The month of December is surely flying by. Too much to do, too little time. I’m sure the arctic blast had something to do with me not making best use of my time. The 50″ plasma and the PS3 from Kari didn’t help either. Despite all of that, and the other shit I had to finish up for the day job, I did manage to sneak in a few shoots in December.
Flew down to Orlando to do a shoot with Coach Tom Shaw and some athletes training. Since I can’t post any of the photos from that shoot just yet, I’ll post this photo of the team in front of the giant Wizard gift shop. From left to right: Ben “I can’t fit this shirt” Pigao; Kent “The Right Hand Man” St. John; Lydia “The Producer that Produces” Lauer; Dom “I ride the short bus” Duchesneau.
Peace Out!
Stumbled upon this image featured on VisualCulture. Just an amazing quote.
Alec Soth, of Magnum Photos asked 35 successful photographers for advice to give to young photographers. The piece of advice that stuck out to me:
Alex Webb
Photograph because you love doing it, because you absolutely have to do it, because the chief reward is going to be the process of doing it. Other rewards — recognition, financial remuneration — come to so few and are so fleeting. And even if you are somewhat successful, there will almost inevitably be stretches of time when you will be ignored, have little income, or — often — both. Certainly there are many other easier ways to make a living in this society. Take photography on as a passion, not a career.
Not sure how to take this. While I do enjoy photography, I wonder if it’s because photography isn’t my main source of income? Will all the joys of photography suddenly go away if I pursued it full-time? Will the passion die if I relied on photography to make a living? Should I keep photography a hobby instead of making it a business?
Read the entire article HERE.
Sometimes, stories are best told through the unpublished selects. Here are just a few of the moments from the “Threesome” photoshoot that wasn’t supposed to be caught on camera.
Jared & Allison Pendergraft
October 11, 2008
Ecotrust (Portland, Oregon)
Turned this image (from Erin’s Photoshoot) into downloadable wallpapers to smear all over your desktops.
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Model: Erin
Hair & Makeup: Anna Webber
Second weekend in a row shooting a colleague from the office and their significant other. Went out shooting with T-mac and his gorgeous fiance, Gretchen this morning at some country club on the west side (the name of the place escapes me at the moment). The fall colors are really working for the photographs I’ve been shooting lately.
Shot with 100mm f/2.0 & 20mm f/2.8
Minor Adjustments in Lightroom. No Photoshop. No cropping (yet).
Model: Erin from Option Model Management
Hair & Makeup: Anna Webber
Assistant: Kent St. John
Shot with 100mm f/5.6 on 20D. AB800 with Large Softbox directly above the model shooting down + ABR800 Ringflash.
Lookout for more photos with Erin from this shoot. A collaboration is in the works with a mighty talented illustrator. Will post pics when we’re done.
