PUBLISHED IN ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS
Check out this write-up on my good friend, Cedric Sanders, who happens to be a great actor. They used one of my photos in the article!
PUBLISHED IN BILLBOARD MAGAZINE
I just found out that some of my photos were published in Billboard Magazine!
CONTROL
As a photographer, you always have to be in control of the situation. Confidence on set is the most important part of being a photographer.
The worst thing a photographer can do is appear flustered or confused. Once the model, makeup artist or stylists see that, you have just driven off a cliff. The model will clam up and get nervous. Your team will turn on you. And that’s when things start to go horribly wrong.
PHOTO OF THE DAY 07/12/10
Photo from my shoot with Grammy-nominated R&B Artist MARIO.
Lighting was natural window light from the left with a silver reflector on the right as fill.
THE CONDEMNED
A short student film I made in 2003.
I directed. filmed and edited this film.
This film played in several small film festivals and screenings in San Francisco. It also was played on local television stations in San Francisco.
***Technical Details***
Shot on a Bolex camera (The camera was not working properly which is why there’s that spot on some of the shots)
Kodak 400 BW film
All sound created in post-production… No sound recorded on location.
Edited in Final Cut Pro
PHOTO OF THE DAY 03/10/10
This is an ad for a company called RibbedTee. They make high-end undershirts that are very comfortable yet affordable. The client had developed a new tank-top called The Protector, in which they wanted distance the product from the term “wifebeater”. For the advertising, they wanted an image that was strong yet mysterious.
The first and most important part of the shoot was casting the right model. The guy in the picture is Daniel and I felt he could convey a strong and powerful image without being aggressive looking.
I knew exactly how I was going to light it before I started shooting. Anytime you want to make someone’s muscles and figure really “pop”, you use rimlights. Rimlights are just lights on either side of your model, behind the model, aimed at the side of his body. This will really emphasize every curve and angle on a person’s body. And finally, I added one light in a big umbrella right at camera position. This light was just to fill in shadows, so his face and chest don’t go completely black.
Oh, and this image is straight out-of-camera. No retouching. I didn’t even have to open it in Photoshop.
RAINBOWS + UNICORNS
Creative professionals are in the only industry that has to put up with potential customers continually trying to “trade” for our services. The general public usually thinks our work is so special and unique that it is priceless–i.e., not worth paying a price for. To add insult to injury, when someone tries to trade you for your services they are usually offering you some *weird shit* that is of no value to the average person. For instance, here are a few of the “trades” I have seen advertised on job boards or been offered personally: (more…)
PHOTO TIPS – WHAT CAMERA TO BUY
I get asked this all the time. A lot of new and aspiring photographers think that if they buy a certain camera or light that their photos will automatically be more professional. This couldn’t be further from the truth. All you need to do is look at the forums at DPReview.com and you will see people who have spent thousands of dollars on “pro” camera gear and their photos still suck. On the flipside, there are several amazing pro photographers like Terry Richardson, who shoot very high budget ad campaigns with “low end” equipment. Even Chase Jarvis has recently made much hoopla with his iPhone photos. So you see, it’s not the camera that matters so much as the person behind the camera.
But if you are still not sure about what camera to buy for your jump into photography, I will tell you right now…
