Day Three

Day Three of shooting was so long, it easily felt like a week. We shot a meet-and-greet in the morning, prepping for the show in the afternoon, the show, and then the wrap party... It was definitely a good time.

Props and Sets

I can't post the pictures I took earlier in the day, but this the family enjoying the new studio prop.

Test Shoot

Because I don't have enough on my plate with needing to turn around images, I stuck to my test shoot for this week. We did a variety things, ranging from kind of bizarre to totally bizarre. (The are slightly bizarre and normal.) And then she got hurt. And it was 90 degrees outside. And I kept getting phones calls from my contact person for this coming weekend's shoot. The posing was good, the lighting was good, but "the shoot" was... eh.

Top Secret

I did a paid shoot today, but signed a non-disclosure agreement. So I can't really say anything. Especially because my subject declared he hates bloggers and I'm hoping to work with him again in September. Maybe I'll blog about it September when all is public.

Studio Lights

Toward the end of Scrappy's birthday party, we popped up the seamless white and studio lights to make room for expanding my portrait portfolio. This is a rather unsuccessful attempt at desaturating and stylizing the picture. But it was one of the five frames I got with the Philly Phanatic, so that's a plus...

Beauty Shoot

This time the beauty shoot was done with a real model, a real make up artist, and a diffuser instead of a silver umbrella. It's hard to say if the make up or the diffuser made more of a difference in the skin texture.

Porous

Just in case I ever forget how uneven and hairy the surface of my face really is, or for that day down the road when I yearn for less wrinkly skin, I used myself for a beauty test shoot today.

Tuesday...

So, I did a shoot for headshots on October 18, but didn't get around to converting files to black and white until today. Things have been a little hectic in my schedule, though. I was illustrating for Woman's Day, doing two freelance assignments for my old boss, worked 10 shifts at Tavern, assisted on two photo shoots, and also photographed a band and the NYC marathon... Just a little busy. Plus getting to the bottom of why I wasn't paid for a gig in July. Luckily converting images today didn't take too long. Voila. Black and white.

Headshots and More

Through Model Mayhem, I found some opportunities to shoot TFCD. This was the first of those shoots--headshots in the Brooklyn Bridge Park neighborhood.

Then I got home and wanted to keep on shooting with my new lens.

I love the new lens...

Digital Days

I decided to attend a workshop on digital photography long before I thought I was seriously going to quit my job. Then as the workshop approached and I still hadn't been officially signed up, I contemplated that my $50 might be better used some place else. I ended up attending the shop. And the most useful thing about that day was having one the guest speakers, Rick Sammon, tell me to take a lovely Rembrandt portrait of a total stranger at lunch.