly enjoy this beer, be sure to seek out the proper glassware.
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July 20, 06:28 PM
I'm a big Dali fan. So when I see Salvador's face plastered to the side of a utility casing, I make a photograph of it. I really like the surreal quality of the image that happened because I took the photo from the passenger seat of a moving car. Let me know what you think of my Hipstamatic image!
July 19, 07:47 PM
Here's a little slideshow of a few photographs I made on my Canon 7D DSLR camera.
May 02, 02:12 AM
So my cousin Mikey and I are looking to share out photo video skills with the world so we're going to both working on PhotoVideo.Us together. The first post is already up. Mike took a photo of me in Venice.
Anyways, when you have chance, please check it out!
May 02, 02:15 AM
I love surfing New Hampshire in the winter at dawn. You'd be surprised, we get decent little swells that come through. If you're lucky enough to catch a Nor'Easter swell, then you're really stoked.
There's not that much coastline, but we've got a nice selection. As a starting point, most start at the Wall in Hampton and then go from there depending on the swell size. When the surf is good I find myself up at Rye Rocks. Unfortunately, somebody told everyone about RR and now the spot is overcrowded. But then again, as a local I can still catch it with limited traffic at dawn.
There's not that much coastline, but we've got a nice selection. As a starting point, most start at the Wall in Hampton and then go from there depending on the swell size. When the surf is good I find myself up at Rye Rocks. Unfortunately, somebody told everyone about RR and now the spot is overcrowded. But then again, as a local I can still catch it with limited traffic at dawn.
April 29, 09:55 PM
On Easter evening my cousin and I headed down to Venice Beach, CA to photograph the weekly drum circle. The beats were intense and I could feel a strange tension in the air. Within minutes of our arrival a fight broke out. At first I though it was just a one on one fist fight, but we quickly realized there was an all out brawl going down. The fight didn't last long and In the midsts of the chaos one man was stabbed. Both sides of the quarrel cried victory but most people scattered as the police arrived on the scene. I'm not sure of any other details, but above is an image I captured and below is the impromptu video my cousin made. Pretty crazy stuff
April 08, 10:19 AM
I've got an obstructed view of Manhattan from my fire escape. You may of seen this view already in my flickr photostream. Generally, I put the skyline down low and expose for the sky. Otherwise, the image would consist of jumbles of buildings. I like the juxtaposition between the man made skyline and the beautifully lit heavens above. More to come.
March 16, 12:52 AM
Although I don't use the app on a regular basis, I am a fan of Pic Grunger. Sometimes the filters just make sense. I thought the light scratching would make this little dog look just a bit meaner than he actually is (which he isn't at all.) This lil dude enjoys lounging in Southern California and runs at the beach.
March 01, 08:08 PM
This has been an insane few weeks. I've been to Paris, Amsterdam, New York City, Savannah, Las Vegas, Portland, Maine and then back to New York City. Wow, my head is spinning. There was ups and downs in the adventure and I definitely made some new friends! Along the way I was offered an opportunity. I'm on the fence on what I should do. Should I get into the rat race and grab all the cheese I can like a mental case or do I continue on my artistic path? It's like choosing between a fluffy dog, who's adorable but he's still gonna poop everywhere and a pineapple, which will rough you up, but the juiciness inside is so awesome! I've got a lot of thinking to do tonight.
BAHHHH!!!! Alright, I'll let you know which path I decided to take. Maybe I'll get to do both.
What a cute dog, right? He was not happy that I put him next to that intimidating piece of fruit. I'm sorry puppy.
BAHHHH!!!! Alright, I'll let you know which path I decided to take. Maybe I'll get to do both.
What a cute dog, right? He was not happy that I put him next to that intimidating piece of fruit. I'm sorry puppy.
March 01, 03:50 AM
I recently worked a tradeshow in Amsterdam at the RAI. The event was filled with AV and high end media delivery devices. Lots of companies in the area that our booth was set up in specialized in insane LED displays. One in particular that caught my eye was the 180ยบ LED wall. It was hard not to stand there and take in the oversize graphics which was mainly intense flight footage. Having this wall in a club would be mental, just think of the possibilities! It's like 3:47am and I can't sleep, so I thought I'd tell you about what I saw.
March 01, 03:15 AM
Sometimes I have dreams where I can run really fast and like a kite, get enough air underneath me to allow me to float around indefinitely. I wake up feeling great the next morning. Although I do spend a lot of time soaring through the air on commercial airplanes, I've yet to experience flying on a personal level. Maybe I should try hand gliding this year.
Recently, I've been taking a second to photograph with Hipstamatic, images from up high. I've want to recreate snapshots from my dreams of flight. Hopefully they'll inspire you the way they've inspired me to succeed during tough times.
Recently, I've been taking a second to photograph with Hipstamatic, images from up high. I've want to recreate snapshots from my dreams of flight. Hopefully they'll inspire you the way they've inspired me to succeed during tough times.
January 13, 09:48 AM
Cousin Mikey knows Bikram. If you're interested in seeing what the famous Bikram yoga is all about, just watch the video. Do keep in mind the heat in the room is set over 100 degrees. I'm a huge fan of the practice and hopefully after posting this video I'll be inclined to get back into a regular hot yoga routine. Thanks for the video Mikey! (Mikey's older brother, my cousin Bobby also practices Bikram Yoga, you can see photos of him in Bikram's 2nd Edition book.)
December 23, 04:58 PM
So instead of flying to Florida I decided to explore the Craigslist Rideshare option. So far so good, I'm in NJ. A nice group of people, a son / father duo and Paul from Manhattan. Who knows what will happen (we'll probably just make it to FL on time) but if I see anything cool, I'll let you know.
The photo is sunset over NJ, over Paul's shoulder.
December 22, 09:41 AM
A few weeks ago, my old college friend Noah Workman posted on Facebook that he was going to be producing a small commercial shoot in the New England area. In his post he asked if anyone knew of any great places to film. I just happen to be back up in NH when I saw this so I commented back that I would be available if he needed any help. By that evening, I was the location scout.
Unfortunately, the weather was not on our side. The director had originally wanted to film a chairlift chugging along over a freshly snow dusted New England ski resort, instead we got rain. I did however manage to secure some great indoor locations in the Portsmouth, NH area including; John's Barber Shop (pictured above,) the Portsmouth Music Hall, Ceres Bakery, Pioneers Board Shop and Timberline Signs.
John's Barber Shop was great! The current owner's father had opened the shop in the late 1920s and it's still going strong! I even sat in as an extra (and got a free haircut from John!) Likewise, it was great to check out the other locations, including my good friend Steve O'Hara's shop.
The commercial was shot on the RED One Camera with the updated sensor. The DP and AC rocked it hard all day and I can't wait to see what they got. I'll let you know.
Unfortunately, the weather was not on our side. The director had originally wanted to film a chairlift chugging along over a freshly snow dusted New England ski resort, instead we got rain. I did however manage to secure some great indoor locations in the Portsmouth, NH area including; John's Barber Shop (pictured above,) the Portsmouth Music Hall, Ceres Bakery, Pioneers Board Shop and Timberline Signs.
John's Barber Shop was great! The current owner's father had opened the shop in the late 1920s and it's still going strong! I even sat in as an extra (and got a free haircut from John!) Likewise, it was great to check out the other locations, including my good friend Steve O'Hara's shop.
The commercial was shot on the RED One Camera with the updated sensor. The DP and AC rocked it hard all day and I can't wait to see what they got. I'll let you know.
December 22, 09:21 AM
I'm sorry for the lack of posts as of lately. I've been all over the place and doing all sorts of interesting things. This was the first day I've walked around Astoria in the past 3 weeks. I've mostly been kicking it around New Hampshire and southern Maine. I also just found out I'm going to Paris and Amsterdam for B&H at the end of January! I'm pretty stoked for that and I promise I'll produce a nice solid body of work while abroad. Maybe even shoot my Canon 7D along with the iPhone, who knows. Tomorrow, I'm back to NH for one night to tie up some loose ends, then straight back to NYC. Then somehow, someway I need to get my butt down to Florida for Christmas or I'll have an angry mom on my hands (sorry mom if you're reading this, I love you.) Oh yeah, did I mention I'm shooting a short film for my buddy Andrew (he's currently a grad student at Columbia University.) And umm, that's about all for right now. Again, I'll start posting more regularly and hopefully on some interesting topics. The above photo was adjusted in Tiffen Photo FX, Pro HDR, SwankoLab and then the frame was added in Lo-Mob. Great afternoon pocket of sun in Astoria, NY. A man and some meat. Good night.
November 01, 06:00 PM
I've been making a lot of street photography with my iPhone in New York City and that's fun. But in the busy streets of NYC I find it can be easy to breeze through a crowd and capture all kinds of great photographs of people. There's so many people and they're all moving so fast. Sometimes they see you photograph them, but it's usually to late for them to turn around or even begin to think they might ever see you again in the big city. You get ballzy.
In Tallahassee at the local flea market I had to slow down. There was going to be some serious interaction here. And after looking over all the images I made down there, the only good ones were the ones where I approached and engaged the subjects. It wasn't too heavy of an interaction, just a friendly "hello" and maybe permission to make take their picture. I got some decent results. Let me know what you think!
And next time you're in Tallahassee, say hit to the Birdman for me. He'll stick the whole bird's head in his mouth if you ask him. Seriously, he did it.
In Tallahassee at the local flea market I had to slow down. There was going to be some serious interaction here. And after looking over all the images I made down there, the only good ones were the ones where I approached and engaged the subjects. It wasn't too heavy of an interaction, just a friendly "hello" and maybe permission to make take their picture. I got some decent results. Let me know what you think!
And next time you're in Tallahassee, say hit to the Birdman for me. He'll stick the whole bird's head in his mouth if you ask him. Seriously, he did it.
| the Birdman |
November 01, 06:04 PM
I'm down in Tallahassee, Florida for the 2010 SPESE regional conference. Early this morning after hitting up a few local yard sales I went to one of the SPESE talks given by Bill Hunt about his experiences as a photography collector. Afterwards, I went out hunting for my lunch. In one of the local city parks I found a farmer's / artisan's market. I bought some tastee dark chocolate and orange bread from the man that baked it this morning, very good stuff. Right after that I made this photograph. Shot in Camera + then adjusted in Tiffen Photo FX, Pro HDR and SwankoLab, i added the frame in PictureShow. Sorry for the quick post, more SPESE to attend to...
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Experience
- Jul 2011 - PresentChannel Sales Representative / Nik Software, Inc.Supported channel sales where needed. Acted as point on various photography industry trade shows both domestically and internationally.
- May 2011 - PresentCo-Founder / Photo Video UsBlog
- Dec 2008 - PresentDirector / Waterworks Productions, LLCWaterworks Productions, LLC was founded to produce my upcoming feature film documentary.
- 1992 - PresentAuction Worker / Boyd AuctionsAuction help and occasional relief auctioneer.
- 2006 - PresentIndependently Contracted Marketing Rep. / B&H Photo-VideoBoth domestic and international trade shows.
- 2006 - PresentEDU Marketing Rep. / B&HOrganized educational imaging events at major photography and filmmaking schools. Made and built relationships with department heads and influential instructors in imaging education. Also worked major film and photo trade shows both domestically and internationally.
- 2000 - PresentCourse Manager / International Film & Video WorkshopsTeacher assisted various top film industry instructors in an array of film production workshops. Classes ranged from beginner high school level to advanced camera operation, director of photography, directing, producing and beyond.
Education
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1999 - 2001Rockport CollegeAssociates in Film Production
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1999 - 2001Rockport College / International Film & TV WorkshopsAA in Film Production
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surfing, snowboarding, art
