SHOOTER | CAMERA TECH | NEW MEDIA CONTENT CREATOR
Michael Tapp is a visual storyteller for the digital age. In short: he’s the MacGyver of storytelling
Michael seeks out challenges of all sorts and is driven by results. During his last six years in the television and film industry he has worked as a camera assistant on national commercials and feature films, shot for Ralph Lauren and American Express, and edited shows for the History Channel.
Michael also specializes in creating content. He has created mini documentaries for TIME Magazine, launched successful web shows, and developed numerous TV pilots. He helps businesses and individuals get their messages out to their target audience through the most effective channels. He understands how to create and distribute shareable content for this constantly shifting media landscape, having created a transmedia project before the buzzword started popping up in magazines and tech blogs. His original videos have been featured on large Internet portals such as Gawker, Gizmodo, Neatorama, and Mental_Floss. No matter the challenge, Michael will find a way to hit the target.
When
Michael isn't working he is either playing his guitar or he is searching
for the best crumb cake in New York City.
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Stranger 55/100 |Miranda on Flickr.
“I just graduated college and I wanted to symbolize the next stage in my life.”
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Dam-Funk lit the Red Bull Music Academy Boiler Room on fire. The keytar really blew my mind.
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Sun Triangle | Mcgraw Hill Building on Flickr.
That’s the “Sun Triangle,” by Athelstan Spilhaus, in front of the McGraw Hill building within Rockefeller Center. The Sun Triangle demonstrates the relationship between the sun and earth at the solstices, with each “leg,” or side, of the sculpture pointing to the sun’s position at solar noon in New York at the solstices.
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Easter Day Parade New York on Flickr.
“Is this your Sunday Best?”
“Some of it.”
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Manhattanhenge Bokeh on Flickr.
Manhattanhenge happens in the burrough of Manhattan twice a year. The Sun sets parallel to all of the streets above 14th in Manhattan. Neil deGrasse Tyson explains the phenomenon in this video: www.sciencefriday.com/videos/watch/10222 .
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Clowin’ | Easter Day Parade 2013 on Flickr.
This guy was a great character. I have to find a way to get my flash off of the camera while shooting on my own. I just feel like handholding a flash while shooting solo is just asking too much.
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Hazy Gotham on Flickr.
This photo is evidence that New York used to be a trading port dominated by ships, and now it’s dominated by cubicles.
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Superman-Easter-Parade-New-York on Flickr.
“I’m the only one that’s for real out here.”
“Damn right, Mr. Kent.”
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Stranger 51/100 | Easter Parade in New York on Flickr.
On Easter Sunday the city shuts down part of 5th avenue for the Easter Parade. No obnoxious vendors and halal, people just strut down 5th avenue in their Sunday best.
I spotted this man from a distance and I knew he would be a great subject. He knew exactly what to do and I didn’t have to direct him at all. I wanted to find out more about him but he went off to start posing for shots with children and other people. He actually reached out to people to get them in photos with him. He’s actually a pretty joyful guy.
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If you’re following original-photographers and are a photographer posting original content I want to follow you.
I’ve been finding it hard to keep track of the followers that are photographers and the followers that are photography fans recently SO if you fall into the category photographer, …
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I met Mark during his lunch break at the park. He’s a retired engineer and today he was volunteering at the Jehovah’s Witness headquarters in Brooklyn. Mark told me that he is 66 years old, but I think he is still full of youthful energy. He was happy to pose for a picture and was comfortable staring down a lens.
Mark explained to me the basic beliefs behind Jehoave’s Witnesses after I snapped off a few frames. I come from a Methodist upbringing and the JV belief system varies greatly from Methodism. Jehoave’s Witnesses do not believe in heaven and hell. From what I understand the chosen spirits will be reincarnated into a future heaven on earth after the apocalypse. Mark’s energy was very positive and optimistic. I am thankful that I had the chance to talk with him and learn a little bit.
Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page.
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Barely off of Canal street. I finally caught some of the reflective NYC light.
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