Two In One Day
This was a fun day in its self. I was shooting with Stephanie again for a fun library shoot and with Symona which I had no clue in what the shoot was at all. When I met up with Stephanie we planned for two looks, one was fitness, her idea, the other studious library shoot. With Stephanie, we went over the Wayne State baseball field because the library hasn't opened just yet.
While shooting a noticed a scar that isn't hard to miss to asked her about it. I learned so had a liver transport when she was 21. We continued with the fitness portion til the library opened up.
When we finished, we finally made our way to the library. Being a Sunday I thought it would be easier to shoot inside a college library. I was WRONG. In the mix of shooting, someone who works there spotted us and almost to shut down the whole shoot. So in order to to continue shooting, we had to got to the front desk and let them know what we were doing. We did just that then went back up to the third floor to finish up. Because of what transpired, many of the ideas that I had were not put in effect. So, I was a little upset at the opportunity that was missed.
Before my second shoot of the day, I met up with an old friend that I haven't seen about a year or two. We decided to have a quick lunch and help me kill a little time before I met up with Symona.
When we finally met, we met at Greektown Casino, but the garage though it was high has a fence around it. I remembered another location that I help Janita at with her Senior session. We went there and it was actually perfect. Originally, I did not know what her ideas were because it was all last minute. So, the first look was use of balloons with something fun and playful.
Her last look was something we were supposed to do ages ago but she was missing clothing for it. This time was perfect as it was taking place during sunset. The clothing was of her own design and I wanted to show it off the best way possible. As the roof scene was the best location for it. Remember what I had with me, I utilized the smoke bombs to help create a dramatic flair. When the sun began to set it help create a different scheme for the dress with the add Corvette that was there we had no choice but to use it as a prop.
Rooftop
New Work
This summer I pushed myself to a new level in my photography with the help of my girlfriend Izzy. With her aspirations of wanting to be a model, she works just as hard as I do. This shoot consisted of traveling all over the Metro Detroit/Detroit areas that were pre-selected before hand so we can have a plan devised and not scrambling about with ideas. As a photographer, I also have to be a stylist when putting together this type of shoots. Below are some of the favorites from our all day session.
For the first time in years I was able to finally able to with a model from Model Mayhem. I put up a portfolio building notice on the site and Symona was one of the first ones who responded and was able willing to actually work with me. Before the shoot, I met with Symona to connect with her and get ideas rolling. When I met her, she was very friendly and open to all possible ideas. There were a few hiccups before the initial shoot, but the day finally arrived there was almost another problem that canceled this shot.....rain. Just hours before the shoot this rain storm has sweep through the area and was on and off for that period. I held strong and told her to come out still. When she finally arrived we were ready to make magic, and magic it was. Again enough with the babbling and check out the work for yourself.