Thursday, November 27, 2008

Gobble


Gobble from Jaime Oppenheimer on Vimeo.

I'm in Carthage, Missouri gorging on lots of food and here's the footage to prove it. I shot 1,000 still images to make this gem. 

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

A bride. A groom. Handcuffs

I recently went to Connecticut to hang with my girl Carla, wedding photojournalist extraordinaire. I tagged along to a wedding she and Mike shot. The groom is a police officer and thought it would be fun to do some portraits with handcuffs. He was right.


A Bride. A Groom. Handcuffs. from Jaime Oppenheimer on Vimeo.

Thursday, November 13, 2008

I've been tagged

Travis tagged me in a viral blog game to share random fun facts with friends. I have added some multimedia components so I can keep true to the mission statement (well, title) of this blog.

Here are the rules:
Link to the person who tagged you. (Travis)
Post the rules on your blog. (That's what you're reading.)
Write 6 random things about yourself. (Below)
Tag 6-ish people at the end of your post. (Everyone I know has been tagged and those who haven't would kick my a-double-s for suggesting they do this.)
Let each person know he/she has been tagged. (I'm opting out of this one.)
Let the tagger know when your entry is up. (Will do.)

Random things about moi:

1. I come from musical stock. My dad was a singer, played the saxophone, clarinet and drums professionally. My father's 95-year-old uncle still plays ever summer in the Catskill Mountains (think "Dirty Dancing")


2. I've been pen pals with Wendy "The Snapple Lady" Kaufman since 1994. She sent me the bobblehead in '94 after I wrote her to tell her how much I loved her and Snapple. I wrote her again in 2006 to tell her I was glad she was back in the commercials. I also included a self-portrait with my bobblehead and she rewarded me with a gigantic box of Snapple goodies. She sent Snapple towels, a Snapple golf umbrella, Snapple flip-flops, Snapple pens, Snapple pencils, Snapple T-shirts, and a bunch of Snapple coupons. I love Wendy!


3. I fainted the first time I met Carter. (This picture is not from that evening, but I do have video from that night somewhere.)


4. I love playing basketball. I set a record in high school by scoring 32 points in one game. The record will never be broken since it was still intact when the school closed a few years ago. Yes, that is an Olan Mills photo.


5. I've been on the Today show four times.
Well, I've stood outside the window four times and acted a fool. I always get my mug on the air for a few seconds. This video is from May 2002. I was there later that same year with Denise and we saw JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE perform!!! (Believe me, that deserves three exclamation marks.)






6. "Coming to America" is one of my favorite movies, followed by anything with Goldie Hawn.