Brooks Blog http://blog.ayola.com/ An Advertising Photographer's Blog en Copyright 2010 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:27:40 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Piotrek As usual, I shot this portrait at the end of a commercial shoot. Sorry, I don't have any stories for this one. :-)

]]> http://blog.ayola.com/archives/000199.html http://blog.ayola.com/archives/000199.html Men Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:27:40 -0800 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.

]]> http://blog.ayola.com/archives/000198.html http://blog.ayola.com/archives/000198.html Women Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:53:24 -0800 Happy Holidays! I hope everyone is having a great holiday season. Let's hope business picks up a bit in 2010. :-)

]]> http://blog.ayola.com/archives/000197.html http://blog.ayola.com/archives/000197.html Kids Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:05:49 -0800 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. :-)

]]> http://blog.ayola.com/archives/000196.html http://blog.ayola.com/archives/000196.html Women Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:48:38 -0800 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.

]]> http://blog.ayola.com/archives/000195.html http://blog.ayola.com/archives/000195.html Women Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:08:20 -0800 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.

]]> http://blog.ayola.com/archives/000194.html http://blog.ayola.com/archives/000194.html Men Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:37:58 -0800 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.

]]> http://blog.ayola.com/archives/000193.html http://blog.ayola.com/archives/000193.html Women Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:16:51 -0800 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. :-)

]]> http://blog.ayola.com/archives/000192.html http://blog.ayola.com/archives/000192.html Men Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:43:33 -0800 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.

]]> http://blog.ayola.com/archives/000191.html http://blog.ayola.com/archives/000191.html Women Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:22:48 -0800 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. :-)

]]> http://blog.ayola.com/archives/000190.html http://blog.ayola.com/archives/000190.html Kids Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:44:34 -0800 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.

]]> http://blog.ayola.com/archives/000189.html http://blog.ayola.com/archives/000189.html Women Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:24:12 -0800 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.

]]> http://blog.ayola.com/archives/000188.html http://blog.ayola.com/archives/000188.html Women Wed, 13 May 2009 17:36:44 -0800 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.

]]> http://blog.ayola.com/archives/000187.html http://blog.ayola.com/archives/000187.html Men Mon, 27 Apr 2009 10:06:43 -0800 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)!

http://altpick.com

]]> http://blog.ayola.com/archives/000186.html http://blog.ayola.com/archives/000186.html Kids Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:37:13 -0800 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." :-)

]]> http://blog.ayola.com/archives/000185.html http://blog.ayola.com/archives/000185.html Women Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:16:13 -0800