Getting back to work

I drove to Pasadena to shoot with Virginia, who also had a baby in December.  It was a beautiful overcast day, we shot for a couple of hours downtown, where we found so many places with great light.

Long time no post

Kim agency test

I drove out to Malibu, CA Monday afternoon to shoot a quick test with Kim.  Kim grew up in Juneau, AK and came to LA for the weather, but I bet she had a job too.  Kim is a competitive jump roper, and like me, you didn't know there was competitive jump roping!  She's represented as a model by Sports + Lifestyle Unlimited, and looking for some new images for her comp card.

She needed some lifestyle beachy images for her book, I of course had to grab a headshot.

We originally had agreed to shoot Sunday morning, but a tickle in my throat Saturday morning erupted into a full blown cold by Sunday morning, and it would have been freezing (okay California freezing).

I did not neglect my lensbaby which quite often sits in my bag neglected.  It's a fun little piece of glass which I tend to think of as a toy, but it's actually a tool like any other lens.  I just need to spend some time mastering it.

Sweet photography by Los Angeles headshot photographer David Cutts of Cutts Imaging Group.

Felisha From Tuesday morning

I met Felisha at a "park" in LA I've been shooting at lately.  She was looking for a couple of new shots for her agency, which we nailed.

I dig this third image, I struggled a little bit getting it how I saw it while shooting, I am happy with how it turned out.

I love this last one.

Final Edits From Friday's shoot with Mary and America

 

Test shoot Yesterday

My friend Mary asked me to do a test shoot with her, so yesterday we shoot the beautiful America.  T and I drove out to Downey.  Mary planed to do three looks, and be done in four hours, five looks and seven hours later I think everyone was a little tired.

This is a quick edit I pulled out for a personal project I've been working on.

Anne-Marie Mueschke

Tara and I photographed Anne-Marie Wednesday afternoon at Travel Town in Griffith Park before we headed to Dances with Films to see a screening of Losing Ferguson a short film out friend Trisha wrote and directed.  Oh yeah and we shot the still photos for her.  

Anne-Marie is beautiful, graceful and expressive it was so easy to work with her.

 

I wanted to shoot with our lens baby (which usually sits forgotten in my bag), and an off camera flash, to experiment and of course have a little fun.

The f2.8 ring was way to soft for me, but I do like these two, but I did put the f8 ring in.

After Anne-Marie changed outfits I changed to a "real" lens.

Beauty shoot from last week with Cj Jetphukthai, by Cutts Imaging Group

I hooked up with Make-up Artist and Hair stylist Cj Jetphukthai last week to shoot a portfolio for him.  Cj rented Smash Photo Studio in Long Beach, and shot most of the day.  

Here are CJ's picks.

Gabrielle.

Shannon Torres Gilman

Ava Lily

Lauren Leese

Kelly Frazier, from last Sunday

Andie Henderson MUA Portfolio: Cutts Imaging Group Hollywood

Sexy Viv.

Photographs By Cutts Imaging Group, Fashion Styling by Elena Hrvatin

Makaha Sugita is the second model I shoot for Elena.
T was helping me on the shoot and we set up a hair/rim light to get separation between the model and the couch, but we ended up getting a cool lens flare we worked with for a while before fixing the "problem".

Hair and Make-Up:

Svetlana Kiriki

&

Rebecca Yanez

I love working with T, the first time was a bit of a struggle, but we've really worked hard on communicating clearly and have worked through that early ... learning experience.  

Nadia Yuan For Stylist Elena Hrvatin Photographs By Cutts Imaging Group

I shot Nadia again this time for fellow Canadian Elena Hrvatin, who was in LA putting together a portfolio.  

Hair and Make-Up:

Svetlana Kiriki

Rebecca Yanez

Nadia, Dionna, and Nicole

Stylist:

Karla Tecson

Models:

Nadia Yuan

Dionna Chambers 

Nicole Ramos

Hair and Makeup:

Svetlana Krizki

Rebecca Yanez 

Karla and I worked together for two days for a project she was working on.

Dionan's Second Set

We shoot for a couple of hours Sunday morning a few weeks ago.  T came to helped I thought she might want to shoot a bit, she ended up being a great help and we had a blast.  

Styling by Karla Tecson

Make-up and hair by Svetlana Krizki and Rebecca Yanez