The latest assignment for my wedding and location class utilzes images from one of my most recent Jefferson City Seniora Sessions with Jared Hotsenpiller. I use the Quantum Q-Flash for most of my senior and other location sessions to get a little more “edge” to the images opposed to simply using existing light. For Jared’s session we were able to use much of the Hotsenpiller’s beautiful home to create some very unique and personal backdrops, as well as a few industrial warehouses and of course the beautiful Jefferson City train station. Here are a few of my favorite images from the session (ALL using the Quantum Q-Flash).
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While modeling for our in-class demonstration on how to use the quantum flash with softbox, the photographer in me couldn’t resist shooting back. So these are a few shots of our amazing UCM photography students in action. The images are a bit soft since I didn’t want to interrupt their shoot with my own flash. You can also see our instructor Jerry Schmidt as he reviews some of the shots we were getting.
My most recent advanced color portrait assignment was one of the most fun. Senior portraits are my true passion and my first love in photography. I had a blast hanging out with Danielle (and my new assistant Allysa). We spend the afternoon checking out new shooting locations in the Jefferson City area, starting with the basics of the governor’s garden, railroad station, and then heading down to the industrial park to get some edgier portraits (my favorite).
My most recent advanced color portrait assignment helped me get a jump start on my sample wedding album. The following two album layouts are the first of 10 page spreads that will end up in my studio’s first sample album. In my 2008 wedding price list, I offer a variety of square albums from 5×5 parent albums to 10×10 coffee table albums.
I eventually hope to but together a set of my favorite layouts to market to other photographers who want to spend more time behind the camera than in front of the computer. Also, I will soon be putting together a senior pressbook so look for those layouts to come!
Here are some of my favorite images from my recent photo shoot for Arkansas Valley Feathers/Zucker Feather Products. These are a few from the children’s portion of the shoot and there will be more to come from the adult portion. These also happen to fit in with my most recent advanced color portrait assignment – high key (white background) children.
Today, I had the chance to photograph this beautiful baby girl. Although she was not too thrilled with the idea of getting her portraits done, we had a good time anyways. She smiled off camera, but not so much on camera, she was quite the diva and is bound to break some hearts in years to come.
These images also fulfill my latest advanced portrait assignment to photograph a child/baby on high key (white background). I will soon be posting another set of high key children’s portraits from my commercial/advertising photo shoot this weekend
In my advanced color portrait class it became apparent that many of us were falling into the trap of only photographing young beautiful women, so it was no surprise when we were given the assignment to shoot a male portrait to challenge ourselves. My answer to this challenge came in a fun high-energy photo shoot with Greg. Greg brings his high-energy personality to every situation and this was no exception, so I took advantage of my willing model to try some off the wall ideas including: in-air action shots, James Bond “hand gun” moves, and strong-man bike tosses.
I’m extremely happy with the variety of images I got from this shoot and look forward to continuing to challenge myself to think outside the border of traditional photography.
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My most recent assignment for Advanced Color Portrait class was to photograph a couple…these are my favorite images from my shoot with Carlie and Tyler. I had a blast hanging out with them in the studio. They were fun and laid back and we experimented with some new ideas. One of these new ideas was using a architecture lens to create multiple planes in a single image allowing selective focus (shown in the black and white image focused on their hands).
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When my model had to cancel at the last minute, these two beautiful ladies stepped in to save the day. And the result was a collection of beautiful images. We had a great time working with a beautiful lighting setup that is more in line with my style than the previous “grid spot” assignment. And this last-minute model switch led to some of my favorite images.
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Julie and I had a blast hanging out it the studio during her portrait session. We tried some fun new and edgy image ideas and she was great in everything. These are just some of the images from her amazing shoot! Thanks Julie!
