Here is are some more from my session with Stephanie. We wanted to just have a little fun in the warmer weather and get some new looks, including some fitness looks for her book. And of course I had to get a palm tree in there. We don’t see much of those in New York.
And...
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Portraits: Stephanie in Pasadena
Photo of the Day: When Irish Eyes Aren’t Smiling
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, here’s a photo I took of Jim Fisher, author of On the Irish Waterfront. A photo for this session was later used for the book’s author flap.
The clouds really looked like that. The only editing this photo has had is a white balance shift.
Photo of the Day: Stephanie, West Coast Girl
If one of my favorite subjects — actress and friend Stephanie Danielson — had to move to California, at least she did it a week before I headed out there, so we could finally shoot in warm(ish) weather. I love bringing out the color of the crazy lighting you can find at night. I love...
Photo of the Day: Party with the Ram
As I’ve said before, with flash composites (like most wedding photography), it’s not what you can do, it’s what you can do quickly. This was four shots, composited together for optimum lighting, and the whole thing was done quickly enough that you could stand on snow with open-toed shoes.
Maybe I’ll do a speed challenge at...
Tom.
I just finished three days of hosting meet-ups and mixers and workshops, oh my. I had the most amazing experience, which will get a full write-up tomorrow. But to start off with, let me publicly reveal my big, secret assignment: I challenged the workshop attendees to take portraits of a stranger … and, if possible,...
Photo of the Day: A Kiss from the Sledgehammer
I freely admit that I am not, generally speaking, a subtle photographer. You don’t really have to spend much time looking at most of my photos and pondering “But is it … art?” I like big and brash and fun and crazy and romantic and daring and colorful and … you get the picture.
So I...
Bonus Photo of the Day: Goddess Ascending
I’ll try and get up as much new content this week as I can. Here was a photo I took in my recent foray to Nashville, with fellow photographer Lynn Michelle as the model. I bought a Lastolite Triflash to hold three SB-900 flashes at once. Usually people just use this to pur a giant...
Photo of the Day: Floating and Free
I love this photo but never really featured it. Emilie was just an awesome bride as you can plainly see. We took this at the end of the night, and Noel said “all I can do at this point is sit.”
“Good,” I said, “That’s exactly what I had in mind.”
Noel is lit by a simple...
Photo of the Day: None Shall Pass
Stephanie finally gave in: "OK, you can do any weird lighting you want on me!" So we had some fun with light-painting. One exposure, painted with the Lowel ID video light.
Believe it or not, this was not the weirdest one we got. More to come.
Photo of the Day: Jump (For our Love)
Dara and Chris told me right from the start that they loved to jump, so even though we were shooting at night, I wanted to let them bounce around a bit. What I really love about the photo, though, is that Dara is being lit by the flashlight of a police officer telling us to...
Photo of the Day: Through a Glass, Heartly
Ok, this one is just cute. Henry and Viviana told me that she used to wait for him at this restaurant every week before the dance class they took together, and he would come up and tap on the window. So we re-enacted it, with a twist.
Photo of the Day: The De-evolution of the Model.
This may be my favorite fashion photo of all time … which probably explains why I don’t usually work in the fashion world.
At What Cost, Beauty?
I knew, heading to Puerto Rico, that I would be shooting some fashion for a friend of mine. I knew that I’d be shooting in bright sun, which means counteracting with powerful lights, but that I’d rather not bring my White Lightnings through airport security, so I brought three speedlights and PocketWizards to trigger them,...
I have a photo in the NY Times!
If I made any New Year’s resolutions, it’s that 2010 is the year I might finally start submitting photos to publications — you know, like every other photographer does. But for now it’s always great to be surprised when major media comes calling! One of my photos is in the New York Times’ Book Review...
Photo of the Day: Surprise!
I don’t do many kids’ photos professionally … though as more and more of my wedding clients start having children, that may change. I have always loved babies, but they certainly do present an interesting challenge. Usually a couple will not cry through 95 percent of a shoot.