That’s actually not something I’m proud of… First model shoot this year?… That’s terrible!

But here we go anyway and I’m quite proud of some of those. I’ve done another shoot since (where the images absolutely ROCKED!!) and planning at least another two for the coming weeks.

Many thanks to all involved!

I should also mention something. I’m sure some of you have noticed this, but I’ve developed a real thing for black and white photography. So much so that the last concept I shot was designed only as a black and white shoot. Color was never an option. It had to be about movement, composition and more than anything else, the narrative of the story. More on that shoot when I post it. But if you look at the vast majority of these, you’ll see a lot of black and white. I just looked at them and though “Why the hell do I need color in these?”

Enjoy!

Lots to show this afternoon from all the days I’ve been away (up to May 7th – I’m not quite caught up yet).

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Many thanks to Natasha Roos for the brilliant ideas that led to this shoot. This is a bit of an edgier one.

Quinn:

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Shear material:

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A glimpse into my album collection:

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Lamp shade:

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My new car. I blogged about this a few posts back, if you recall. Now you get to see it:

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Dandelion:

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Personal favorite from Carley’s bridals:

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Personal favorite from Emily’s bridals:

More to come in a few days hopefully. Stay tuned.

Nothing to post today unfortunately, but I wanted to let all of you know that I am still shooting.

I did 2 model shoots yesterday, a long one today, I’ve got another long one tomorrow, another one on Sunday, probably no time on Monday for anything, a child portrait on Tuesday among other things, a giant shoot on Wednesday and on and on, roughly until the last week of March…

So I don’t know when I’ll be able to post pictures next, but hopefully in the coming days.

Trust me, it’ll be worth the wait

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I was thinking about doing a product-type shoot yesterday, so I did that today.

This is the first camera I remember messing with. It was my dad’s camera. And yes, it’s a film camera.

After using homemade pinhole cameras to take pictures that we developped ourselves in the school’s development lab for art class, we were assigned to shoot pictures with a “real” camera.

Below was the camera I used. The Pentax ME Super.

Now, let’s get the obvious out of the way: it’s a goofy name. No way around that. Super? Yeah. Goofy. But it’s not just Super. It’s ME Super! Sure, it was probably meant as “M.E. Super”, but to my ears it sounds like “Me so Super, Me take pictures all night long!”

Then, the not-so-obvious: it was released in the same year I was born; 1979. No great reason I mention this other than the fact that it adds to the sentimental value of the camera for me.

Finally, the (hopefully) really-not-obvious: I sucked at taking pictures with it. I really just didn’t get how to operate the camera (ASA? Shutter Speed? Aperture? Exposure Compensation? Huh?) and worst of all, I didn’t understand why I couldn’t get crisp shots in low-light without a tripod. I remember going out with this thing after dark to a local school located right by the woods. The few street lights I had to illuminate my shots weren’t nearly enough light. All of my shots were blurry.

Fortunately, since then I’ve gotten a lot better. And although I can’t say that I shoot with it with as much frequency as I’d like, I do still pick it up from time to time and take a few shots. Funny though, after shooting digital for so long, when I do shoot with the Pentax, I often find myself taking a shot, looking at the back of the camera and going “Hey! Where’s my picture?!”

Digital cameras have spoiled us all.