In which I distract you with something shiny…
…so you don’t notice my lack of blogging!
Things have been kinda crazy around here and I do have some kid portraits coming up, but for now here is my favorite from last night’s “Trashion” show at UMASS. I had to shoot it for The Torch, and unfortunately couldn’t stay too long but once again the Nifty Fifty really worked it and I got some good shots.
This is my favorite, I love this girl (how gorgeous is she?) and her outfit and the red and the sharpiness! (It’s a word now!)
Shot @ 2.8 (with my 50mm 1.8) 1/200 at ISO1600
Back to the salon!
Had a quick shoot at Stephen & Co. yesterday to grab an outdoor pedicure shot for an advertisement in SOCO magazine this summer. My model was my stylist’s daughter, who has dimpled you could fall into and a beautiful smile. She did great. My most favorite smile unfortunately fell to poor composition from me, I amputated the bottom of her heel and have been beating myself up about it since yesterday. I will bear my horrible screw-up to you, blog readers, because I need some accountability for my mortal photography sins.
Ugh. Way to suck, Pam. BUT I did get these other two that are better composed and still pretty. For all of these I had a 3/4 CTO gelled flash behind a shoot-through umbrella to camera right. We were in 9am daylight, in complete shade.
I also was assigned to get a new shot of the front of the salon. I saw the older one in ads before and it was shot in seriously harsh light, portrait orientation and tight on just the front door. I did the complete opposite. Complete morning shade with the sun just about to come over the roof so it backlit the trees really nicely, landscape orientation and got the whole salon in the frame. I tried to get some nice greenery framing the shot. I had my lovely assistant hold my flash, still gelled, over a puddle to light up that sign on camera right. I’m pretty happy with it.
Now I’ve got to get back to editing Chris and Betty’s wedding photos! More on my first wedding shoot later. Wedding photography: not for the easily stressed letmetellya. 
OH! Almost forgot, you can head over to http://www.stephenandcompany.com and see my shots up on their brand new website! There’s a few that are not mine, the group shot on the main page isn’t me though I think I’m doing their next one, there’s a few stock photos here and there and obviously the old salon front shot isn’t me but the rest are! Yay!
Salon shoot, part deux!
I went back to Stephen & Co. Salon in Dartmouth Wednesday morning to finish up the shots they needed to launch their new website. I ran into some tough lighting situations, especially with the front desk which is backlit by rows of (very lovely) bright windows and absolutely swallows light from a flash like a black hole. But we managed to get a decent shot…somehow! Thankfully that shot is just for the website and not to be blown up to poster size. o_O Here’s some favorites:
I wasn’t prepared to shoot headshots but after a small moment of panic over not having my umbrella with me, I remembered I do sort of know what I’m doing and banged these out. I’m pretty happy with them both.
The product shots are always fun.
That is a shot of their “continuing education” program for their stylists.
And the make up area. The girl applying the make up is bloody adorable. I’m pretty sure you have to be really good looking to work at Stephen & Co.
Whole set here.
Salon Shoot!
My stylist (aka the only woman ever allowed to touch my hair forever and ever amen) asked me to come in and shoot the Stephen & Co. salon in Dartmouth for their upcoming website. I was pretty nervous, never having done interiors, but I’m pretty happy with them overall.
I’m going back in a week or two to shoot some more “people” type shots. For now here’s my favorites from the shoot. Shooting the “little stuff” was my favorite.
View the Flickr set here.
Mother & Son
Had a shoot on Monday for mother & son photos for Valentine’s gifts for Dad. Here’s a few from the first round of processing:
Maternity Shoot: The Burke Family
Had a great shoot today with the Burke family! Thanks to Kate, Tom and the adorable Nora for letting me invade their home with all my crap.
