Sneak Peek

Hey all. I've been swamped with stuff lately, but haven't neglected taking photos. It's just editing them that's taking a lot of time. Once I finish my papers, expect a massive picture update. But to give a tiny sneak peek into what lies ahead... here's my new "signature" shot with Shane (one of my favorites thus far).

Click on the image to see it as it should be seen (namely, larger)!

Craigslist is Cool!

So, I've been looking for people to photograph and have been indirectly/directly asking close friends of mine to pose for me. Unfortunately for me, all of my friends (and my sister) are inexplicably shy when it comes to taking pictures. Don't they understand the power of photoshop!? 

Anyhow, because I had no luck, I decided to post something on craigslist to see if anyone wanted pictures and would pose for FREE. Turns out, lotsa people do! JACKPOT! These are some shots of the first two people I had an opportunity to shoot. Forgive the haphazard "looks". I'm still in "searching" mode when it comes to defining how my photos are going to look in the future. 

Here are a few shots of Brandon. Very interesting guy. Learned quite a bit from his free spirit. He was literally spitting out so many deep things at a time that my mind couldn't keep up. Though I didn't get to use any light set-ups, it was a great experience nonetheless.

Next up. I got to shoot Yesenia. Sweet girl who's full of life. The best part of this shoot? I got to use my softbox! 

Apparently, I'm going to be shooting some more people in the few hour breaks I have during the week. Also, I'll be going to the Bahamas, on a vacation, with some close guy friends next week. So, wait for picture updates. They are a comin'!

Lighting Exercise 1

I was helping some Living Hopers take photos of their new church property (CONGRATULATIONS!). And while I was there I had some lights in my trunk and so asked Ken to pose for a picture or two. He willingly obliged. Here is one of the results. Maybe I might edit some of the other shots I took and post them too, but definitely feeling lazy. I'll be doing mini photo shoots of complete strangers in the next few days, so keep on the look out.

Update:
Here's another one of the images I took of Ken using a single gridspot. I think I'm slowly finding my "look".