I LIKE YOUR WORK, is a personal project I started working on after hearing the title compliment for the millionth time. I decided to take this every day statement and turn it into a tangible work that serves as a reminder for both the artist and the viewer. Read on for a deeper dive into my though process behind this work and links to buy!
Read MoreOver the last couple of weeks I have taken a step back to focus on basic lighting practices. Working with no more than two lights and a reflector on this shoot, I wanted to remove all other elements from the equation to create a sleek look using a simplified set up in my studio. This was the result.
I have a fascination with shaping light and controlling it to do different things. This is a practice I apply in many of my shoots. The photos you see here are a result of different ways I have manipulated off camera TTL flashes to be a separate entity in my photographs.
Model: Kendall Gassen
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We traveled up stairs in the new Hotel LeVeque to have a sneak peak at one of their new suites. Just as the rest of the hotel the rooms in this suite were decorated in the same modernized art deco constellation theme as the rest of the hotel. The hints of gold light fixtures, chairs and drawer handles incorporated throughout the suite gave the rooms a luxurious and sophisticated feel. Liz's choice of a jewel tone color palette ended up complimenting the guest suite so nicely. Her green twist shift dress, midnight blue fur stole and Manolo Blahnik heels played homage to the 1920s art deco era with a contemporary touch.
Similarly to the photos in the lobby of the hotel, I knew I would have to mix natural light and my TTL flashes for the shots in the guest suite. Throwing in a reflector here and there (held by the ever so wonderful Quinn and Danny) to bounce some light into the frame gives us the final shots you see above!
Make sure to check out Liz's post here!
In one of my classes I am experimenting with glitch art and gifs. Using multiple tools and programs I am able to create distorted moving images. This kind of medium isn't what I'm used to working in, however I find it very interesting how adding movement and "glitches" to some of my images changes the mood completely. The gif of the birds below is one I have recently completed. I will also include the original image so you can compare the before and after.
Personally, in this case I find gifs to be an interesting way to show a photographed moment, moving. The looping effect adds the look of a continuous never ending cycle as if that "moment" is stuck in time never able to escape or move forward (think of the 1993 film Ground Hog Day). I chose this image to turn into a gif because of the notion of being stuck. In the original photo a mother bird is feeding her baby birds, the thought of being stuck in mid-flight brings me an overwhelming since of exhaustion, and is something I would never want to experience (if I was a bird of course).
Original.
