Scorn

November 12, 2017

It's been a year since I last shot with Ashley this time she came to me with something dope. So she wanted to do something that was sexy but also crazy. So originally, she was gonna have a baseball bat because the bat was too small she came with pretty good knife. With the one picture reference she sent to me, I had to create everything from scratch. I was one of the best things ever.

Due to the dress she was wearing I had to watch my angles, and watch where and how I placed her. For this shoot I used three different lenses, 35mm, 50mm, and 18-70mm. The lighting I want to make it as shadowy as possible without losing details in the scene.

Two In One Day

November 11, 2017

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.

Wild Flower

September 18, 2017

I had the honor of photographing a friend of one of my models, Izzy. As this was her first time really modeling for anyone, I didn't want to make things too complicated or weird. As this was really a test shoot for us to really get use to each other. We were meeting and shooting on a Sunday. The only problem was that I was on a time crunch because I had to work later that afternoon. We met up at 11 to get started with a simple style to get her comfortable being in front of the camera.

After those first shots we moved on to a second look that was a business look with a pencil skirt and halter style top. I failed to mention before that she came with a variety of clothes so we had plenty to choose from. With the business look we did a variety of looks from sitting to walking and use of the phone. It was perfect as I was doing a small portion of business style shoots. At this point she was starting to relax just a little but still had a sense of nervousness that you can sense.

The reason I titled this "Wild Flower" is not only because one of her social media handles is HappyWildFlower but majority of the clothes she brought were embroidered with flowers. With the last outfit I chose a black floral dress with black booties. Leaving the last location we across the way to the parking structure that had a few hidden gems within that corner. While searching and shooting we came across a piano that I had her sit upon to create a moment of darkness in a mid day afternoon. Stephanie looked as if she was a doll on top of the piano.