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11
Sep 09

Assassin: Charlotte

This shoot was a lot of fun. Charlotte and Matt have been dating for about a year and Charlotte PM’d me, saying she was really interested in my assassin idea. So I said, “why not?”

The first half was a breeze. Matt probably thought he was getting off good. I mean, he got to make out with his girl for at least an hour. And then we started beating him up – literally and with makeup. Thankfully, my MUA was stage-trained so she knew all the right ways to make him bloody and bruised (although you hardly see it) with minimal effort. We made Matt take off his belt and tied him up with it. We stuffed an (I am fairly certain) unclean bandana in his mouth. And then we duct taped him (not shown).

And this was all while Charlotte was sitting on him. What a great sport! :)

I have a very sexy shoot coming up with Charlotte at the end of the month. Look for photos again in October.

View full sequential order on Facebook. Link is to your right.

Models & Wardrobe: Charlotte & Matt
MUA & Hair: Melissa Myers
Props & Jewelry: Venustus Photography

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7
Aug 09

Interior Architectural Photography

This is my first go at interior architectural photography and it is actually the second time I have taken these photos. I arrived to my friend Carrie’s with the wrong lens the first time and had to reschedule. So, I went and got a 12-24mm lens and this time took proper photos.

There were a lot of test shots and trying to balance the lights in the room with the flash of the SB-800s I had. I managed to only get one viable shot out of three different places: the bedroom, the hallway sink and the living room. The hallway sink photo came out alright BUT… there was a lens flare on the upper left hand corner when I opened the photo up on my computer.

The living room presented a challenge with a lack of light and high, sloping ceilings. I needed at least one more strobe to make their dark purple IKEA couch stand out a bit more (instead of being a blob in the middle of the floor). Since I’m a photographer on a budget, I finally abandoned the living room after about 45 minutes of testing.

Here is the result of two weekends, several hours and $96:
Black&White

See a larger size on my Flickr.