Fun With ConMon
December 10, 2009 by vard · Leave a Comment
It’s CRAZY windy this morning. I’ll probably find the power out @ the studio when I get in. C’est la vie!
Yes it’s been like 3 weeks since the last blog. ’Tis the season of head down editing and not a whole lot else. But sometimes you have to stop and realize that you HAVE to make time for taking a break. Just so happens my break times consist of a lot of photography and editing. Work/life/love – what’s the difference? 
The ‘prohibition party’ Tara and friends through for the Frankles last month inspired Connie and Monica to put a shoot together. We rented, borrowed and invented a few different things and just played around with it for a while. Kat came in on makeup once again. Turns out she DID have bigger eye lashes in her bag…who’da thunk it? And thank you to Kendra F. for the pearls…it’s good to know good people!
This time out I wanted to see what the basement of Berwick Brewing had to offer. Lots of neat stuff, but I’m a fan of ceiling height…I liked the upstairs (from the last blog) a bit more. When you read a sentence like the last, realize that’s me whining to myself to stop whining and adjust accordingly next time – to just deal with it. Challenges are AT LEAST 1/2 the fun for me with a camera in hand. When I can make it work…we’ll that’s just a good day!
Anywho, we had a lot of fun, added to Connie and Monica’s growing pile of images and learned mucho. We have 4 or 5 more shoots planned for various locations around the Brewery in the next month or so. I’ll be posting whatever I have time to finish. For now, it’s back to the ‘work’…or was it life…or love…
Rock on!
Pushing
November 14, 2009 by vard · Leave a Comment
Today was one of those lucky days where everything just went right. I was supposed to be shooting some promo images for a local band, but as is often the case when multiple schedules are involved, I didn’t. :\ Waste not the day! I already had Chelsea lined up to assist on the band shoot, partly because she rocks and partly because we have plans for a killer concept shoot in this same location (as soon as I can get the logistics worked out). So, when the band postponed I redirected my efforts to take advantage of something I rarely do – test shoot for something down the road.
This entire shoot was nothing more than a huge test covering the following: What could we do with makeup on something a bit more extreme; shot options in THIS location for future shoots; lighting work for myself (ring lights can be a bitch to use) and to understand logistically what it takes to do something with a little more production value.
There’s A LOT of info zipping around the synapses right now. I look at every image I take as a chance to learn something…and obviously this shoot provided TONS of thought provoking material to work with.
Kudos to the team: Kat – excellent job on makeup and wardrobe; Chelsea – you rocked the looks and didn’t blink an eye while freezing your ass off for hours (that’s the REAL deal right there); and Connie – always awesome to have a chance to work side-by-side with you. It’s rare on a shoot, so it was definitely a treat. You make so much happen at the right times it’s truly mind-blowing.
Thanks for lookin…hope you enjoy.
Rock On
Sneakin’ #1 In
The more I work with someone, the more fun the shoots become (for the most part ;P). So it goes when I get a chance to work with Connie on shot ideas anymore. Getting our personalities on the same page when it comes to shooting is ‘part of the fun’, but when we’re firing on all cylinders together it’s magic. We’ve had a few crazy months trying to get ready for the season; getting things in order to help other people with their imaging needs. It’s easy to forget that I have a willing and ready model with which to play around whenever I’d like. One that really LIKES to have her picture taken.
Connie and I stole of few moments of life back this morning and cracked off some lighting ideas I wanted to work on. Being able to create images like these with her, for her, is really what it’s all about…
Enjoy…
