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Month: August 2007

8-17-07

Day 371 of 365 More. I’m still in that slow "what did I get myself into" phase of this second year of self-portraits. Just not inspired. Hopefully that will pass soon. Called the job I wanted today. The good news is that they still haven’t made a choice so I’m not out of the running.…

8-17-07

Day 370 of 365 More. You know, I’ve never gotten so few views of nekkid girl pictures as I did with those I posted today. What the hell is up with that? And it really is some of my best work besides. Not much exciting to talk about today. Took Amaya and Cade to meet…

8-15-07

Day 369 of 365 More. The first time I’ve done a cell phone picture in the second year. That didn’t take a long time did it. Steph and I went to a poker tournament tonight at a local bar. Free to play, witha $100 prize. I didn’t get great cards at all, but I hung…

Mother and Daughter bokeh 1

Mother and Daughter bokeh 1

Now, for something a little different. Rachael wanted some pics with her mother, Dana, so I invited them over to the studio to sit for me.

It was nice doing something a little different than I usually do, but still beautiful and glamorous just the same.

I wonder if I’ll still get a gazillion views without all the nudity and stuff. Probably not. Oh well, I think they’re pretty nonetheless.

More shots from the session to come.

Mother and Daughter bokeh 2

Mother and Daughter bokeh 2

Now, for something a little different. Rachael wanted some pics with her mother, Dana, so I invited them over to the studio to sit for me.

It was nice doing something a little different than I usually do, but still beautiful and glamorous just the same.

I wonder if I’ll still get a gazillion views without all the nudity and stuff. Probably not. Oh well, I think they’re pretty nonetheless.

More shots from the session to come.

Mother and Daughter hug

Mother and Daughter hug

Now, for something a little different. Rachael wanted some pics with her mother, Dana, so I invited them over to the studio to sit for me.

It was nice doing something a little different than I usually do, but still beautiful and glamorous just the same.

I wonder if I’ll still get a gazillion views without all the nudity and stuff. Probably not. Oh well, I think they’re pretty nonetheless.

More shots from the session to come.

Mother and Daughter kiss

Mother and Daughter kiss

Now, for something a little different. Rachael wanted some pics with her mother, Dana, so I invited them over to the studio to sit for me.

It was nice doing something a little different than I usually do, but still beautiful and glamorous just the same.

I wonder if I’ll still get a gazillion views without all the nudity and stuff. Probably not. Oh well, I think they’re pretty nonetheless.

More shots from the session to come.

8-14-07

Day 368 of 365 More. This photo really has nothing to do wtih what I did today at all. Honestly I didn’t do much of anything today. Spent the morning working on my book, then editing photos from the waterfall shoot (coming soon, I swear) and finally went out for drinks with my friend Ryan…

8-13-07

Day 367 of 365 More. And on the 367th day he rested. I had actually intended to do this shot for my day 366. But after the response on my day 365 shot, I really felt like I had to dedicate a shot to my viewers. That bumped my resting day to today. I really…

8-12-07

Day 366 of 365 More. Cheers. Before I do anything else, I want to wish a happy birthday to my lovely fiancee, Stephanie. In many ways, 365 only exists because of Stephanie. We went on vacation for her birthday last year and while she was sleeping, I was in a hotel room with nothing to…

8-11-07

Day 365 of 365 days. 1 year. 365 photos. 4964 shots taken to get there. I was kind of hoping that I’d get a call from the job I want yesterday so that my story would have a happy ending, but I guess that wasn’t to be. As I said yesterday, I don’t know what…

8-10-07

Day 364 of 365 days. "I’m not merciful or blessed. I’m just me. I’ve got a job to do and I do it….When the first living thing existed, I was there. Waiting. When the last living thing dies, my job will be finished. I’ll put the chairs on the tables, turn out the lights and…

8-9-07

Day 363 of 365 days. A lot of people have asked me if Jack Scoresby is really dead after yesterday’s picture. Of course not. He’s alive and well. Just shorter than he used to be. See… he’s right here. Strangely, after taking his head and absorbing his power, my photo style has changed a little…

0-Fool

0-Fool

I am quite happy with this card. When I came up with the concept while talking to Rachael, we were both kind of excited about it. In fact, talking about the card with her was the entire thing that inspired me to take her, Laurie and Amaya on the river shoot.

That said, I was kind of nervous about it. I was quite confident that taking pictures of three gorgeous girls nude, in an absolutely gorgeous mountain river setting during golden hour would turn out great. What I was worried about, however was doing a tarot card outside of the studio setting. From the very beginning of this project, I had intended to do every shot in the studio so that I could have visual consistency in the style. But I had taken pictures at the waterfall before and I was pretty sure I could blacken it and process it to the level that would make it look the way I wanted. Especially with golden hour lighting.

I’m quite happy with how it turned out and hope that it matches the other cards well enough. I wonder if I’ll end up doing any other cards outside.

And of course comments and criticism welcome.