Photography Fun :: Pinatas and Stuff

Photography Fun :: Lion Attack 2

Photography Fun :: Kei and a Venice Wall

photography Fun :: Portrait; Christina Perri

Sky Larkin MUSIC VIDEO :: STILLS

So here are a ton of stills from the production of the Antibodies Music Video I directed last month for UK band Sky Larkin. Check out the photos and check back soon as the video will be posted on the BLOG very, very soon. Thanks to all that helped!

Melissa, the stage designer taking a break from the colored tape background.

Detail of the backdrop. The stage was completely covered with multicolored duct tape that created a mosaic like backdrop. We built it with myself, Sean, and of course Melissa in my downtown loft over the course of two days.
Nestor sits between takes.
Lead singer, Katie waves at my camera between takes.
Bassist, Doug watches the video get shot.
Mud extras!!!

Covered!
The band washes off at the end of the day.
Our RED camera with full on battle scars.
Having a moment with the DP.

Posing in front of the stage before the shoot.
Working, lol!
My brother mans the hose.

Florian preps for the next shot.


Sean, our Art Director helps out Ty with a little clean up.

Photography Fun :: Lion Attack!!

Photography Fun :: Portrait; Eisen

photography Fun :: Portrait; Anne

Photography Fun :: Portrait; Friends!

New photos son!

Photography Fun :: Portrait; Cher

If you have been following my blog, or my facebook, or my other website, then you know I have been on a photography frenzy these past couple of months. Most of the photography of recent has been portraiture and I get comments every now and then that some of the photographs are not very flattering images of my subjects.

That said, I am not necessarily interested in taking "beautiful" photos of people in the shallow sense. I am actually much more interested in taking photos of people when they have something to say... or something to hide.  In fact most recently, I have been asking to take photos of people when they absolutely do not want their photo taken--whether it be because of their emotional state, or what have you. 

Anyway, this is a photo I took of my friend Cher recently. Enjoi.

Photography Fun :: Portrait; Garianne.

Photography Fun :: Self Portrait, and 2 newbies

Took some quick portraits of my friend Kristle and my buddy Charles.

I changed up the lighting setup from the other portraits. These tend to pop a bit more. I feel like the previous portraits have a much more natural feeling to them. For these photos instead of using the strobes and shooting at f22, I shot at about half the aperture and used continuous lighting with daylight balanced fluorescents. I'm not sure what the exact effect is really, but it definitely feels much more dramatic. The skin tends to shine a bit more and light up. 

Anyway, I was just experimenting. I want to continue to try different things. Below are the photos.

Here is Kristle. She was completely shy, but I think I got a fun shot of her. 

Ok, so here is my self portrait. I tend to not like any photos of myself (like most people, I'm sure) but I thought this was interesting. My skin is full of craziness, but I'm all about trying to look at people in a very raw manner. In that sense, I can't look much raw-er than this.
Charles looks like a rockstar. What's nice about the continuous lighting and the lower aperture is that I can control the focus a bit more. It's nice to hone in on Charle's eyes here and slowly drift the focus backwards. 

Photo from upcoming Documentary

Really, I think this needs no introduction.

Photography Fun :: Portaits

Some selects from a shoot I had recently. Color corrected and all, woo! Will be updating  knives + pillows soon. Enjoy