I usually don't shoot guys hotter than me... but...

Yeah this was a pretty fun shoot, and got some great images. Granted the headshot above isn't a great one for a model, but it was pretty hot to do, and pretty easy to do. Makes him look like a rockstar or actor.





Then above are a few more shots, the top one done on seamless while the bottom one was just lit with a bare bulb in front of a wall. keeping things simple is a great way to get some basic solid shots, and usually it's not great to try to do too much in a single shot.

Laura Fulk runway! It's here!

So Today was finally the day of her fashion show, which comes at the peek of a ton of work by her (Laura Fulk), and my friend Ray Shan, among others. It was an awesome venue over at the alumni center at the U of M, and the clothes were great! Below are just a few pics, and check her clothing out at http://www.laurafulk.com/

Laura Fulk cover shoot!

So for Laura Fulk's website/clothing line we were able to shoot the amazing Elle Williams and I worked with a fantastic team to do some pretty cool stuff. I forgot where the idea came from, but we wanted to do some movement and have a bit of a blur to the main shots. Well, it was Laura's idea, but I forgot where or how she thought of it.

As far as the technical stuff - the shot is pretty easy, just a few gelled lights to either side, hold the camera for a few seconds, move around, and pop the flash off, or pop the flash off first. Easy to do in theory, however takes forever in real life.

Need a Burger?

So I was contacted by the Lyndale Tap House to do a pin-up style billboard for them. We were lucky enough to work with Angela Kreitlow who is an amazing model, as well as Mackenzie Labine who is an awesome stylist.

The billboard is up though the month of June in uptown off of Hennipen and Lake.


Also the burgers and drinks at the Tap House are pretty awesome! Check it out!

http://www.thelyndale.com/

Ahhh the fun of buying equipment!

So I got a new camera the other day, a D300, which will let me take band, dj, and club photos again with the best of them. So, let me walk you though what went though my mind when buying this, and why I didn't go to other cameras.

- I shoot in the studio, and it seems that Nikon hasn't made a better studio camera at iso100 other than a used D2x that's affordable. It's amazing, but the only camera that could really help me is a D3x - but I'd rather rent one than pay 8k for a camera body.

- In a few years I think I'm going to get a Mamiya medium format setup, so I really don't want to spend the money yet into a 35mm based camera system.


So my camera choices were the following... Get a great used D3 at a great price, get a D700 around $2200ish, or get a D300 at $1200ish.

The D3 is a great camera, but then I don't shoot sports, I have no use for a fast frame rate, I don't really need to go above iso3200, and it's $2000 more than a D300 which seems to do everything just fine.

I wouldn't mind getting a D700 but it's not a studio camera and I wouldn't gain anything with the bulk of my work. I also don't shoot wide, and the extra stop of high iso isn't really worth $1000 to me.

I ended up getting a D300 for $900 off of craigslist. It does great over everything I need. It focuses well, and it does high iso pretty good compared to the others I was looking at. Also with the money I saved I could more than likey buy a nice super wide lens and that Sigma 30 1.4.



I'm posting this because it seems that a lot of photographers buy something on impulse and want rather than a need or to fit a use. Then they end up spending way more money on something they will never have a real need for or something they will never use to it's fullest extent.

One light headshot shots!

So I was toying around with the idea of headshots with just one light, well, one big light - 4 foot octabox - and it worked out really well. I guess the road to figuring this out was pretty long, but after a few years it finally stuck.

What's good about this setup is that you can get light that's a little bit dramitic, but also is even enough to flatter just about anyone.

=)

Try it out!

The BEST vacation EVER!!!!

I’m attending a group shoot with Mr. Stephen Eastwood out in NYC on the 13th, with not only his hotness, but 5 hot Russian models and a Chezk model as well!

OMG I’m IN HEAVEN!!!!

The cost wasn’t all that much really, just what amounts to a months rent between the cost of the event and tickets out there.


Also, (but he isn’t as hot as Eastwood) I get to hang out with my good friend Kevin Michael Reed and stay at his place that weekend, which should be pretty fun and he is one of the best people I’ve ever met.

So all in all a great time, and the biggest challenge will be getting from Newark to Kevin’s place at midnight on the 12th.