Moto Guzzi Convert Police!

Looks great doesn't it! Well at least it looks great in the picture. A lot of body work "could" be done, but all in all it's there. It's a pretty fun bike to ride around town, not too bad out on the open road, and nothing sounds like a guzzi! I'll post more technical stuff about it sometime when I have a few more min.

Bikinis around the lakes!

Worked with a new model/friend around uptown and got some great summer shots. It's always fun to do this for many reasons, the biggest one is that our summer is so short we really need to take advantage of the time!

Ribbon!

I always wanted to try this idea, or something like this. Finally had a model who liked the idea, got some supplies, and had at it. Being the first time some things could be a little more refined, but that will be for another shoot. I like the different ways the ribbon can be placed and played with, just gives a few more options than off the shelf outfits and it's a bit easier to work with than finding a designer with custom work.

Something a little sexy for the new year!

Worked with a friend, got some gels out, and had some fun with winter going on around us. Kept the setup simple, the lingerie simple, and nothing too complicated that would get in the way of the image.

Shooting against a white wall, literally!

Sometimes I get lazy, or I don't want to use seamless, or I think the outlet will add something to the image.

How to blow out white seamless!

Well, maybe a bit overkill!

Test shoots are fun!

Then, a week later, she moved out of state! =(

Had a friend into the studio and we messed around with a few lighting styles and gels, also my friends suits that I still had.

Q & A time with Andy!

So got a question from someone... Posting it here is in no way to make fun of them, but to spread the answer around like a person would spread butter on bread. Or in my case, stir it into mac n cheese (the generic brand).

"Hey, this might be a random question but I am new to the cities and am trying to start doing studio photography. I was wondering what you started with when you began studio shooting. I What type of lights do you prefer or backdrop material?"


Lights and backdrop don't really matter all that much - just as long as they look professional and get the results you want. I know that's not as sexy of an answer as it could be, but it's really the truth. Sometimes I want the hard light off my point and shoot film camera, other times I want something off of a bare studio head, other times I want something bigger and flatter. It all depends, but it can all look good.

As far as starting out, and I'm very serious, just use a white wall in an apartment or room. There is a lot of new work happening at the coasts using this, and I guess it is or it's starting to come into fashion. So I'd start there, get an umbrella, some kind of studio light (if you're doing a lot of shots using on camera equipment isn't the best, unless you like burning out flashes and buying new ones), and just setup a space in your home/apartment.

If you don't like that as a background, and I'm not a great example of this, but get some fun fabrics or sparkly stuff and set that up 5-10 feet behind the subject (for headshots), works great.


But in short a person doesn't need anything big and fancy to take good pictures. In fact, I trade big and fancy to "stand in front of this wall" for half my shoots.


Anyway, I hope that helps someone out there! It's sushi time!

A new direction!

Did some fun stuff to start out the new year, now, hopefully, the weather will turn around a bit so I can get outside and do some stuff out there - but in the mean time the studio is pretty warm, and free of snow.

Motion!

The same thing we did for Laura Fulk, other than with different lights this time. It's always a challenge to see how talent moves, how to capture them, and how to get all that in a pleasing image.

I think we got it though!