Back in 2005, before we established Luminescent Memories Photograpy, Sharon and I shot Sharon’s niece Theresa and hubby Nick’s nuptials. We weren’t the official photographers and only shot these because of our passion for capturing people in pictures. Also, due to budget constraints, the agreement between the couple and the official photographer stated that she would take photos of the ceremony and some formals outside the church and at Windsor’s Queen Elizabeth Gardens II, in Jackson Park.
These have never been published before but I would feel remiss in not sharing them. Enjoy!
Three images from a recent fashion photoshoot with Luv HC.
It was our sixth time shooting with Renee (MM #1629788), who began her modeling career with us, shooting first in the cold of winter in 2009. It is always a pleasure to shoot with Renee. She is awesome has legs that go ”up to there,” and doesn’t need a lot of direction these days. I hope her modeling career takes off like gangbusters!
This was our our second time shooting Amber, but her first on an actual fashion photo shoot. We did a couple headshots of Amber at Fash Bash 2010 @ The Loft, which stimulated her interest in doing an actual photo shoot. Amber’s mom and dad were on location with us and they were very excited about her participation. They were very friendly and encouraging and did not disturb the shoot whatsoever.
This was also our first time shooting with accomplished model Angel (MM #1492553), who lives just across the river in Detroit, MI. I hope to shoot with Angel for our upcoming book project (TBA).
I finally got around to finishing up a few of my picks from a recent shoot with 3 lovely young ladies. Sharon and I met the models and a fashion designer friend of mine just after dark on a Saturday. It was empty, graffiti-rich and moody. Just the way I like it!
Even though we brought 3 Alien Bees B800 strobes and portable power, the equipment we used boiled down to 2 light stands, 2 Canon speedlights and a Canon ST-E2 speedlight transmitter.
It was a bit difficult to shoot in the dark, using flashlights to light up the ladies faces for focus confirmation. After we finished the final shots in the set, I wished that we would have brought the Bees in, if for nothing else but to use the built-in modeling lights to check expressions and stray hair, etc.
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I finally got around to designing and getting a print run of my new business cards to represent the fashion element of my photography business. My passion for photographing people, whether it be a wedding, a family portrait or pretty ladies in couture fashion has made me realize I need multiple cards.
The models are, from left to right: Sara Klingbyle, Kate Hoekstra (Model Mayhem #1460129) and Jo Ann Carrington.
A special thanks to my friend Kareem, who designs pretty clothing for the ladies to model!
As winter’s last snow storm took Windsor into its grips, I was preparing to pick up Sharon, pretty lady of mine that calls me her husband. She had called me moments earlier to let me know she had almost finished work at the student center of St. Clair College and said, “Hon, bring your camera! The fog is awesome!”
When I arrived, the fog had mostly dissipated but the snow had not and the lights illuminating it had not. I thought to myself, “Oh, this is going to be interesting,” knowing full well that the _only_ way to approach this would be using High Dynamic Range (HDR). so, I pulled out the tripod, attached a plate to the base of the camera, plopped it on a tripod and then dug in.. for a few moments.
About 27 exposures later, with exposures of -2ev, 0ev and +2ev, Sharon beckoned. So, only 3 images for each scene, but still, that’s enough for an okay blend. We came come, I imported the images into my archive .. and promptly forgot about them.
So I loaded up Photomatix and worked up my 3 favorite of the 9 scenes I shot. Here they are after HDR tone mapping and a few photoshop adjustments.
What sucks about shooting in a confined space or on location is that setup time typically, in terms of a small shoot, takes more time that the actual shooting itself. Most of my actual shooting time boils down to an hour typically, of just shooting. With setup and tear-down it sometimes takes 3 hours of my time. I must find a way to better manage my time.
Anyways, I’m becoming somewhat of a strobist. Which is to say that my Canon speedlight system (Canon 550EX and a Canon 430EX) has never been more fun and more useful. Even a single off-camera speedlight results in amazing photos. All thanks to the Canon ST-E2 speedlight remote transmitter. I used it on all 3 of my recent fashion shoots on location and they worked great. Now I just need to pick up a Quantum Turbo battery so I don’t have to rely on AA rechargeables.
Anyways, here’s a studio shot of Pippin that I shot for Photography On The Net’s (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/) coffee table book contest. I used a backdrop that I picked up at Henry’s on Howard Ave. a while back. Now the unfortunate part is that I set up to shoot using 2 speedlights off camera. Only to find that my speedlights transmitter’s BATTERY was dead. It was 2AM in the morning and nowhere to pick up a replacement battery. So I shot this with one of the speedlights on camera and the other as slave to light up the backdrop. It worked phenomenally.
I later discovered that Shopper’s Drug Mart carries the battery I needed. Figures.
