17
Dec
09

Backstory.

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I’m working on a shoot later this week that’ll combine the creative forces of two other photographers, both with more technical skill than my own, one model who I think will be amazing, and me.

This is not the model, though she is amazing. I should explain.

I like working on large scale productions. I enjoy putting things in motion that will yield more than a single photograph. Working collaboratively makes that possible. Not only do I get the opportunity to shoot a few frames for myself, but I get the chance to help “script” or create photographic moments for other people.

This particular shoot requires some props that are a bit esoteric – this photograph, for instance – and so I’ve been putting them together. I’ll be happy to share when I get something of interest.

In the meantime, who’s that lady?

15
Dec
09

When There Was Film.

Katie

This is ancient. And it’s a scan from a print, not the neg.
It was cold and Katie understood how silly she looked and was therefore doing her level best not to giggle for this exposure. Right after this instant, she doubled over with laughter.

Go figure.

11
Dec
09

Nice Legs, With a Side of Books.

A buddy of mine who blogs had a boooooring photograph as her icon.
I suggested that we fix it.
This is what we got.

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She hemmed and hawed about the way her legs look, complained that they weren’t the ones she saw in the mirror every morning.
We got to thinking, how do you ever really know what you look like to other people until you see yourself in a photograph? I know that every now and again, I pass by mirrors and catch a glimpse of what I really look like instead of what I think I look like, which is who I was when I was 22. It’s funny.

And probably why I’m more comfortable on this side of the camera.

10
Dec
09

To Grand Central and Beyond.

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Another from the archives. This was on film (yeah, remember film?) on a trip to New York a couple of years back. The shutter was open for like half a second or something while I held my breath, trying not to jiggle the camera. It might be fun to go back to try again at some stuff like this.

09
Dec
09

Down, Down, Down.

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Everywhere we go, we manage to find a playground for my daughter to blow off some steam. This one is at my old elementary school, in Virginia Beach. Of course, this monster slide wasn’t part of the equipment when I was a kid. No, in fact, the entire place was a lot more lawsuit friendly. I seem to vaguely even remember a student breaking his arm on one of the jungle-gym pieces during recess one day.

It’s interesting what playgrounds look like these days. I think I’m going to pay closer attention to them since I seem to photograph them so often.

07
Dec
09

We Come In Peace.

We Come in Peace

This is an old film shot. It’s cross-processed Fuji 64T film, shot in natural light.
I’ve long since lost the raygun, but the image was of a student of mine who, if memory serves, is a senior in high school somewhere.

I always loved this.

01
Dec
09

Say Cheese.

I was looking back through old stuff on flickr and “found” this in my photostream.

Cheese

I uploaded it just over two years ago, but I distinctly recall shooting it when my wife was pregnant with my daughter. I made the mistake of going to NYC with a big heavy film camera instead of either a smaller film camera or a digital camera and still I managed to score this one. I wonder if it wouldn’t have looked better shot through a Holga…

30
Nov
09

Follow the Leader. He Rides a Honda.

On the way back from spending Thanksgiving with my parents , I got an email from Richard Upshur, a local (and really good, I might add) photographer I’d “met” through flickr. He said he was doing a “bike shoot” and wanted to know if I was interested in coming to snap a few.

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I was thrilled. I thought it’d be fun to meet someone in real life (IRL, in internet parlance) whose work I admired.

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What I wasn’t expecting was that Richard would be a lighting virtuoso. He had a million speedlights in his bag — they sorta kept coming out like a clown car at the circus. He was was lightning fast at setting them up, too. His placements and light balance were so perfect that it made more sense just to ask how to set my camera than to try to figure anything out on my own.

The model we worked with is a buddy of his and can be found on Model Mayhem, should you be interested.

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I’m looking forward to shooting some more with these guys!

23
Nov
09

What to Do…

When my daughter was born my wife told me that failing all else, I’d always have a willing model.
I took that to heart over the weekend and during a walk that culminated in hang time for us at the playground, I snapped a few of my daughter. She loves to have her picture taken, always saying after the shutter-click, “I wanna see!”

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I was playing around with some post processing ’cause I came across this blog the other day. I like the overall tone of some of his recent stuff and think I might wanna try later.

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20
Nov
09

Made for Walkin’ (in the rain).

My daughter talked about these for days after my wife brought them home from a colleague whose daughter had outgrown them.

Despite the chaos that last week’s torrential rain caused, there was one really happy little girl at my house ’cause she got to wear these. While, I’m glad she got to wear them, I hope it doesn’t rain again any time soon.

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