Here's one for stepping a bit out of my comfort zone. I met a model who was interested in doing some photos with her mask collection. A couple of the masks were full-face, making facial expressions completely moot. So, any expression or character would have to come from other sources. On top of that, the masks were really creepy, so we started ( Read more... )

(Here we are, a day late, largely because this shoot didn't even happen until last night ( Read more... )

After last week's hiatus, I'm back. This week's shoot is pretty low-key. I've worked with Jeri a few times before. This time, she was feeling really self-conscious about some weight she's put on recently, so we decided to try some headshots, and some "parts" pictures, focusing in really closely on eyes, lips, and so on ( Read more... )

Well, I suppose it was bound to happen, sooner or later. I had every intention of posting something new tonight, but the shoot I had planned fell through, and I didn't have a back-up plan. Ah, well. Things might be easier if I were interested in nature photography, or landscapes, or still life. Nope. I'm all about the people ( Read more... )

I almost didn't post anything new this week. Between visiting parents and other circumstances, I didn't get anything scheduled. The project's been going really well - seven weeks in, without missing a week - so I was willing to cut myself a little slack. But, the more I thought about it, the more I just couldn't let myself do it. It just felt ( Read more... )

There's a model I've worked with before, who is most assuredly an "alternative" model. Last time, we draped her in snakes. This time, we were looking for something outdoors. She had brought up the idea of a swimsuit shoot, but that it really wasn't "her kind of thing ( Read more... )

This week's shoot was basically theme-less. I had a couple things I wanted to try with lighting, and a model who brought lots of skimpy outfits (I had suggested that one of my lighting ideas would be good for a lingerie-style shoot, so that's what she brought) so we just went with that.( Experiments to follow ... some of these are marginally NSFW )

For the past few years, I've been taking the lobby portraits for Albany Civic Theater's productions. They're really just basic head shots. I've tried to change up my vocabulary in the past year, to make them a little more interesting. Still, when you're taking photos of up to 40 people at a time, and actors (who are the most self-conscious ( Read more... )

Another simple shoot this week. Just a model, a red sequined dress, a cheetah-print mask, and a little wilderness. ( Here, kitty, kitty... )

Really simple shoot this time. I'm not even quite sure what got us headed this direction, but one or the other of us said something about squelching around in the mud, perhaps in a fancy dress. ( Read more... )