Thats what Mike Kelley does with his popular Airportraits series.
By day, though, Mike is an architectural photographer whose travels have allowed for his unique side projects.
Heres how Mike Kelley works.
Super useful for photography.
Obviously theres Photoshop and Lightroom, which is used on every project I shoot.
A solid tripodI personally useReally Right Stuffis the basis for almost every one of my photographs.
Camera doesnt really matter, as long as it takes the picture when I tell it to!
And Spotify, even though I think the UI is dreadful, its still better than iTunes.
Whats your workspace setup like?
Whats your best time-saving shortcut or life hack?
Delegate tasks to people who are better at those tasks than you are.
And for the love of all thats holy, let those people do their jobs without micromanaging them.
Whats your favorite to-do list manager?
Gmails tasks popup in my inbox.
Besides your phone and computer, what gadget cant you live without and why?
I can see at least 25 of those orange rugged LaCies in my office right now.
I go through them like water, and they give me peace of mind.
The images are taken over a set time-frame depending on the effect I was going for.
And what equipment do you use to capture the shots?
I also notice that youve visited tons of beautiful locations around the worlddo you have any favorites?
Im pretty sure Im going to retire in New Zealand, its just incredible.
My favorite photo, thoughtoo hard to choose.
Its like asking me to pick a favorite child!
I like all of them for different reasons and all of the stories behind each of them.
What everyday thing are you better at than everyone else?
Booking airfare (is that an every day thing?)
The secret is being able to play a game of chicken with the airline.
If all that doesnt count, cooking steak.
I make the best damn steak in the world.
The secret is salt and cooking it at a low temperature in an oven and finishing with a sear.
Check out the reverse sear method to learn more.
What do you listen to while you work?
Death Cab For Cutie and Sigur Ros pretty much on repeat for 90% of my waking hours.
Andre AgassisOpenI recently finished it and was sad to see it end.
The opening chapter might be my favorite thing in all of literature.
How do you recharge?
What do you do when you want to forget about work?
Its such a great opportunity to recharge without any distractions, zone out entirely.
Whats your sleep routine like?
If I sleep ten hours I can power through work like nobodys business.
Fill in the blank: Id love to see____answer these same questions.
Whats the best advice youve ever received?
Work hard and be brave.
I proved them wrong.
Then someone said Id never be able to make money taking pictures of planes.
Proved them wrong too.
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