San Diego Strangers Are Nice...

...especially when you have a big camera people do not recognize haha.

So I'm back from my 14-day-too-short-of-a-vacation in SD and while a little depressed, I know it's for the greater good. :p

The first day I got back to SD, I was shooting. I was scheduled to shoot my family for a family portrait and while setting up, I met up with a few strangers who actually struck conversation with me for a change. It was weird but it felt...nice. Anyway, as I finished setting up my lights, a nice family came up and was interested in being my stand-ins. I shot the wife, Bianca and her lil crumb-snatcher. I think they turned out not too shabby.

Oh, did I mention this was the first time I actually shot a stranger?




Coming soon:
Teh Famz!

One A Day

So I kinda started this one-pic-a-day thing but it's just going to be a huge PITA posting it w/ my watermark and whatnot. So I'm just debating on whether or not to do it before I start posting stuffs.

Stay Tuned, though!

-edit-
Ok, so I sorta failed the one-a-day thing haha. I guess I'm not as disciplined as I thought. I do have another project going, though...thing is, the original concept isn't going as planned. Basically, it's about life in my home away from home. Still got six months to complete it...we'll see what happens...

-edit2-
Ok, plan B isn't going so well...but that's a good thing! I really didn't want to have to deal with the stress of the subject matter.

So on to plan C...this one involves cars. Thing is, the weather's so crappy right now and it is going to be real tough shooting outside for this one. Maybe wait 'til spring?

Conceptual Still Life

This is my conceptual still life shot. I LOVE it!

We were supposed to take one word from three different columns (1: object, 2: some organic material/mineral, 3: an emotion). I think it turned out well.



Strobist:
-scrim from up top
-a couple fills (but minimized in post) from 7 and 4 o'clock low

Environmental Studio Still Life

The point of this assignment was to shoot an image of something in its "environment" or give the illusion that it's shot in an environment, but it is entirely shot in-studio.

Mine was supposed to look like a night scene, conveyed by the bluish outside light. Throughout cinematic history, night is always portrayed as blue...'cept mine is more purple lol.

This shoot was pretty fun. This time, Jason Carrier was my assistant. We had a lot of fun w/ it. After the shoot, I shared the cheese and crackers w/ the class. Not the wine, though. Kendall Jackson Riesling ftw! I'd rather have some polka dot though...

Public Relations & Alternative Shot

This shot was to photograph an image for a corporate PR shot as well as a shot defining the individual. The lovely Sara modeled for me and le Judester assisted this time and let me tell you they were real troopers. We were so swamped that we had to do this shoot at night. Despite being us all being tired and cranky, we still had fun.

So enough of that stuff. Here's the PR shot.


Turned out good, eh?

Now the alt shot:


Yup...this one turned out badass!

Aerial Photography

So for this one, I took pictures from a Cessna.

WHEEEEE!


I accidentally opened the window by hitting the latch w/ my elbow as I turned around to shoot some trees and scared the crap out of the whole cabin lol. I actually thought we got hit by a rocket launcher or something lol.

Oh yeah, I used a Nikon D3...Nice, but I'll probably be way more into the canon 5D mk2 when i get my grubby hands on it...

Strobist:
-big burning ball in space, 10 o'clock high, bare

Still Life w/ Props

So for this one, I decided to shoot my little MIDI controller thingy. It's not great, but it gets the job done. I really want the vestax vci-100 or even the numark total control, but this one is fine esp for $150.

Anyways, Fallon Hutto was my assistant for this one and she is dope.

I know, DJs are supposed to spin records, and hell, even CDs, but a MIDI controller works off MP3 w/ the bundled software (traktor 3 for me...ick). So since it plugs into the computer, I figured, using old motherboards/circuit boards would make sense.



Strobist:
-Soft box from straight up
-hard strobe gelled, 9 o'clock low
-hard strobe gelled, 2 o'clock low