I'd like to welcome Salt Lake City to my readership.
I did shoot the heart shaped box last night. Don't have my black background because it is still down at the church. So I used an old roll of black paper I had in a closet. The problem I have always had with the paper is it reflects too much light, making for a "glossy" grey background. So I tried the light painting technique, which made the heart look great, really enriched the red, but the background is just horrible. So now I must decide to either erase the background, or reshoot with a new background. The rate I shoot, a reshoot would be ready around Easter. So, a background erase is my best bet.
In the meantime, I was looking for the heart shaped box when I came across a model release I had misplaced. It was a gentlemen I had shot at the lake at Peidmont Park in Atlanta. I was nearing the end of my shoot for model/agency director Tyron Coachman. He was changing shirts for a shot on the bridge when a couple of men came walking by. They asked if I was a photographer and if I would shoot the one guy's photo. I said sure, had the other guy fill out the release while I shot the first guy. A couple shots were pretty decent, so I uploaded them last night. Both shots were accepted, making my total 211.
His skin was horrible, had several blackish blemishes and plenty of pimples. Took me a little while to clean up. The shot here was my favorite of this guy, I like the way the reflection in the lake kind of highlights him.
BTW, I did sell a couple last night to keep my streak alive, but now I face the dreaded Sunday Zero. Sunday sales are hard to come by for me, so if I can get one today and next sunday, I stand a chance of a good streak.
This is Tyron Coachman
I recruited him for a shoot I hosted in Atlanta a couple years ago. He was very persistent. He was running late and called me every 5 minutes to update me on where he was. He ended up coming at the end of the shoot and I ended up shooting with him more then the other photographers, which was great, because I am not a people person, and he knew exactly what he wanted, and what I was looking for. He called me back last year and we had another shoot with just him where I got a ton of great photos. This one above is my favorite of him. I changed to black and white because the green in the ivy was overpowering, and there was something about the shadows and his expression that just give him a menacing Denzel Washington look. He called me back one last time around September I believe to shoot one of his models, Danielle. I didn't get a release on her, so I couldn't upload, but I got some great shots of her. Last I heard of Tyron he had found a new photographer, a lot closer to Atlanta then I am.
Which reminds me, I had started plans for a shoot in Providence State Park (Little Grand Canyon) on the border of Georgia and Alabama. I was going to have a few models in outdoor/hiker style clothes, and invite a select few photographers. Maybe I'll get basics together later.
And I was "hired" to shoot engagement photos for an officer at Lee State Prison, where I used to work, not reside.
Anywho, time to get ready for church. Going to hear Jon preach on the 2 "have"s and 3 heads of "let us".
1 comment:
nice shoots! on the first have you use any lighting equipment? once you were unprepared right?
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