Another successful year with our photo station set up on the sidewalk. fortunately(?), there were so many people running on the sidewalk that a number of them became part of the shoot. You can see more on my blog or view the complete online gallery.
Being short helps me get down to their level. Kids are larger than life and should be photographed as so.
The Youth Orchestra celebrated it’s 25th anniversary and ask us to do some portraits their press releases. Even young musicians had busy lives and i only had a few minutes with each of them; such is the nature of ‘celebrity’ portraiture. I tried out a new portable lighting trick – two 580 flashes and an umbrella and i like the results thus far.
We had a big corporate job on alacratz island yesterday and had some fun with our test shots.
This week we were shooting in San Diego for a large corporate gig. We’ve worked with Mark Ross a lot as he’s one of our primary shooters for San Diego for portraits. We had eight people shooting on one day and this is one of the shots of the 400+ headshots we powered through. It’s always nice to work with teams as you can share ideas, techniques, etc. We set up the lights slightly differently that I [...]
The weather in Las Vegas was a bit cooler than we anticipated so we had to adjust but it’s always about flexibility when you shoot on location. We had planned shooting out in the desert and did for a little bit but on the way back to the Strip we passed this elephant on the side of the road, and had to take a shot… (model: Anna Tomasiello)
So I was reading the January 2007 issue of National Geographic, and there’s an article about baby names and since we do a bit of infant and baby portraiture, I thought it was interesting compared to the babies we’ve met and photographed. Top Ten Baby Names: 2005 Boys | Girls 1) Jacob | Emily 2) Michael | Emma 3) Joshua | Madison 4) Matthew | Abigail 5) Ethan | Olivia 6) Andrew | Isabella 7) Daniel | [...]
Had a chance to shoot someone in one of our Orange Exposure tank tops at the studio on Saturday. This is Jen who came down from Sacramento to shoot and modeled the tank for us:
You may have seen her before but it’s hard to resist those big eyes and contagious smile.
I can’t remember the last time I’ve been around kids on Halloween but it’s definitely a fun spectacle. identity roles with Halloween are interesting to photograph whether it’s little people or big adults. the costumes we choose to put on are no less us when we think we’re hiding behind a veneer of secrecy.