What I did today and plans for this blog.

I’ve been doing a lot of elaborate shoots lately in the pursuit of creating a “fashion” portfolio.  My fashion shooting has been leaning towards an editorial style that is shoots that present an idea or mood often using story telling elements to create a concept about the products.  In many ways editorial shoots are as [...]

Studio “Post Apocalyptic” fashion shoot with Trisha.

Last week I did a photo shoot with Trisha a local model I came in contact with on Model Mayhem.  We decided to do a creative “Post Apocalyptic” themed fashion shoot.  I’ve done several Post Apocalyptic themed shoots in the past but those tended to be more photo illustrative.  The goal of this shoot was [...]

Fashion shoot with Brianna at Pertel Springs

I thought I would post some shots from a fashion shoot I did with Brianna last Friday at Pertel Springs in Warrensburg, Mo.  This was a good shoot despite the fact that we were getting rained on off and on the whole time.  Sheridian Beardshear also assisted me on this shoot.

Big Fashion shoot with McKinsey Preview!

Last Wednesday I did a big shoot with McKinsey Jordan for my Sidhe project.  We drug a table and chairs and a bunch of props back into the woods at Pertel Springs in Warrensburg Mo.  The shoot went really well and I thought I would publish a few images as well as a video shot [...]

Advanced Portrait Assignment #5 “Senior Portrait” Hanna H. at Cave Hollow

So this is my senior portrait assignment.  I shot these pics of Hanna at Cave Hollow park in Warrensburg.         

Advanced Portrait #3 “Alien Bees outdoors” assignment.

This is my “Alien Bees outdoors” assignment for advanced portrait class.  

Advanced Portrait #2 “Couples” Shayla and Justin

This is my couples assignment for Advanced Portrait class.  Shayla and Justin Check out more images from this shoot in this Flickr Slideshow.

Post Apocalyptic Amazon project progress log

Gas Mask and Helmet I’ve been working on this post apocalyptic amazon project most of the spring semester so far.  It’s a major project I’m doing mainly for my portfolio class.  I’ve done about five shoots so far and I have at least that many shoots left to do.  It’s been quite a challenge because [...]

Assignment #1 Advanced Portrait “Hollywood Lighting”

Our first assignment for Advanced Portrait this spring is “Hollywood Lighting”.  This was a black and white assignment and we studied the works of George Hurrell a famous photographer who worked in the style.  I shot this assignment with grid spots on my key light and hair light and a reflective umbrella for the fill light.  Lisa [...]

Post Apocalyptic “Amazon” tracker concept and execution

Well today I started a new project for 2011.  I’m working on a post apocalyptic amazon tribal photo story kind of thing.  This is probably going to be one of my bigger projects for the year if not the biggest one.  I plan to end the project with a photo story.  I’m not sure if [...]