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Genevieve – chapter 2

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:59:00 +0000

Last August, I photographed Genevieve (which I blogged about here). We both recently got hair cuts (hers a much more drastic change than mine) and so it was time for some new photos.

Hair and Makeup by Teal Druda.

M83

admin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:40:53 +0000

Back in October I shot M83 for WHOA magazine’s January 2012 cover story. The issue dropped today and it looks awesome – check it out!

This was one of those situations where I knew about the shoot weeks in advance (although no date had been finalized) and I had a bunch of ideas floating around in my head but as the days passed, the shoot kept getting pushed back and the amount of time I would have with him kept shrinking. At the end of the day, I photographed Anthony at his rehearsal space in Hollywood and I had an hour with him (including set up time). I ran though all my ideas the day before and I ended up shooting a half dozen different setups. A few days before the shoot, I had been playing with some new lighting setups and I ended up doing some long exposures while “painting” with an LED light on a string. I then combined the light painting images with some of the portraits (you can see the result of one of those images on the cover).

A few images that didn’t make it in the magazine are after the cut.

This last image was a complete experiment. We were messing around shooting through an old TV magnifier and hitting it with hot lights and strobes and these light patterns emerged. So when I worked with Anthony, I had him stand behind the magnifier and scream – and thankfully he really committed to it.

Angelina B

admin — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:28:21 +0000

I do love a girl with freckles…

A few more images can be found on Flickr.

Laura Kirkpatrick

admin — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 03:36:37 +0000

A couple weeks before Christmas I had the pleasure of shooting with Laura Kirkpatrick. You may recognize her from America’s Next Top Model – she was the runner up on cycle 13 and she was most recently on the All-Stars cycle (where she placed 4th). We shot at a private residence in Hollywood and I was going for a slight “old Hollywood” vibe.

Sessions Magazine

admin — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:47:56 +0000

The year seems to be starting off right. I have two editorials in this month’s edition of Sessions magazine – In the Court of Miracles and Waiting for the Argonaut (which I wrote about here). They both happen to feature the lovely Alexandra Mathews (which is really not surprising since her and I have worked together on at least a dozen editorials)

Hello 2012

admin — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 03:01:16 +0000

Hello 2012. To usher in the new year I thought I’d share some images from my last shoot of 2011. I worked with two of my favourite people, Chelsea (on makeup) and Ashley (on hair) and we shot with Megan from No Ties Model Mgmt (it’s hard to believe she’s only 16!). We started with some clean makeup looks…

…and then did something a little more interesting (theses are the “before” shots)

More photos on Flickr. I have a handful of projects in the works for 2012 – so stay tuned!

Alyena

admin — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:16:28 +0000

It’s been a good week for published work. Both AVA magazine and Dollface magazine picked up images from an editorial I shot, “Valerie and her Week of Wonders” starring the lovely Alyena (can you believe she is only 12!)

We shot up near Mt.Wilson in the Angeles National Forest. One of my regulars, Teal Druda, did hair and makeup and we collaborated with a young stylist, Erica Coronado, who was visiting from Florida. I had brought one of my Polaroid cameras with me to take some double exposures but I quickly found out the film was no good and so I had to execute my double exposure vision in post. Check out the editorial, as well as an interview I did for Dollface magazine. A couple outtakes are after the jump.

More outtakes and alternates are on Flickr and Behance.

Brianna

admin — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:29:35 +0000

Brianna is from New York and thankfully our schedules were such that we could shoot right before she left Los Angeles. I worked with my regular team to set up a fashion story which we shot down at the LA river. The following image actually isn’t from the editorial but something random and extra we did at the end of the shoot. When we started shooting, both Brianna and I mentioned how amazing it would be if she could just get all the clothing wet. Obviously this was not going to happen while she was wearing the clothing the stylist pulled BUT she had this sheer yellow shirt in her car and so at the end of the day she threw it on and laid in the water. Spontaneity and the willingness to play are two of my favourite qualities in a model.

I’ll be posting some images from the actual editorial in the next few weeks.

Makeup CHELSEA ALLEN
Styling JA’NIYA WALKER
Model BRIANNA MICHELLE (Photogenics – LA)

It’s Winter

admin — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 03:44:38 +0000

It’s winter in southern California and to mark the ever so slight transition in the seasons, I decided to start building a lifestyle portfolio. My first attempt was a collaboration between my MUA, Jeannie Bolet, and I. The story is about four gals who wake up and spend a cold day hanging out at the beach. I have resisted shooting lifestyle for a while but this was a great experience and Jeannie and I are already planning at least one more (hopefully two) shoot before 2011 comes to a close. You can see the full story in my portfolio – some extra images are after the cut.

More images are on Flickr.

A Step Backwards

admin — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:54:57 +0000

In life, especially in the creative industry, you will come across people who talk a big game (to the point of sounding arrogant) but simply don’t yet have the talent to back it up. I fell for one of these “sales pitches” a few weeks ago. I had been talking to a hair stylist who was looking to completely rebuild her portfolio. I’m always on the lookout for talented people to collaborate with and so I was totally open to working with her. She kept talking about how she had an incredible team, we were going to have amazing couture wardrobe, etc etc etc. Naturally, I was pretty stoked – I thought we were going to create this amazing fashion/beauty story. In the end it turned out to be completely disorganized (the looks weren’t planned out ahead of time) and unfortunately kind of a waste of a day. It felt like I had gone back in time – to when I was just shooting tests for the sake of shooting – to practice and gain confidence. That’s not to say I didn’t take any good photos – just nothing that I can see making it into my portfolio. It’s also not to say I don’t still practice – I like to practice new techniques all the time – I just also like things to be organized and beneficial for everyone involved.

At least it wasn’t a total loss – I did meet my newest muse (Lulu).

More images are on Flickr.