I feel like I’m approaching being fully caught up. I wonder if I just jinxed myself and a meteor will hit my house this time tomorrow… Surely my clients would be understanding if I got hit by a meteor, right?… Right?!
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“Wahoooooo!!!”, said the Slough family. Thanks Heidi for letting me tag along!
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Evelyn & Yuly
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The Moyes family. Again, thanks Heidi for letting me tag along 
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This is what it looks like when I wind up to my first frame on either of my new film cameras (the Holga and the Diana F+). I’m REALLY excited about showing you these! I’m going to be scanning and posting images from my film rolls soon. “Soon” as in soon after I check with NASA to make sure I’m not really getting hit by a meteor. (iPhone photo)
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Beads… (iPhone photo)
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Ok I have to talk about my personal favorite shots of Jennifer Klekas.
First off, Jen is a beautiful and immensely talented actress. I’ve seen her perform and she’s just stunning.
She dabbled in modeling when she was younger, apparently deciding she wasn’t any good at it. I know I know, “but look how beautiful she is!!!!”. Well, yes. But believe it or not, beauty isn’t everything in modeling. How you move has a lot to do with it. You shoot enough models and you start to get a feel for how models move just by looking at their portfolio, which is filled with STILL pictures. Don’t ask me how, you just develop a feel for who’s got it and who doesn’t.
Jen was kind of rusty but more than anything lacked some of the confidence she needed to move the way I knew she could. We still managed.
Anyway, the reason I wanna talk about Jen is because I got something that I’m really proud of.
And there it is:
In the one on the left, her hair is a bit of a mess, she looks uncomfortable in her own pristine environment, her expression looks stunned. She looks out of her element. This is before the guests arrive.
In the other, she’s poised, in control, clean as a whistle, confident; she could get you to buy her a villa in the south of France if she felt like it. This is the only face you ever see when you’re around her.
Visually, the contrast is relatively subtle. But the contrast in the mood of each image is so stark, they’re unmistakably different.
So woohoo!! I’m excited to have pulled that off
And here’s the rest that I loved:
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The mountain range across from my house, for the bazillionth time (iPhone photo)
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Trinity
A tender mother-daughter moment… Awww…
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Don’t tell ME to slow down!!! (iPhone photo)
Ok, here’s some of what you’ve missed out on.
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If it weren’t for this shot, I would have forgotten to take anything that day. I thought it interesting that a chair was just out there (iPhone photo)
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Family shoot.
DISCLAIMER: Both my good friend Heidi and I were shooting with my camera that day. On the same memory card. For those who have been following my blog, her gear was stolen recently, so she needed loaners as she worked to get back on her feet – which she is now; she bought all the new gear she needed! Yay!! Anyway, what this means is that I’m not completely sure these are all my shots. I’m pretty sure most of them are, but I’m not 100%
Day 295/365
I can’t post pictures of Kenzie’s bridal shoot until after her wedding on December 16th… But I have a good deal of cool stuff to show you when I’m allowed. Put it on my tab!
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Scouting for new locations. Best day of my life.
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I absolutely LOVE being on movie sets!!
This was from a goofy short film a friend of mine wrote and directed called “Takito: The Quest to Save Rivendork”. It was, believe it or not, a prequel to another short film he wrote and directed called “Takito: The Revenge of Dreyfus”.
Yes, it’s a spoof. It’s a joke film. I mean… “Takito”. We’re alluding to taquitos.
It was a spoof on a largely unknown feature film called Shikito, by Utah Wolf Productions. Now, I’m not one to talk smack about other artists, but these people make some truly, TRULY atrocious films… As if that wasn’t enough, they’ve willfully infringed on an unbelievable number of copyright laws while insisting that you don’t infringe on theirs.
Andrew (the writer/director for Takito) and I found this incredibly funny. Particularly because Utah Wolf Productions seem to take themselves so damn seriously. So Andy decided he wanted to make a short film out of it last year. The original Takito film. I found this to be dangerous, not just because he’s stealing the movie from Utah Wolf Productions, who are stealing things from giant corporations like Sony, who probably stole their ideas from some schmuck in Arkansas, but also because… Well, how do you spoof a film that sucks? Make it suck MORE?… Andy decided to make it more obviously silly (ie. make it a comedy) while making the cool stuff cooler (ie. better production values).
Regardless, it was enormous fun shooting on set. I shot on days 2 and 3. On day 1 I wasn’t available.
Kim wasn’t an experienced actress. She needed some reassurance.
Director Andrew James overlooking the work of his DP (Director of Photography)
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Day 2 for me, day 3 for the production of the film. The last day of the shoot.
Fight scenes!!
The ominous bad guy, Dreyfus.
Look! Kanye West!! “Yo Andrew, I’m really happy for you and I’m-ah let you finish, but STEVEN SPIELBERG IS ONE OF THE BEST DIRECTORS OF ALL TIME!!! ONE OF THE BEST DIRECTORS OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!”
It was unspeakably cold up there, and the wind didn’t help.
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My new price sheets! (iPhone photo)
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Location scouting again
First off, let me thank all of you for your support in what has been one of my friend Heidi’s hardest times in her life.
According to Dustin Izatt, the fundraiser has generated close to $2,000!! Thank you!! Thank you for your donations, thank you for your kind words of support and for you pro photographers out there, thank you for your generosity in offering to lend your pro gear! Support poured in non-stop and from the farthest places.
She’s slowly recovering and as I’ve told her before, I’m convinced next year is still going to be great for her.
Second, not really news, I turned 30 on October 31st! In sad news however, my doctor tells me I have about 50 years left to live… What do you even do with news like that?…
Blog, that’s what!
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It was unbelievably cold out at the Salt Lake that day. That wind was beautiful on her dress, but not so much fun to shoot or be shot in (no pun intended haha).
Des & Eric:
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Who says Halloween pumpkins have to look scary and angry at the world? From the day-before-halloween party(iPhone photo)
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October 31st, 2009! Halloween! My birthday!
I was out at the park with my little boy when I realized that if you try really hard, you can actually get what looks like shallow depth of field with an iPhone! (iPhone photo)
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Right! As in, “Take a right!” or “I know, right?!” or “I’m right!” or just plain old “Right!” (iPhone photo)
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I only WISH I’d taken this shot… Alas, it was taken by Heidi using my iPhone. I just loved it so much I had to show you all. The composition, the movement in the shot, the nostalgic feeling as if on a roadtrip… Really really cool. I’m jealous! Gimme back my iPhone! (iPhone photo)
And my shot from a bunch of kids waving glow sticks around!
