May
31
The above picture captured today of my cat, Toby, pretty much sums up my day. We all lazily relaxed and got a few yawns in. Last week when I setup the studio for the first time I stuck a little point and shoot camera with video capability in the corner of the room to capture the process. I made a time lapse video out of it, threw some music on it, and put a couple photos from the test shoot with Lisa on the end. Nothing too awesome, just a little more insight into my biz. Enjoy. There is also a larger, better copy located in my portfolio and inside the video section.
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May
26
The studio is ready for clients! Lisa was so kind as to help me test the newly created “seamless” setup. Seamless, meaning your subject(s) are completely wrapped in a pure white environment, giving the appearance that you are floating in a white abyss – no corners, light fall-off, or other elements that would ruin the effect. This look is accomplished using a very very large roll of paper, tile board (for reflection), and properly calibrated background and subject lighting.
Seamless is an extremely versatile environment to shoot in, perfect for headshots, product photography, really anything that you want a nice clean look to also making it very easy to add your own background in post. Not that I’m a huge advocate for photoshoppin’ a picture, but clients needing marketing pictures will find these types of shots very easy to alter and/or combine with other graphics for product flyers and such.
I’m shooting studio sessions with post editing for as low as $79, so come on down!
May
22
Here are a few pics from a couple shoots back from a weekend in April. Images courtasy of my good friend, Andy, who is also putting together a promotional video for Matty Photography, which should be out any day, so stay tuned! Andy shadowed me and the models for the weekend and captured some great shots and video for me.
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May
21
That was the case for Kacia, a senior at a local Tacoma high school. She had her prom dance the night before, and was out until 4 am, then had to wake up and be ready for our shoot downtown at 8 am! Though her gas tank was on empty, she did a great job convincing the camera otherwise. I can’t promise you that I wouldn’t be looking like a drunk Steve Buscemi after only 3 or so hours of sleep and got in front of a camera.
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May
11
The little 3 year old cutie you see sitting on the rock above is Joanna. She arrived to the shoot shy, holding a stuffed animal, sporting both leopard print shoes and a tiara, and topping off the ensemble with a Dora the Explorer temporary tattoo on her forearm. We spent a few minutes walking around and watching the ducks so that she could get comfortable and warm up to a strange tall man holding a gigantic camera.
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May
05
I had an itch that needed to be scratched for a couple months now, and that itch was shooting a group models in elegant dresses in a classy environment. After weighing the options, we concluded that the Lairmont in Bellingham would be our best bet for making that happen, granted we were in the area already from the morning shoot. Armed with a car full of equipment, the same four models from the dafodill shoot, five makeup/hair artists, one film director shooting behind-the-scenes material, and the Lairmont, I was ready to scratch that itch.
All 9 of the girls (model and makeup) headed to the basement of the Lairmont to do there thing. Dana Miller, my makeup/hair supervisor for the shoot, is quite the character. Blunt, in-your-face, sarcastic, and great at what she does… just the way I like ‘em. I quickly give Dana the rundown on what kind of look I’m wanting for the models and she’s off. I don’t have to think about it again, Dana’s got it covered.
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