Happy Holidays – stuff yourself silly.
Posted on December 23, 2009
IT’S A GOOD TIME OF YEAR TO BE NAUGHTY…
Sending my Sweetest Holiday Wishes and may you stuff yourself silly.
(Thank you to Santa’s Helpers Linda Wagner on makeup/hair and model Britnee Johnson for being her usually adorable self.)
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Beverly Kidd of News Channel 3
Posted on November 6, 2009
Here’s a great recent session with Beverly Kidd. She came down to the studio and we had a blast. She is so much fun to work with!
She had some concepts that she wanted to try. We went to a rooftop downtown in Phoenix to get the night shot. I used a constant light source to mimic the sunset affect because it was actually hidden by the garage we were in. What you can’t see is the Mercedes that I was manuevering around trying to get her shot because it was in the parking spot I needed to use. We laughed a lot while trying to get set up. She almost stood on my generator to get tall enough for the railing. I figured I better not have one of Phoenix’s big newscasters balancing on a gas generator for the sake of a shot. The funny part was it was her idea.
I shot this with my Canon 50 1.2 at about 2.8. My ISO was right about 600 even with the light source, I needed the back sky lit. I had to further enhance the skyline in photoshop and lightroom and run a little noiseware. I used a tripod to keep it as crisp as possible. So as you can imagine, tripod, gas generator, huge (very hot) 1100 watt light all with in inches of a very expensive car. But hey…we got it right?
Here’s the beautiful Beverly Kidd. You can follow her on Twitter @beverlykidd .
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Redhead Fever… Phoenix Fashion Photographer
Posted on November 3, 2009
First of all I have been bad to neglect my blog. I have been sick like everyone else with the 3 week cold. I do not have swine flu, so no jokes.
Even though I am sick I have been shooting like mad. So much so that I am very behind on processing all the shoots. I have a ton to share but I have been quite anxious to post a few of these. On Halloween I worked with two sisters that are both signed with SIM Agency. The one I am featuring today is Cassidy. I took these shots and really had no concept when we started. I knew that I needed to get her some figure shots for her book so we focused on that to start. They made fun of me that I had her half naked for the first half of the shoot. lol…
Another reason to show these is Saturday was a very special day. I had a HUGE breakthrough. You see…I make it known that artificial lighting and myself, well…we do not have the best relationship. I am not certain as to where the block has been. I have been blessed to have help from two great friends with all my lighting work. Paul Sebring and Nicolle Clemetson have been amazing to share their knowledge, there’s a little Cindy P thrown in there too. Well Saturday I had no help, and I think that I did a pretty good job. I was very pleased with the way it all came out. I may have even text Paul and Nicolle to tell them how excited I was! (If you know me, you know how HUGE of a deal this is..) Okay so I may have also text Linda and another friend. I was so freaking proud of myself. I’ve always known the shots I want to get but hit a road block as I stare blankly at the settings. Well, I have broken through and it feels good. I had my “ahha” moment I have been waiting for.
Here are my two fave shots. The first was lit with a higher beauty bulb above her and a shadow box sitting on the ground, I had her on an off-white backdrop because I didn’t want high key white to blow out her fair skin. The second shot is natural light and reflectors. Cassidy looks fierce people!! Gotta love red heads! (I also love models that allow me to put them in funky and slightly uncomfortable poses..)
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More Model Ports! – Phoenix Fashion Photographer
Posted on October 14, 2009
Yep…they come in waves. Model portfolios are my favorite (next to bridal fashion and chubby babies). They are fun and I really enjoy working with models. Last week I shot with Jaman, one of the seasoned girls. This week I worked with Morgan from SIM Agency. She has been modeling for two years now and has just drastically changed her hair from blonde to brunette. LOVE IT! Her are two shots from our session today downtown. (Oh and please give a golf clap to me. I am so trying to work with studio lighting. It’s a process people, don’t be too harsh.) First shot is studio and second is natural light. Comparison is that the natural light ones have more grain, but I still favor the feel of natural light. Although she does look quite stunning. Oh and this time I will give a high five to Pamela, she is a stylist I have worked with before as a photographer and a model. You know my heart is loyal to Linda…but I think Pamela did a beautiful job today. 
I am up my eyeballs in shoots this week. I will try to keep you posted on all the fun stuff. Hope you are all enjoying fall break. We just returned from a little “vaca” with the family. Well I worked and Brendan did manual labor for my parents. So maybe only the kids had the vacation. Now back to work! (I did finally clean my sensor so hopefully those pesky spots will disappear. Why didn’t I do it sooner???) Ohhhh and I rented a tilt shift. the rental guy has me all freaked out that I am going to have a tough time feeling it out. Well tomorrow I have a Bride and a Newborn so we will see if I can get at least (1) great tilt shift shot at each session or if it will end up back in my bag. Check back and I will tell you how it went.
P.S. You gotta love how I am actually in the reflection of the truck bumper. I will probably crop it out later but for now, at least I am making an appearance on the blog!
Bridgette
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