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Piotrek

As usual, I shot this portrait at the end of a commercial shoot. Sorry, I don't have any stories for this one. :-)

]]> subject: Piotrek Tomasz
grooming: Michelle Tabor
camera/lens: Canon 5D, EF24-105 f/4L IS @ 105mm
lighting: One Mole-Richardson Junior Solarspot 2K partially shaded with a V-flat. White card on the left for fill.

TL Forsberg

TL is an awesome singer and friend. Too bad we have so much drama in our lives. :-)

So... I want to take this opportunity to tell you all about a fun little book that a bunch of my friends put together. It's called f-eleven - a collection of classic and contemporary photographic works. Designed & Edited by Wolf189.Click on that link to find out more and maybe even buy one. All the profits go to charity! Oh, and if you look through the preview, I should tell you it's not safe for work.

]]> subject: TL Forsberg
stylist: TL
camera/lens: Canon 5D, 17-40L @ 23mm.
lighting: One Mole-Richardson Junior Solarspot 2K

Happy Holidays!

I hope everyone is having a great holiday season. Let's hope business picks up a bit in 2010. :-)

]]> subject: Lily and Bennett
camera/lens: Canon 5D MK II, EF24-105 f/4L IS
lighting: Natural light coming through my sliding glass door at home.

Trish RIchardson

Another portrait shot after a commercial job. I wish I had an awesome story to go along with it, but the economy has effected my stories along with everything else. :-)

]]> subject: Trish Richardson
makeup/hair: Michelle Tabor
camera/lens: Canon 5D, EF24-105 f/4L IS @ 80mm
lighting: One Mole-Richardson Junior Solarspot 2K

Christina

I shot Christina for a small commercial job and asked her to stay for a bit so I could do some portraits. I shot mostly nude, but loved this one because it's a little different for me.

]]> subject: Christina
makeup/hair: Michelle Tabor
camera/lens: Canon 5D, 85mm 1.8
lighting: One Mole-Richardson Junior Solarspot 2K.

Mark

I only shot a few frames of Mark after a commercial job, but the best lit one was this one.. I want to shoot him again without the mean face... I think it's a cool character shot, but not a good portrait.

]]> subject: Mark C. Hanson
makeup/hair: Michelle Tabor
camera/lens: Canon 5D, EF24-105 f/4L IS @ 105mm
lighting: Speedotron beauty dish with a grid. There's a second head aimed at a silver card near the background on the right.

Victoria

Victoria and I have been trying to hook up to do a shoot for a long time. FInally, the stars aligned last week and we got it done. It was a fun day, and she was the sweetest girl. I also got to meet and work with a new makeup artist this day, Eva Woodby. I talked her into doing it trade by offering to do a portrait of her while she was here. :-) I'll post something from that soon.

]]> subject: Victoria Vertuga
makeup/hair: Eva Woodby
camera/lens: Canon 5D MK II, 70-200L IS @ 110mm
lighting: Main light is a 20" Speedotron beauty dish with a grid. I also placed a black flag between the light and Victoria's forehead to shade some light from the top. The makeup artist, Eva, is blowing her hair with a reflector card.

Jesse H

A friend of mine had a little party at her studio. I brought my camera and saw Jesse there. I asked to shoot a portrait of him. About five minutes and 28 frames later we were done. I love it when it's effortless. :-)

]]> subject: Jesse H
camera/lens: Canon 5D MK II, EF24-105 f/4L IS @ 105mm
lighting: A window. I had an assistant hold two black cards between Jesse and the window to get a smaller sliver of light instead of the full open, even light that was there.

Diana by Karen Faye

This shot is kinda old. I'm posting it now because the makeup was done by my friend Karen Faye who lost her long time friend and client Michael Jackson recently. I know she is heartbroken and I wish her the best in these sad days. Shot for Nailpro Magazine. Karie L. Frost-Fashion Director.

]]> subject: Diana Chavez
makeup/hair: Karen Faye
stylist: Maude
camera/lens: Hasselblad ELM, 150mm.
lighting: One 20" beauty dish below the camera with diffusion. One 11" reflector with diffusion on each side. One silver card above camera.

Lolo

I did some pictures of a friend's kids... don't get any ideas... This is Lolo. That's her nickname. She jumped up and down for me many times. :-)

]]> subject: Lolo
makeup/hair: Her Mom
stylist: Her Mom
camera/lens: Canon 5D, 70-200L IS @ 70mm
lighting: One Mole-Richardson Junior Solarspot 2K. The blue color is from the daylight balanced fluorescent overhead lights in conjunction with the camera being balanced to the tungsten main light.

Erin

I've shot Erin a couple times. She's an awesome nude art model that now lives in England. She made a recent visit to California so we hooked up to shoot some pictures of her and her new husband, also a photographer. What a great couple of people to hang out with for the day. No makeup except for a tiny bit of mascara.

]]> subject: Erin
camera/lens: Canon 5D MK II, EF70-200 f/2.8L IS @ 200mm
lighting: One Mole-Richardson Junior Solarspot 2K aimed at the wall just in front of her and a silver card below to bounce a little more light into her eyes..

Jen for Classified

To the archives! This was shot a while back, but I wanted it in the blog archive as a good example of some of my straight beauty images. This was shot for Classified Cosmetics, the inventors of spray on foundation in a can. Although most of the makeup artists I know use this product on faces, it's mainly known for body makeup for the uninitiated.

]]> subject: Jen Kennedy
makeup/hair: Yolanda Halston
stylist: Yolanda Halston
camera/lens: Canon 1Ds MK II, EF100mm.
lighting: Elinchrom Octa bank as the main light. Each side had one head with an 11" reflector covered with diffusion.

Rick Head

Rick builds turbos... He's also a photographer. He asked if I would shoot a portrait of him before he cut off his hair for Locks Of Love.

]]> subject: Rick Head
camera/lens: Canon 5D, 70-200L IS @ 180mm
lighting: One Mole-Richardson Junior Solarspot 2K behind a 4'x4' diffusion scrim as the main light. One flag shadowing the right side of his head with a 650W LTM Pepper hot light on the right lighting the hair. There's also a silver card on the left.

Bennett

As the sun was setting the other day, I noticed the light bouncing off of the wood floors as the kids ran by. I, of course, turned it into a photo shoot with Bennett and Lily.

Hey! I'm the Altpick Member Focus today (April 22nd)!

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]]> subject: Bennett
camera/lens: Canon 5D MK II, EF24-105 f/4L IS @ 105mm
lighting: Sunlight bouncing off the wood floor.

Tashia

I've shot Tashia a few times now. This was the first time I shot her when one of my assistants used my studio to shoot a small job and she was the model. I asked if I could do a portrait when they were done. She stayed in the bikini she was in for the job and i just stood her against my black wall and put a hot light on her. It's very simple, but I kinda like the juxtaposition of beach girl in a bikini on black in stark light. When I asked her not to smile, she said her mom calls this her "duh face." :-)

]]> subject: Tashia McIntosh
makeup/hair: Sam
camera/lens: Canon 5D, 70-200L IS @ 110mm
lighting: One Mole-Richardson Junior Solarspot 2K.