Beauty & Angst
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Chloe hooping
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Passcode: BNAhoopCM
Working on new edits...
... for my card game (which will also have print-only images, not posted anywhere online).
2020-06-01 17:15:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Don't hate on the hat
In my experience, it's not uncommon for those who've never shot nude before, to suddenly get cold feet in the 1-2 days preceding such a shoot, not knowing what it'll be like.
Ashlee brought along a bag of clothes just in case, but she was so comfortable getting fully nude (within only a few minutes), that I couldn't convince her to include any more clothed photos! Finally she compromised and said yes to a hat.
2020-06-01 03:59:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Buttbuttbutt
Working hard to hopefully get this set printed and shipped to me before my move. I want to make sure it's ready to send to those who sign up to be playtesters! Even if it's not ready for that quite yet, it would sure help a ton if you'd consider signing up at that tier and encouraging your friends to support too, if I'm doing something you believe in! Hoping this game helps normalize the body, just normal people hanging out and playing a game, looking at butts as comfortably as they'd look at...
2020-05-29 00:15:30 +0000 UTC View PostWorking on...
... a new edit set for Nadine.
After I get some sleep :-P
2020-05-26 04:57:54 +0000 UTC View PostMaking things more accessible
One week per month, as COVID-19 season continues, I'm giving everyone access to posts one level beyond your subscription. Everything I post is a "giving back," of course—in gratitude for your support—but during these hard times I want to give back even more.
2020-05-26 04:38:02 +0000 UTC View PostSome shoots are long
... and some are quite short!
Sometimes your model shows up really late, when you're racing the sunlight.
2020-05-24 15:14:43 +0000 UTC View PostOut-of-focus Amber. Her first shoot of many.
One week per month, as COVID-19 season continues, I'm giving everyone access to posts one level beyond your subscription. Everything I post is a "giving back," of course—in gratitude for your support—but during these hard times I want to give back even more.
By the way, my card game will include at least one print-only image from this shoot (photos not posted anywhere online). I've been working a ton on the game, to get the next playtest version ready ASAP.
2020-05-24 15:08:30 +0000 UTC View PostI don't keep up
We'll see if my photo of Kim stays in the game...
2020-05-23 05:11:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Complete set...
... of all 300+ Hipstamatic shots from my day with Dani … available at the 150 tier.
Tap the tag to see the videos and other posts; just be sure you’re using your web browser, because the app doesn’t go far enough in the back-history.
2020-05-22 14:30:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Going through this set...
... trying to find the perfect image for my card game. (I need a photo of a guy and girl interacting.) I don't think this set will work for it, but here's an Every100 anyway.
2020-05-22 01:39:47 +0000 UTC View PostLabor of love
I've been working a lot on my trading-card game (Fair Unfair), and it takes a couple hours, usually, to design each card visually (not including the development of the concepts themselves), but here's another piece that's significant to the process: titling the cards.
When I wrote poetry, titling each poem was momentous for me, but now that photography is my primary creative outlet, I almost never title my images.
Speaking accurately, what I title the cards isn't the title of the ...
2020-05-21 18:05:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Preview: Inverted colors
Felt the inspiration to do a set of inverted-color edits (inverting only the colors, not the luminosity). Pulled a bunch of images I shot with a variety of people, to do the edits. Here's a preview, from my first trip to Van Nuys.
2020-05-19 16:56:25 +0000 UTC View Post
A particularity
It always bugs me when I see a movie and an actor has a mirror positioned in a way where they're acting like they can see their own reflection, but clearly they can't, and are instead looking at the reflection of the camera. Whenever I have someone pose with a mirror, it's important to me that the reflection always make sense from their vantage point, not [just] the camera's.
2020-05-16 07:19:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Revisiting
I’ve got more Hipstamatic shots (and probably GIFs too) to upload from this set. But anyone wanting the full set (300+ stills) at the $150 tier, it is available.
It‘s happened twice in my 7-8 years as a photographer, that I’ve forgotten my camera bag. The first time, it meant a half-hour drive home to get it. But the shoot depicted here was 1.5-2 hours away, so I used my phones. I’d say we were successful nonetheless!
2020-05-15 22:12:10 +0000 UTC View Post