I’ve been meaning to try this technique for some time and I needed to test it on some friends before attempting to do a real model shoot with a specific concept I had in mind.
I’m not entirely confident that this will work as the results are incredibly unpredictable and difficult to control. At least the way I’m doing things, I can’t entirely control my outcome. I seem to mostly end up with some happy accidents.
For those who don’t know what I’m talking about, the technique I’m referring to is pretty spartan; you dab some Vaseline on the lens filter (NEVER put it directly on your lens!) and then smear it around to get the desired effect.
I’ve mostly seen this on landscapes to create a kind of impressionist feel to the image, but I’m a much bigger fan of people, so I wanna shoot models with the technique.
Here are the results using my awesome friends Brittany, Lexi and Sasha as my test subjects:
Hanging out with my friends always makes me happy. Here are some shots from my visit to the Utah State Fair, which closed yesterday when we went.
And yes, that banner really does say “Deep Fried Chocolate Covered Bacon on a Stick”. That’s a lot of words…
They should shorten it to “Suicide on a Stick”.
Day 43/365
Unless you are a very close friend, an actor, a model or a family member, you will never see this in person.
Never!! 
I just put up a couple of my recent(ish) model shoot prints to finally replace the old shots I had in those frames. I’m about to do the same in another room in the house (though they’re not pictures of models).
Oh and one last thing…
I officially declare this blog’s picture THE worst picture so far in the 365 day project! It’s a picture of work I care deeply about and think is pretty good, but the picture itself is absolute crap.
Tune in tomorrow, maybe the photography won’t suck 
Day 16/365
I’ve always liked these light paintings people do on Flickr. So I finally tried my hand at it.
And no, I’m not apologizing for the cheese factor. I have feelings too, you know.
