Tutu

What kinda word is tutu? I am sure there is a long wiki about the history of the tutu but I don't really want to get into it.

A friend of mine, Janet, wanted to do a shoot with tutus. So here is one of the images from that shoot. There are so many great images from the session. Funny thing is a friend of my commented that I alway say "more to come" and I never post more... Well I won't say it this time ;)

So busy right now, so much going on... I wish it was all good but it's not. I guess if it was always good then I would never really appreciate it when things are good.

I am lucky to have the problems I have...

-nate

Just another day...

I didn't get a recent booking and I was kinda pissed. Not at the client but at myself for not getting it. For not being the photographer they needed. I guess I can't be everything for everyone. This wasn't a bad thing the reality is I've got plenty on my plate right now.

This photo to the right was another shoot with Kindra I was using a beauty dish just left of the camera and a large reflector camera right.

I did get some new photobadassery stickers. I'll hopefully get some more incriminating photos ;)

-nate

Button Eyes...

OMG, I can't believe how busy I am! Unfortunately it's noting to do with photography. Oh-well that how it goes...

Nothing really to say just thought this was an interesting series of images.

Button Eyes.

-nate

Another day another shoot

Some shoots are easier then others and this was one of them. This makeup artist Janet had a concept for a shoot and this is one of the images we came up with.  On the technical side of things, I used (rented)  a Profoto 7a pack and a ProRing light. Which was very cool, bulky, but cool. My biggest challenge was controlling all the light in the studio space because it was so small and I could only turn down the lights so far. The background lights were spilling  over. We made the best of it. I also did some images with my beauty dish and I think I like the light a little better. I'll post some of those images later.

-nate

Free Styling...

Well it started out that I was going to do a street studio with a friend. He had invited a model, Kindra, that I worked with before. So it wasn't really a street studio but its crazy how things just kinda work out. I did some fashion style shots with Kindra that were OK, I may post some later. Back to the point I was trying to get to. After I finished up shooting Kindra and we were talking; she was horsing around, doing cart wheels and free styling. Here was one of the images from that. I've heard a saying "It's the photos between the photos" I think this was one of those times. 

On a technical note, I using a single light source (a beauty dish) and a reflector out of frame trying to fill her face in.

The day ended well ;)

-nate

Street Studio is back!

It's been a long time since I've done a street studio. So, this weekend I am meeting a friend, Ken, downtown and we're going to see what we can come up with. If your are in Downtown San Diego come visit us and strike a pose. It'll be fun. We'll be at 10th Ave and Park Blvd  around noon.

Come see us.

-nate

You think it will never happen to you...

I never thought is would happen to me... I was shooting some family editorial portraits (I made that up). On the way there I needed to pickup another compact flash (CF), I forgot to bring enough of mine... :(

Anyways, I formated the CF in the camera and went on my merry way shooting.  When I got home I uploaded into Light Room and I got an error message about not reading some files. I put the CF back into the camera and tried to look at the images. Half of them weren't there... Yep, not there... FUCK!!! I tried running a recovery program; nothing... FUCK! So there you have it, FUCK! I lost half the images. I was chimping  some of the photos on the back of the camera during the shoot and they were there. I even showed them to the client, they were there. Did I say FUCK? There you go... "They" say it can happen and it did... "They" were right.

Backup often don't put all your eggs in one basket. All that good stuff. I hope it doesn't happen to you.

-nate