I had the idea for this shot in my head and chatted with McKenzie who helped me realize it.
McKenzie Jump!
January 18, 2011
Daniel Fashion – Lightroom Tutorial
June 17, 2010
This is pretty long-overdue, and I apologize. I wanted to show you guys how I got that cool effect on Daniel’s fashion shoot. Here’s my RAW, straight out of the camera photo brought in to lightroom.
As you can see, I specifically lit the scene with this post-processing technique in mind. If you take any old-photo and go through these steps you’ll get something stylistically the same, but it won’t have the same impact as something designed to be made this way. I did this by split-lighting my subject with hard lights that had no modifiers to soften the light. In this case two speedlight flashes at 3 and 9 o’clock to my subject.
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Cinderella’s Sin
December 1, 2009
Better Viewed Large For All The Awesome Detail
Cinderella: Rachel So (MM#116807)
Wicked Step-Sister: Dodi Rose-Zooropa
Makeup: heartSHAPEDbullet (MM#732720)
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La Bohème
November 17, 2009
For weeks I’d been planning a very special shoot. It’s the start of a new project that I’m just in the process of getting the ball rolling on, and I was SUPER excited about it. I had the model booked, I had rented an outfit, I’d begged, borrowed, and bought props for it, I was ready to roll. Then my model got sick. Sad story 
But the moral of the story is just because all your carefully laid plans get completely rearranged at the 11th hour, doesn’t mean you can’t still got a cool shot.
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How To Be A Model
November 15, 2009
I’ve been a huge fan of Aaron Nace and Rosie Hardy’s work on Flickr for a while now, but I’ve only recently discovered their fantastic blog, ARF.
There are a number of fantastic behind-the-scene videos, and one or two good tutorials on the site as well. This one cracked me up. Great job, guys!
Model from Aaron Nace on Vimeo.
Gothic Ballerina
November 2, 2009
I recently discovered that a friend of mine is also a trained ballerina! Well… I couldn’t let that pass like that, so I scheduled a goth ballerina shoot with her as part of my “Portrait A Week” project. I had also scheduled a MUA (Make-Up Artist) to come and help out with some killer make-up but sadly, she couldn’t make it. Rather than reschedule the shoot, I decided to go ahead and help out the make-up in post-production. It’s good to have a back-up plan, just in case, and I thought I’d share with you all how you can add make-up to a model in post-production!
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