Nothing really to say... Just some photos from a shoot this weekend

Pinup Girl Round Two and a whole lot more!

Holy crap what a busy weekend of shooting! I got a call from a friend Friday night asking me to help him out with a group shoot on Saturday. I had a portrait session Sunday and a ton of images I still need to work on from the 2nd pinup session (image displayed). 

The Saturday shoot was rough. I only brought one light and I didn't have "a place to shoot". I was trying to make the best of it. Some of the models were OK and others were very green! I am still trying to get to those images, but for the most part I am not happy with the them as usual... I do think there are some that can be worked with. They are not typical portraits but they'll be cool when I finished the post processing.

The portrait session this morning was kinda funny. I showed up at the site and there were four other photoG's working. It was kinda interesting watching them work. I am not happy with those photo either. I know, no big surprise...

I still have to finish working on the photos from the pinup session. I think there are some good ones in the bunch. The model in the 1st session was new. She didn't know what to expect. In the second session she was thinking about modeling and it showed. She still did a good job! I can't wait to show the finished product.

Until my next rant...

-nate

NIK Sliver Efex Pro

I did a photo shoot of two beautiful twin babies a few weeks ago and I thought they would be the pergect test for the NIK's Silver Efex Pro plugin . It allows you to emulate specific film types. Lots a great features. The only down side I see is that it is expensive. 

I'll still buy it... 

Try it there is a 15 day demo. That brings me to another point 15 days? What happened to the good old days of 30 day demos? Really, does it cost the company that much for a 30 day demo? I don't think so.

If you are looking for something else to do you should check out this link. It's pack of Shiba puppies. There is something like 20,000 plus people watching this at any given time.... Crazy but fun to watch when you are having a stressful day. It'll make you smile.

-nate

Green Wold Bag Product

I was just checking out www.greenworldbags.com and noticed they are using the product shoots I've done for them. 

It's kinda cool to see your work being used especially when they paid for it :-)

ciao 

-nate

Model flaked, made the best of it.

My pinup model flaked today, but I didn't want to waste the photo opportunity. My model for the day...

-nate

Golden Hanger Photos

Here is a link to the photos from the Golden Hanger Gala

Let me know what you think.

-nate

Just found out...

I just found out that National City may start using this image for some of their promotional stuff. 

Pretty cool...

-nate

PS

The city should crop this more. There is too much street....

The Golden Hanger Gala

Last night I had a chance to shoot the Golden Hanger Gala. It was a great fashion event put on by Fashion Careers College that benefited the Make a Wish Foundation.

It was a great event with some amazing designers and local celebrities.  Unfortunately my flash died. Yep, died halfway through the night. Crap...

I'm still going through the images. I'll post a link soon.

Here is a link to the photos

-Nate

PS I am still trying to come up with a concept for my next shoot and I am running out of time.

oops

Apparently  when I setup this new BLOG I  didn't enable it for easier commenting, AKA anonymous commenting... All fixed. Now you can easily leave a comment if you want.

-nate

Another photo shoot another failure?

Leading in from my post yesterday about how grateful I am to have so much support. Support isn't a substitute for talent... And, I think talent is eluding me lately. I tried to establish the intent of the shoot; a bebe style outfit for a fashion magazine add. 

One thing that I am definitely going to do before any shoot is create a shoot list and use it. About 200 frames into the shoot I just lost focus. What do I shoot next? Not good...

I don't know that I hate the photos but I don't love them. I'll post a link to some of the images over the next few days.

-nate

You ever take someone for granted?

I do...

I was going through some photos from a shoot today and I came to the sudden realization. My brother has been driving over 45 miles each way to help me with these shoots. His help ranges from picking stuff up or slapping me in the face and telling me I am going completely in the wrong direction with the shoot.

And to boot, my wife puts up with me spending so much time working on these projects.

I am really lucky to have people in my life that support me.

Thank you guys for everything.

-nate

PS checkout my brothers BLOG