Still alive...

I'm still down here in the desolate buttes of southern Utah working on the Disney film. Keeping connected with the world has proven difficult since the only online connection I have is my phone which is currently roaming with a 2G signal. Ay least my phone has a QWERTY keypad so I can type half of normal speed.
For this post, I'd like to share some themed images from my last shoot before I left. This is Megan. She wanted some tasteful sexy images taken for her husband's birthday. The played theme was a "naughty schoolgirl". Megan had no prior modeling or camera experience and she did an amazing job! Special thanks to my Makeup and Hair Artist Tabi

Photocamp Utah

A while back I had the honor and opportunity to teach a lecture on off-camera lighting and using speedlights to obtain studio quality lighting...

Photocamp Utah is an annual get together or fellow photographers and friends that share our knowledge of photography and put on a full day's worth of workshops, including two keynote speakers. This year the closing keynote speaker was Zack Arias, an Atlanta based photographer and creator of the OneLight DVD in which he utilizes a true Strobist approach using only one light to create amazing quality images.

Being a Strobist myself, I tended to idolize this guy and get all giddy when I had the opportunity to meet and thank him after his presentation. I implore any budding photographer out there that wants to shoot people and learn lighting to purchase his DVD and attend one of his workshops.

Photocamp had a limited number of tickets and the event sold out in hours of the tickets going on sale. Thus the organizers and a special team of technologically advanced people provided a live stream of the workshops.

You can view my lecture HERE and view the OTHERS as well. Click over and take advantage or some great resources.

A special thanks to all those who put this together

Let's go Rollin'

I had the opportunity to collaborate with the amazing Destiny Hartley in a recent Pinup themed studio shoot. I wanted something of great color and contrast that was better than the usual black or white seamless backdrops, so I went to my local supplier and picked up some of the brightest rolls of yellow and blue paper I could get my hands on. Destiny is a seasoned fitness model and adjusted well to the pinup theme. We are currently putting together another shoot for this summer, so expect to see more of her soon.

More Behind the Scenes Videos coming soon and a Photoshop Retouching Tutorial will be posted to Vimeo and YouTube today.

Greetings from Southern Utah

I've temporarily relocated to a remote location in the Southern Utah desert to work on the crew of an upcoming Feature Disney Film. Due to contract and confidentiality agreements, I cannot say more about the film other than this is one of the largest productions going on in the world at this time.

I've condensed 3 months worth of photo sessions into this week, thus I'll be home and have internet access.

For this post, I am posting some images from a recent engagement session from Karina and Kim.

Enjoy!

Fekky

These were from a commission for a local rapper and musician, Fekky Lala. Fekky is preparing to release his album and needed some fast promotional photos for his latest single.

One Light... One Beach...

I was able to complete the first of three upcoming Behind the Scenes videos... Take 4.5 minutes out of your day and watch... And as always, please take advantage and view in HD.

BTS Photography coming to Video

Last year during some of my memorable shoots, I had my friend and fellow film tech Chris Thompson accompany me to shoot some behind the scenes footage so that I might one day create some editorial or how-to videos pertaining to my work and how I ended up where I'm at.
The first video is of that of a on location beach shoot with Stephanie, a local model for Chic Elite. It centers on how we achieved three looks in three locations while only using one flash or speedlight.

The second video will be that of a studio oriented shoot of a model that desired some basic flattering looks for her portfolio.

And the third video will take us out on a conceptual pinup shoot with a model and a hotrod. We will discuss the techniques of shooting automotive subjects, including learning how to light a car only using speedlights, controlling glare on reflective surfaces, and what happens when we interject a model in to the scene.

Stay tuned... The first video will be out the first of the week.