Ninja March 31st, 2008
Bachelor Brides is a self-portrait series from Japanese photographer Kimiko Yoshida. The mysterious, often monochromatic, nuptial photos were shot with a Hasselblad camera with a 120 mm lens. Kimiko Yoshida drew inspiration for this series from her mother, who only met her husband for the fjrst time on their wedding day.
Bio
Kimiko Yoshida was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1963. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Faculty of Literature from the Chuo University in 1986. She later studied photography at the Tokyo College of Photography in Japan and the École nationale supérieure de la photographie in France. She currently lives and works out of Europe.
The Shinto Bride, 2002
The Pokemon Bride, 2002
The Double Bride, 2003
The Bamileke Bride, 2003
The Tamates Bride, Vanuatu, 2003
The Cyber Bride, 2003
The Sakura Bride, 2006
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Penguin November 5th, 2007
Fuel2 is a video series produced by Lifeway. Each volume contains 12 sessions on two DVDs with supplementary materials on three CDs. Each session covers a specific topic or question with two segments. The first segment is called “Sparks” which are shorts that either address the topic directly or indirectly. The second segment is called “Combustion” which is a fast cut, shaky cam, zoom in/out “talk” given by a commentator. The series is targeted at high school youth ministries.
For the most part, the “Sparks” are pretty good. The way the material is packaged, you would think that they would be covering the story of three fictional high school students. In reality, there are only five sessions that follow these students in “Garden Parks High”. The rest of the sessions are dis-separate shorts. Some of these other shorts work better than others. Depending on your youth ministry, you may pick and choose which ones you show.
The “Combustion” segments have more the be desired. There are three different speakers but they all present their material in the same manner. Each of them talks through the topic, sometimes with stories, but mainly covering it at a high level. Of the three, I found Voddie Baucham to be the most engaging. The other two were kind of boring and I lost interest quickly. It didn’t help that the camera work was shaky and tended to zoom in/out a lot. I know they were trying to keep it interesting, but I found it more distracting than anything else.
I didn’t get a chance to review the additional materials that came with the series. Based on the videos that I watched, I would be more inclined to show the “Sparks” as a lead in to small group discussions. If your youth ministry likes the way the “Combustions” are presented, then by all means, use them. I wasn’t a big fan.
Before committing to purchasing the series, you can check out some of the materials online. They have two sessions with complete videos and additional materials available for your evaluation.
-Penguin
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