Hello, LJ!
So… hi! I've been a busy bee, and I'm sorry that I've not had any time to spend on LJ. I've been blogging every day on my photo blog. I've been trying to do a theme for each day of the week (well… I take Saturday off… not because it's the Sabbath or anything… it just happens to work out that Saturday I'm normally out and about doing whatever and I should have one day off). But between that, Twitter (for random witticisms), Facebook (for most of my friends/acquaintences to keep in touch), and G+ (for networking with lots of steampunk folk)… while I do love LJ for it's uniqueness in the social networking sphere, it takes more time and effort then those others, and it just feels more like a journal than a social network anymore.
But I'm not ready to give up on you yet, LJ! Like a gay cowboy, I can't quit you!
So what've I been up to? Well… last week I put out the word that I was itching to shoot and see if anyone was interested. My step-sister, Mishka said that her friend Charlee wanted to do a shoot, so I connected with Charlee who is looking to set up a modeling portfolio and Heffner Management told her to send them some photos of her in just a plain white tshirt and jeans. So we started there and also did a couple of other shoots. This is the white tee shot, and I've got to say I'm really proud of the way this one came out. I'm getting better at my black and whites I think, and I love the motion in her hair and the subtle expression she's got.
It was funny because I had had a really bad day up until this shoot. Our car had died and I was fighting with T-Mobile about our bill and was ready to punch a baby in the face. But I had Maddie doing make-up whois always fantastic, and Charlee's a great girl and we just had a lot of fun. And I actually got a message on Facebook from Charlee's mom the next day thanking me for making her first shoot such a good experience! That really put me in a much better mood for the rest of the week. And Charlee's getting lots of encouragement from both people she knows and also people who follow me. In fact Jayla who is the model I shot for one of my favorite photos said that Charlee had that magic that most models aspire to. I'd never heard anything like that from her, and it's high praise indeed (she's one of the best models I've shot, though she's put modeling on hold to go back to school).
And then last night I went and did a shoot with my second subject for my new project Portrait of the Artists. His name's Joe Garber and I saw his stuff at Cupcake Royale up on Capital Hill and immediately fell in love with it. It's weird and cooky and just awesome. We did some stuff in his apartment, and then went for a stroll in the park and took some photos there. It was a lot of fun, but it was fully dark out by the time I even got over to his place (frackin' Fall!) so the outdoor ones aren't as good as I'd like. So photos from that to come!
Anywho… I really should get back to work now. Break time's over!
But I'm not ready to give up on you yet, LJ! Like a gay cowboy, I can't quit you!
So what've I been up to? Well… last week I put out the word that I was itching to shoot and see if anyone was interested. My step-sister, Mishka said that her friend Charlee wanted to do a shoot, so I connected with Charlee who is looking to set up a modeling portfolio and Heffner Management told her to send them some photos of her in just a plain white tshirt and jeans. So we started there and also did a couple of other shoots. This is the white tee shot, and I've got to say I'm really proud of the way this one came out. I'm getting better at my black and whites I think, and I love the motion in her hair and the subtle expression she's got.
It was funny because I had had a really bad day up until this shoot. Our car had died and I was fighting with T-Mobile about our bill and was ready to punch a baby in the face. But I had Maddie doing make-up whois always fantastic, and Charlee's a great girl and we just had a lot of fun. And I actually got a message on Facebook from Charlee's mom the next day thanking me for making her first shoot such a good experience! That really put me in a much better mood for the rest of the week. And Charlee's getting lots of encouragement from both people she knows and also people who follow me. In fact Jayla who is the model I shot for one of my favorite photos said that Charlee had that magic that most models aspire to. I'd never heard anything like that from her, and it's high praise indeed (she's one of the best models I've shot, though she's put modeling on hold to go back to school).
And then last night I went and did a shoot with my second subject for my new project Portrait of the Artists. His name's Joe Garber and I saw his stuff at Cupcake Royale up on Capital Hill and immediately fell in love with it. It's weird and cooky and just awesome. We did some stuff in his apartment, and then went for a stroll in the park and took some photos there. It was a lot of fun, but it was fully dark out by the time I even got over to his place (frackin' Fall!) so the outdoor ones aren't as good as I'd like. So photos from that to come!
Anywho… I really should get back to work now. Break time's over!