Day 96/365

Richard and I wanted to do a bit more than just the basketball shoot, but with the sun setting quickly and an outfit change to follow, we knew we wouldn’t have the time before the sun was gone. By the time we were done with the basketball shots and were ready to go out for the second part of the shoot, the sun was actually already behind the mountains.

Now, some of you may not know this from never having tried it, but if you’ve ever shot pictures or even video during sunset, you become incredibly aware of just how fast the light dissipates. In fact, for the shoot I’m posting tomorrow, the pace of my shooting increased dramatically as the sun quickly sank behind the mountains. Looking through the lens and then reviewing my shots, I could actually see the light walking out on me from shot to shot.

Mind you, it’s sublime light as everyone knows, but it forces you to become much more focused to get the shot you need before it’s too late.

Anyway, here’s Richard:

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Day 97/365

Lauren Rackham is a good friend of mine and she was in charge of directing a high school play called “Once on this Island”.

Really being honest here; I was very impressed with the talent for the show. Heck, I’d never even heard Lauren sing before that day as she directed her cast. She has quite the singing voice.

Here’s my favorite shots:

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Day 98/365

Chad was the first male model I worked with this year. He gave me a couple of truly awesome shots, as you may remember from a previous post:

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But so Chad runs his own window-cleaning business and he needed to get some new flyers done. Here’s the shot we decided to keep:

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And here’s the flyer I designed for him:

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By the way, if you need your windows cleaned, he’s your man. He cleaned my windows after the shoot and man I’ve never seen my windows this clean, ever!

Day 99/365… TOMORROW!!

And please, PLEASE, if you never read another post on my blog for the rest of your life, you HAVE to stick around for tomorrow’s pictures!

Stay tuned…

Day 46/365

Shooting pictures of male models is something I’ve been meaning to do forever. I tried starting it up late last year, but October 1st was the last time I ever did a male model shoot. Here’s what I ended up with on that shoot. I was pretty happy with the results.

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After that shoot however, the effort to book male models completely died. Female models were coming to me with almost no effort on my part and I had many, many other things to tend to. So the male model “project” was dead.

Until now.

Because now, I’ve got 10 male models to look forward to shooting with, not counting the female models, weddings, engagements, etc. Oh and the avalanche of emails from other male models that I’m still trying to keep up with and book.

All in all, I’ll probably end up with about 15-20 male models between now and April. That’s a lot for me to handle given an already heavy workload, but it’s been getting pushed off for far too long and I’d forgotten just how easy, stress-free and just plain fun it was to shoot with good-lookin’ dudes.

It’s just a completely different dynamic.

I don’t have hair and makeup to worry about, I don’t have a giant wardrobe to choose from (models bring a selection of clothes with them – girls usually bring everything in their house), I don’t have as delicate a balance to walk when talking to my subjects, and on and on.

And when male model shoots work, they make me very, very happy. Like the one below did.

My personal favorite:

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Looks like a young Robert Redford to me:

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I’m going to be shooting both an engagement session and a model session tonight. So I’m going to be a day behind again.

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