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A Denim Blue Autumn

Today I’m continuing from yesterday with another image from my shoot the other day with the lovely Autumn Murrell. I really dug the denim outfit she brought and love how it gives these shots that “GAP” advertisement feel. She really knows what looks good on her and it showed during our time in (and outside) the studio. So model AND stylist, right? Seriously glad we’ve gotten to work together

Autumn on IG: https://www.instagram.com/autumnmurrell/

Assist by Carmen Bellos

Sony A7rIII

Sony 24-105 lens

Godoax AD600 strobes

24×32″ softbox

Savage “Fashion Gray” backdrop

Autumn Lights up the Studio

Just one of many of the images I captured yesterday evening with the stunning Autumn Murrell. I’ve been fortunate recently to get to work with some super talented models and this shoot with Autumn continues that trend as you can plainly see here. Keep an eye on this space for more from this shoot.

Assist by Carmen Bellos

Sony A7rIII

Sony 24-105 lens

Godoax AD600 strobes

22″ Beauty dish

Savage Fashion Gray backdrop

Headshot of the Week! 7-5-2021

Almost a year ago today Ashlan’s photo was headshot of the week. Today I’m pulling out another shot from her session with a different top for two reasons. One, she has that lovely smile and amazing connection to the viewer and two, I’ll be shooting with her again soon so I’m predicting we’re going to see here appear in this space later this month. I guess we’ll see

Sony A7R II
Sony 85mm 1.8⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Godox QS400 strobes⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Westcott X-Drop background⠀⠀⠀

Another Visit with Alison

Happy 4th everyone! Taking the time today for another visit our recent classic Hollywood style shoot with Alison B. She did such an amazing job in front of the camera I have way too many images to pick from, but I’ll work through it. This one finds Alison giving us her best “Audrey” look and she crushed it. Love seeing you in my feed again, Alison!

Assist by Carmen Bellos
Sony A7rIII
Sony 24-105 lens
Processed in Camera Raw/Photoshop

Feature Friday | Cox Drums

This “Feature Friday” will focus on something that I don’t share that often, product photography. I’ve been shooting product images almost as long as I’ve been capturing images of people, though not as frequently. However, I really enjoy the challenges that can come along with photographing products and when Robby Cox asked if I would be interested in photographing the drums he makes, I was all in!

Snare drums, like the ones seen here, offer up several challenges to photographer starting with a lot of chrome hardware in a variety of shapes. Add to this the need to capture the color and details of the polished wood surface and you have quite a lot of details to keep in balance in the photo.

It can be very easy to go overboard and make the lighting setup over-complicated in a situation like this and if you know me, you know I’m good at over-thinking things. I deliberately chose to work with only two lights to help keep the setup from getting out of control and in the end it worked out quite well if I do say so myself.

The three drums shown in the photos were shot on two separate occasions. Only one drum was ready at the time Robby needed to get some photos done for a promotion so the other two were shot later. The BTS (behind the scenes) photos shown here are from the second session which we did earlier this week. In both shoots I used strip style softboxes on my Flashpoint (Godox) AD600 strobes for my lights as well as some white foam core board and/or a silver reflector when needed.

The background and rear surface is the black side of a black and white HurleyPro ProBoard. It is referred to as a “white” ProBoard but the rear side is a shiny black with a bit of texture to it. These boards are large, four by eight foot sheets of flexible material that make for a a nice curved backdrop when set up as seen in the photos. Be aware that they aren’t that easy to deal with but having a number of sturdy clamps does help to wrangle it into this configuration.

In case you click the link to look at this on the Westcott you’ll see that only the Matte black board shows as available now so if you are interested in creating this look you might have to look at other options.

Once the background was set and the lights set up test shooting was in order to make sure we were getting the right look. Since this studio has a lot of daylight and the modeling lights on the AD600’s are so dim, we really needed to shoot with the strobes to confirm. To make this easier, I set up my live tethering monitor so that Robby and I could easily view the results and make adjustments as needed.

LOL Thursday 7-1-2021

Serious LOL going on here in the “LOL Thursday” image from this session with Stefanie. Of course this image was planned but it’s often those unplanned images that end up being a lot of fun. This might be my favorite shot form the whole session. 🙂

Sony A7rIII
Sony 24-105mm
Godox AD 600 strobes

Not Quite a Silhouette

Returning today with another favorite from my recent classic Hollywood style shoot with the beautiful Alison Baughman. This one is a bit of a departure from my typical dark background and instead we took advantage of the translucent curtains in the studio for a high-key look. Alison’s black dress cuts a nice distinct outline against the bright white background here. No other light used besides the window light and the fill coming form the white studio walls.

Sony A7rIII
Sony 24-105 lens
Processed in Camera Raw/Photoshop

Headshot of the Week! 6-28-2021

Caroline is closing out Headshot of the Week! for June 2021 with this favorite from my monthly HCA colleague session. Caroline really brought her A-Game to this session with a great balance of professional and friendly look she has here. It was great getting to shoot with you, Caroline!

Sony A7rII
Sony 85mm 1.8 lens
Godox QS 400 strobes
Westcott X-Drop backdrop

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