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Headshot sessions!

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:42:58 +0000

Well it’s hot. Two things that don’t change, my photography is 90% shot outside and actors come to me for my outdoor work. But it’s HOT! Friday I worked with the beautiful SIM Agency actor, Meg Sprink. She just relocated from San Diego to come here and work on getting her equity card. (It’s an actor thing). Anyhow she left San Diego for this heat…on purpose. She is a stunning girl and a lot of fun to work with. I will be doing a headshot mini-session in a few weeks for those that need to update theirs. Watch the blog for dates.

I love this pose. She’s crouching down. I can only get young people with good knees in this position. Or else they don’t get back up.

This was a lucky shot because we were fighting the wind. She would fix fly aways and I would fire off 10 frames before it flew all over again!

Such a great smile!

One of my last 5 frames..great ones always come out of the last few frames.

Phoenix Bride and Groom Magazine, more published pages! – Bridal Fashion Photographer

Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:18:08 +0000

I have been waiting few months for this magazine to hit the stands. It was hard to find because they actually don’t start selling it until July 1. I got 4 pages from two separate shoots. One of which I showed on the blog already not knowing that it was getting published! So you already had a sneak peak of two of the images. The other two are from a shoot with some Amsale gowns. I will post more from that fabulous shoot later (one was even worn in a movie!). In the meantime, here are the four pages I recently had published in Phoenix Bride and Groom Magazine. Thank you Chelsea, Justine, Brita and Stephanie for being elegant models (even at midnight….). Sim Agency for loaning me these beautiful girls and Destiny’s bride and Linda Wagner for always showing me love and allowing me to capture your beautiful gowns.

This is Chelsea in an Amsale Gown. Location: private residence

I knew the day I saw this tub I was going to put a big white dress in it. Chelsea’s skin tone was perfect for this look in another Amsale gown. Location: private residence

Justine in her first publication! This is the Twilight gown from Monique Luhllier Fall 2010 Location: Destiny’s Bride

Justine, Brita, Stephanie and of course Chelsea. It was past midnight and they were all still amazing. Monique Lhullier gowns. Location: Destiny’s Bride

Monique Lhuillier 2010 fall gowns – Arizona Bridal fashion Photographer

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:44:38 +0000

I know…I have been so bad about posting. I have a few good reasons.

1. A few of my best shoots are either getting published or being considered for it. So I can not share them until they are out. But that’s all great news!

2. I am lucky to get sleep in lately.

3. I’m PREGNANT! Yes that hes been a little damper on productivity but I am feeling much better and more like myself.

Okay so to the big reveal. I am so blessed in that I get to do some amazing things with my job. Recently Linda from Destiny’s Bride called and asked if I wanted to shoot the amazing (and fresh off the runway) Monique Lhuillier gowns. The thing was they had to stay in the store. I don’t think any of them had seen the light of day. From runway to trunk-show. It posed a little challange of how to get a beautiful shoot, indoors at night. As you know my style is natural light. Hey, I am always up for a challenge and have been working on my lighting work. I wanted something a little more “moody” that really let the gowns be the focus. I called in some support from my good friend/photographer Cindy Price of Lily P Studios and some of my most favorite models. The generosity that is shown to me from the models down to the stylist is very humbling. Having models and stylists out until all hours of the night just to capture some images with me is the best gift.

Thank you to SIM Agency (models), Ruca (hair) , Linda (makeup-styling), Destiny’s Bride, Chelsea, Justine, Brita, Stephanie, Cindy (best assistant, brainstormer, counselor and friend ever)….you all bless my life and work.

Let’s start with an outtake of the set up. So many gowns…so little space! Yes that’s Linda on touch up and it’s about 9PM at this point. Cindy is hiding behind the light.

Justine wearing Monique Lhuillier “Twilight”

You will need to forgo the Italian honeymoon, this gown runs in the $17,000 range. But it sure is pretty!

Brita (her first post baby appearance and she looks stunning!)

Brita is wearing Monique Lhuillier Schiaparelli. I am in love with the elegance of this dress.

I think the back is my favorite part!

Stephanie is wearing Monique Lhuillier Brilliance. The bodice is breathtaking.

Here is Chelsey in a gown from the Fall 2009 collection. This is Monique Lhuillier Lourdes and it looked so amazing on her. This dress is so feminine and elegant.

and for the finale, once more all the beautiful models!

Did I mention that I love my job?

Shootout with Justine and the Crew – Phoenix Fashion Photographer

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:44:32 +0000

I am so behind on posting!!! A few weeks ago we had our first meeting for my photography group for 2010. Made up of some of my good friends and other gals in the photography community. It’s a supportive group of some really fun girls. I decided that for the first meeting of the year we would have a “shootout.” That is when you convince a model to stand in the freezing cold wind during a potential downpour and model for 3 hours, for free (for images). Justine was our model for the day and such a trouper. She did awesome! You may remember her from last year when I first worked with her. She is also my assistant. I love Justine.

Here are some of my shots from the day. Soon I will post some shots from later in the meeting. I set up a crazy booth (that name belongs to theimageisfound btw…but you all know what crazy booth is..) The ladies got a little nutty. I will make sure to throw some of those up later this week! For now enjoy these images on that moody, cloudy day we had a few weeks back. (Moody, makes color pop…love it).

My good friend Sarah Godman

Craziness!!!

Happy Holidays – stuff yourself silly.

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:03:55 +0000

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.)

Beverly Kidd of News Channel 3

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:54:28 +0000

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 .

Redhead Fever… Phoenix Fashion Photographer

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:35:03 +0000

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..)

More Model Ports! – Phoenix Fashion Photographer

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:23:46 +0000

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

Sometimes it just clicks..

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:25:09 +0000

So as many new photographers do…sturuggle is unavoidable. I struggled to get my name out there, I struggled to learn the mechanics of the camera, I struggled to let go of perfection and expecting perfection, I struggled with getting things to people in a timely manner…I struggled with every facet of my business. The hardest part of being an artist is believing in yourself. Not just the “I can do it” but getting past that and to the “I am good enough for…”

I hear a lot of people say that I am “fresh” and my work has so much “life” to it. I never really knew what that meant. I looked at my work and all I saw was the bad lighting and lack of knowledge I needed to get a great image. Something clicked today. Could have been that I had a great model, could have been that I put my camera down for over a week. I am not sure. I just know that in editing a few images from today’s shoot I discovered that I do in fact believe in myself. I am proud of whatever style my work has found it’s way to. I know that I will always grow and therefore always struggle to some degree. I am self taught, I am winging this and I do not have to be any other photographer but the one I already am. Sounds deep I know, it’s taken me over a year to get to that realization. I am still 98 percent natural light. I still have yet to let the whole artificial lighting thing absorb fully. I rely on other people’s knowledge for success with that . One day I won’t…baby steps.

Here are some shots from today. You may remember Britnee from the amazing big bridal shoot we had. She was the “wheel bride” and the one with the flower frame in the current Phoenix Bride and Groom spread. She was a pleasure to get one-on-one time with. This was just a favor I did for her but I think that it turned out to be a blessing for me.

Britnee of SIM Agency