My New Signature Shot!

So, I've had a number of unique opportunities to shoot models and a model/actress/musician. They were beautiful people who really made my job easy. My new signature shots are going to be like the one I did of Shane and the ones shown below. Simplicity at its best! These shots are going to be my "signature" and they're actually supposed to include the subject's signature, but since I didn't have access to either of them at the time I was editing these photos, I just put their names in text form. Anyhow, enjoy!

We also shot some location shots and so I thought I'd put one of these on here too!

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".

Photoshoot with Min Song Lee

I had the opportunity to take some photos with Min a little over a week ago. It was a fun day spent checking out and shooting at different locations. We stopped by the Arts District, Union Station, and Disney Concert Hall. There were so many other spots I wanted to visit so if you ever want to go shoot or would be willing to be a model... holla! Anyway, here are just a few of the many I took that day. Click on the images to see them bigger (as they should be seen).

Short, but sweet?

Finally, people let me take pictures of them. Well, actually... My sister was taking pictures and I rushed downstairs to join her in on the process. I've been learning a lot of photoshop lately and goodness, there's so much you can do with it. I added a texture here for good measure... Hopefully, there's more to come as I learn to do more creative things with photoshop.

Black & White

I haven't had many opportunities lately (mainly due to time) to take too many pictures. But, I have had my camera with me when I go to church. So, most of these shots came from an outdoor service we had at GFC. 

I've also been trying to improve my ability to capture scenes in black and white. Consequently these pictures were taken specifically so I could convert them to black and white. Attention is definitely drawn to the shapes, contours, textures, and tones of the images. Enjoy!

This last shot was taken by my sister and touched up by myself. And as usual continue to stay tuned as there is definitely more to come! Hopefully, I'll be able to take some shots, in the near future, that are less impromptu and more intentional... where I can plan out lighting, poses, setting, etc. And if anybody is interesting in amassing some portraits for themselves and wouldn't mind a true novice taking their photos, leave a message below.