Okay, so I am working with my assistant, April to teach her techniques so that she can step it up and be a reliable second shooter for my weddings. She already has an impeccable creative eye and together we read eachother's minds! So I decided there was no better opportunity to get her comfortable behind the camera than to get me in front of it. I need new headshots and blog/site ready images for my profiles, so this really was the perfect opportunity to have a great time and get some much needed material.
We decided to go for the edgier/high fashion side of things...I did not want anything "typical" in a headshot...but just anything that screams edgy, artsy & fun...because that is the style of photogrphy I am aiming for in this business, anyway....little by little.
Here's a few of my favorite shots. Kudos to my wonderful assitant.....rockstar work, A!!!!
We did not plan this shot...we were at an abandoned building downtown and turned a corner to find the message there as if it was written for us. Love it. Too bad though the original "artist" was off by a vowel:)
We did not plan this shot...we were at an abandoned building downtown and turned a corner to find the message there as if it was written for us. Love it. Too bad though the original "artist" was off by a vowel:) The final plus to doing this was getting a fresh take on the other side of the lens...reminding me of what you- my clients- endure to get "the shot." Heat....bright sun in eyes....heat....trying to get my body & mind to cooperate to get a pose right...heat....flying cows.....FLYING COWS????.....oops, no, that was a mosquito, my bad. Anyway, it was an experience likened to that of a surgeon having surgery...a bit hard to let go of control at first, but an experience that will only help me identify with clients during upcoming shoots.
What a team....thanks April!
PS....A: You are next:)
1 comments:
You forgot to put the corner shots in there. You look so pretty in them! The one where I got splashed by the who-knows-what-was-in-that drain water and coaxing you with hilarious anecdotes to gimme a smile :) It’s one of my favorites. But you are the photographer and I, well I am just your humble and lowly assistant...what do I know? :)
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