A little test from January

I haven't shot much since our daughter was born in December, but I managed to sneak out of the house and make this, with a few friends

Long time no post

Bri's Headshot

So I drove out to my favorite "park" in LA to shoot Bri's headshot.  We meet through her friend Felisha, who has been trying to get Bri, who is at least 5'10" modeling.

After we nailer her headshot, she wanted to try a bit of a fashiony look.  While it may not have been the best spot to shoot a for what she wanted, we worked it a bit and I love how this turned out.

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

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.

More personal work

The royal we here at Cutts Imaging Group have been busy, and that's groovy.  A shoot we had scheduled for Saturday morning got canceled so T and I took a little drive up to Wrightwood, CA for a little date/scouting mission.  On the way home we stopped at one of T's favorite places Mormon Rocks, where I shot these first two.

After a coffee break we headed up old Waterman Canyon road to an organic fruit stand T wanted to check out, we picked up the last apples of the session and a couple of avocados, awesome.

Mojito Bikini Look Book by Cutts Imaging Group

I shot a little look book for Mojito Bikini a few weeks ago.  I hooked up with Caroline an Australian designer living here in LA.  We meet at a Elyria Canyon Park, set up a makeshift make-up station for Genevieve, who knocked it out of the park.  I got to spent the afternoon shooting Maggie.  It was hot ... um, I mean the temperature was hot.

Anyway these are my picks from the shoot, Caroline has a different needs and I delivered her those files.

Friday Fan Letter #4: Walt Simonson

So if your read my bio page, you know as a young man I wanted to draw comics ... next up Thor artist Walt Simonson.

Walt:

I don't remember when I started reading comics, but my parents recognized I was reading, and encouraged me.  One of the first books I started reading was "The Mighty Thor", it was the 1980's, you were working magic on that book.  I'm a bit of a completest, so I scoured the local comic book stores for back issues I read them out of order as I could afford them.  It's hard to read a story out of order, I didn't get it, and I was like ten or twelve.  When you left Thor I followed you to X-Factor, but I might have already been collecting that series.  At some point I picked up the Star Slammer graphic novel after lusting after it for months, it's still one of my favorite books.   

You and the Marvel artists of time, made me want to draw comics.  Which started me down the road to being an artist which lead me to photography.  I figured out pretty late in high school I wasn't going to make it as a penciler.  I did apply to art school, but chickened out and sneaked into college at the last minute.

Anywho thanks, for making great art and inspiring me to be an artist.

Sincerely 

David CUtts