A little while back, I posted about a personal crisis I was going through.
Basically, frustrated with my work and feeling like it was headed nowhere, I finally concluded that in order to make progress artistically, I was simply going to have to shoot a whole lot more.
Nothing groundbreaking or inspiring in and of itself. Very simple.
Just shoot more.
So I started doing just that with this gorgeous exchange student (just 17 years old), called Heide. All I knew going into this was that I had seen and was greatly inspired by ads for David Yurman jewelry and wanted to do something similar.
Here are the results. I’m very excited about these! Enjoy!
Many thanks to Heide for braving the cold wind and for working so hard with me!
Formal session just days before their wedding:
I’m a little behind on my weddings (on the blog at least), but I was working on Derek & Summer’s wedding today and came across this:
I love this shot of Summer… So elegant…
The little dressing room had two light sources. One large soft light and some overhead lighting. Kind of a recipe for disaster although at least they were the same temperature (tungsten lighting), but Summer just happened to be in the right place, turning just the right way, for the light to land on her perfectly. I turned the flash off and used available light.
But it made me think; I gotta get a model to do this in a controlled environment. Maybe with a haze of cigarette smoke or something. Can you see it?
Anyway, Derek & Summer’s wedding pictures are coming soon.
For those of you who missed the post from the other day, here’s a reminder.
Day 85/365
Day 86/365
As the title implies, I worked with Dani again. We’d actually planned the shoot for that day (the 7th) weeks ahead of time, while the one from a few days back (the 4th) was last minute. That’s my excuse at least.
I tried doing some natural light stuff and it really didn’t work out… Like, at all… It’s making me want to get to the point where I can do it well, so I’ll probably try again in the future.
And then I turned my lights back on… Ahhhhh… The control…
Day 87/365
I honestly didn’t think Quincy was gonna show up! Communication had been touch and go, but I was glad when I heard a knock on my door.
Also from that day, I took this shot of my cologne… Why? Because I was in my bathroom getting ready, I look down to my cologne and then realize… I have the most pretentious, arrogant cologne on the planet!
I promise, I really just bought it because I liked how it smelled!
Day 88/365
I’ve never bought a Seventeen Magazine in my life. That day, I did. And that’s because I’ve been published in it! Woohoo!!
Look for this photo in Seventeen’s May issue, which I shot in the summer of last year:
