Week 47: Thanksgiving - Turkeys beware!!


One Last minute shoot with 2 models. Miss Christina Mason and friend.


Well for this week I didn't have anything planned, photoshoot wise, being that it's Thanksgiving week and people just want to be with family and such. I figure I do another "adventure with film..." because I loaded film in my 35mm Ricoh camera and went to test it out but it didn't meter. I figure either the battery (a spankin' new battery) was bad or drained or the meter inside the camera was broken. I got a new battery from Fry's and popped it in and still nothing. So I promptly went on the internet to see if I could find some way to fix it but after looking at a couple things on google, got bored and I was like fuck it and went to Ebay and did an impulse buy and bought another Ricoh camera. If you're asking why I bought another Ricoh and not another brand like Nikon or Canon, Pentax even, is that I like the lens that came with my Ricoh. I paid a totally of $35. $25 for the camera, lens and flash and $10 for shipping from Seattle, WA. Got my Ricoh right now on CL for and grand totally of $30. Came with 3 lenses, filiters, Manual and a bag. Not a bad deal at all. I figure I can still use it in studio if I meter with dSLR first and set the camera accordingly. Which is what I did on Wednesday night.

I switch game plans and was going to Holga it for the week since I did have a roll of 120 film, color this time. On Tuesday morning (afternoon really, but morning to me because I wake up at the crack of noon) I get a text from Christina Mason, whom I shot with 2 time before. She wanted to do some pictures for her dude's, as she like to call him, birthday on Friday which is 2 days away. She wants to shoot as soon as possible. I'm down and I opt for Wednesday. She and I wanted to shoot in studio so I hit up Lillie. Lillie is so cool for such a short notice and it's the day before Thanksgiving. Hoping for just a couple of hours.

Wednesday 11/25/2009, Christina Mason and she brought her friend.

I think I'm typing to much so here are the pictures.





Here is her Birthday picture for said Dude.


This is her friend. I don't know how to spell her name so I'm not going to even try.


Lillie helped out a lot with wardrobe and make up. Even some patron tequila. Stay longer than anticipated but Lillie was all cool about it. I highly recommend renting and working with Lillie. You won't regret it.

I'll have the photos from the film soon. I didn't finish the roll yet.

I didn't take this and it's not even from this month. I was going to make this photo of the week and justify it by saying I edited this week. I came to my senses and thought the better of it. This was taken in May 2009 at a Motorcycle event on Russell and Rainbow. A friend was trying to help me out and throwing me gigs liking shooting this event (for free). As lazy as I am and I really don't need this for my portfolio, I handed the camera to my bud Deontae and told him to take hit the streets and take the pictures. He caught this candid shot of me and some chick.

Super Chinky

That's it and more than enough for now. PEACE!!

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