Feb 18 2012 · 0 comments · General ·

Justin!

Street photography is something that has always fascinated me but never really gone after it. Just the idea of capture, no creation involved. Walking with my daughter heading to buy a gift for a friend I see this guy drawing with markers on a guitar, from 10 feet away it looks like an amazing piece of art. But the art is not what is important here, the fact that this sweet guy who seems somewhat stoned, with this very heavy kind of hanging voice is creating art nevertheless. He sits there with his cup in front waiting for someone to give him a quarter or two, drawing away. While I looked through the camera I saw the scene as cinematic and totally in B&W in my head, but the color of the guitar was also important, so additional support images came in handy.

Feb 11 2012 · 0 comments · General ·

Don’t take it for granted! Angles.

Everyday I walk by this church, is very small, and if you were to ask me if there is a church nearby I would never think of this one. I always take it for granted. But it’s funny that I have walked by and shot this 3 or 4 times. Once because the night sky lit it in an amazing way.

Feb 04 2012 · 0 comments · General ·

Kids

Photographing kids for me is second nature by now. Parents and some pros have asked me how do I do it, most tell me, “you must have a lot of patience”. Well I do and I don’t. The trick is incredibly simple, place the kid in his/her environment, let them have fun within the boundaries of what you need to shoot. In commercial work, have a great and very fast stylist working with you. Oh! and plenty of wardrobe to change into. Yes they eventually get messy, so stop and take a break while they change. In your personal life it gets a little more complicated but most times you don’t care if they got a little messy, it is the way they are. I actually have considered some messiness in commercial work, I like showing it like it really happens. But I do understand clients who want it all clean.