New toy! My husband presented me with a really cool color changing bulb for my lighting setup as I was shooting Heather…it even comes with a remote! Yes, I’m in photo gear geek out mode, please bear with me. It happens. Anyway, this bulb combined with a fair Heather and my black wall resulted in these. I need to experiment a little more and refine, but this was fun 🙂
You know what’s kind of ridiculous? I’ve had these two in my life for about 15 years and never once shot them together. If you’ve been following for awhile, you know I’ve shot Heather, oh, a billion times or so, and David one other time. He and I became fast friends in college, and I inherited his lovely wife through him. We live in separate states and they have kids, so it’s hard for us to all get together in NY at the same time, but we finally managed, and here they are. I prefer working with real couples as opposed to models pretending to be couples because the chemistry there is authentic…these two have been together since high school…impressive!
Oh this model was such a good sport…it was really hot that day and she modeled like a champ, with a light coating of powder all over her. This is what happens when I get loose and the museum and decide that I MUST do a statue shoot. No, I couldn’t wait till fall 😛
What to do when you find yourself on autopilot, turning everything black and white? Switch it up! This is Io, a wonderful alt model I’d been wanting to work with for quite some time, then finally ended up living in the same state!
The beautiful Nikki le Villain, burlesque performer!
Lingerie shoots are one of my most requested shoots. Sometimes it’s as a gift to the models significant other, but more often than not, it’s just for her, to make her feel sexy and confident! Curious? Give it a try…you too, gentlemen!
One crazy story: I was at a womans house as she wanted to surprise her husband with some pin up style lingerie photos. She looked great, but was nervous, which is entirely normal at the beginning. The moment she got the courage to ditch the robe? Ding Dong! It was the Jehova’s Witnesses. She clutched her robe tight and explained that, thank you, she already has that book while I chased the dog, who of course managed to bolt the second she opened the door. I’m happy to report that the shoot still went well after that!
Sometimes I like to ditch my big power flash and just use natural light. This one was shot with film and window light. Kinda funny, with the blue wig and the dress, this was supposed to be more of a glamour shoot, but when I saw the way her coloring looked by this window, I scrapped that idea. Sometimes it’s the last minute decisions…
Oh, and I really miss having blue hair! Maybe Heather will let me borrow her wig…
I will get into many undignified positions to get the shot…seriously…
I will probably forget to take off the lens cap at first…
You will be rocking out to the music of your choice!
You can pose with a bear sword if you want!
I will explain why I have a bear sword in the first place…
I know the good angles!
We will style you to look like you at your best, or play dress-up!
If you don’t like a shot, it gets deleted…I’m here to make you look good!
If I need to entertain you by dancing on a chair, I have and will do that!
Oh…and I might put goldfish crackers on you…or something equally ridiculous 🙂
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