Concept shoot

 Well…I know, I have been gone for a while.  Things have gotten crazy and I had forgotten to schedule time for myself to write…

Since the last time I have posted anything, I have gotten quite a few things done…a few model shoots, a pinup shoot, been published…twice.

So let’s start with the model shoot for the spring……

This was my first attempt at a conceptual shoot.

I was inspired by the flowering bushes of spring and the hard and soft textures that they have.

I had three wonderful and talented models to work with…Morgan Harris, Taylor Scott, and Fallon Rivers.

 Jane Ellen was my stylist and make up artist and I had some wonderful jewelry to work with from Shelbi Lavender, who is know for her work that  American Idol contestant Nathan Stoop wore during the show.

Talk about some bling!

The images turned out wonderfully and ended up being published in Williamson Social in Franklin , Tennessee.

Here are a few of those images for this shoot.

Crave Photography Mentoring workshop!!

Crave Photography is graciously giving away a mentoring workshop for a lucky photographer!!

I would personally love to get this...I feel like I have reached a point where I need some guidance on the next step on where to take my business.


So here is the link to the give away in case anyone wants to check it out themselves.... 

Crave Photography Giveaway.

Vicious Threads!!

Sorry I haven't posted this sooner but I have had a nasty cold and then allergies on top....Needless to say Zyrtec is my friend.

I had the pleasure of working with some really wonderful folks on this shoot.

Jenni of Vicious Threads , a local designer, great working with her....great vision!  Amanda Davis did a wonderful job on the hair!! I have worked with Amanda on another shoot and she is wonderful to work with.   Julie Elizabeth was our make up.  Loved it, Love her!!  Please check out her page!!

And let us not forget our wonderful model.....Erica Rhoton.  She was wonderful....she gave a 110% and was a trooper.  I really enjoyed working with you!!

And of course my bud......Danny Meyers of Studio Shoots Photography.  He graciously let us use his studio and did a spectacular job on the lighting!! Thanks so much Danny!!!


Here are a few shots from that afternoon.......

Fix it week #88

So I decided again to several versions.  I also took a screen shot of one of the processes I use for images.

ORIGINAL

VIBRANCE

BLACK AND WHITE

MUTED

CHOCOLATE

SPARKLING VIBRANCE

When I am doing a full edit of an image I know I am going to print, I will dodge and burn using Layer Masks.  And on the Chocolate, I put a gradient mask on and set the layer to Overlay to get the beautiful browns in that  image.

Fix it Friday #87

It is Fix It Friday from I Heart Faces yet again!!!!  I have kind gone a little crazy with this week image from Andrea Riley

I decided to see how many different edits I could come up with in an hour....I hope you like them.

ORIGINAL

COLOR

SOFT COLOR

BLACK AND WHITE

SEPIA

WARM BLACK AND WHITE

TEXTURED BLACK AND WHITE

TEXTURED COLOR

CROPPED SEPIA TEXTURED

Enjoy!

Sunsets and snow...

Tennessee has gotten then most snow I have seen since I moved here in 1981.  Before this winter I believe the most snow seen here was in 1986.  Memphis and Nashville were hit by a really good snow fall.

So needless to say I had to go out and capture some wonderful images of this winter.


Here are just a few images I have take over the past few days that we have had such wonderful snow storms...

These can be purchased from my website...they will be up there in the next day or so.

Fun in the Snow!!

Ok...yes it snow AGAIN in Nashville.  And it caused major havoc on our highways with people getting stuck and what not....luckily I got home from work that night after a 2 and half hour drive.  And getting snowed in a bit allowed me a day off to create these little beauties.
 
I was able to spend the entire day with my little girl and take my her out for some fun in the snow and get some great shots of her in the snow.

I went with a blue theme, blue sweater and blue gloves a, hat and scarf and I think it really turned out well.