Week 21

A spur of the moment shoot with Kiti Kobain.


When you're a photographer and messing around on Facebook, a shoot can happen. That's what happen this week and I wasn't even on my Facebook account. Anyway check out my Facebook fan page. HBP facebook fan page.


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Week 20

I'm going to make those glasses famous.


I was suppose to do something more but did what I can. Shot with "Toots" on Thursday.





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Week 19

Salma


Salma on Thursday afternoon and a Pin-up Fashion show that night at Wasted Space in the Hard Rock.



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Week 18: Ashley Again.



She's pretty awesome.


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Week 17: The Agency Test.

Ashley Bradford from LA respresenting eNVy.



I had my last art shoot of the Month on Sunday with Ashley Graham. We shot in a familiar place.



Got my Instant camera replaced.


I'm running out of place to shoot. I know that there are plenty but I want to do something different. Something to captivate people imagination.

Then on Thursday afternoon I shot with agency represented models from eNVy Las Vegas. I was contacted by Tori who I found out wast the executive assistant for the agency. This was my only chance to shoot with since both were live and work out of LA and would be leaving in the next couple of days. I took to the back of a shopping center, see running out of places to shoot.




Tori brought another model with her. Usually I don't like shooting 2 models at a time but this time I didn't mind. Her name is Ashley Bradford.



That was my week. What did you do?

News: closing down lordspam.com opening. www.haroldpasion.com. maybe.

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Week 16

2nd time with Brittany II.



I shot with Brittany on Tuesday in her hotel room. It was a little rough.

Then a 2 for 1 on Friday. Monique M and Ashlee Davis.


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Week 15:


Vaunt from PA.



No write up.

Shot with Ivy88, Vaunt, Monique M. and Ashley liberty this week. I met Corwin Prescott too.

Photos coming soon.

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Week 14: So it goes on.


This week in film



Same as always. I had a couple of shoots and a couple of cancellation. I shot with Farrah again on Thursday at Lillie's place. Trying different things but not really. I did style her shoot though. First time ever for me.

First look we went for was that high contrast black and white with a body suit from American Apparel.


They we decided to have a bit of fun and go old skool with 'fro.


Still in the middle of editing. Actually I'm super backed up editing. I take a little bit longer now.

Anyway on Friday. I was suppose to have a shoot with a very experience and professional model from out of town. Shoot time comes around and she's not there. I get in contact with her and she's says our shoot is for tomorrow at whatever time. I double check via the iPhone and our shoot is for Friday that morning. She messed up. When I try to adjust the time and reschedule there was no response on her end. I moved on from that point.

Later that afternoon I shoot with a lovely model who not only showed up early, she wasn't feel all that great in the morning but still made it to the shoot. Such a trooper. She's from Tennessee and she pretty awesome. This was from my art portfolio. I shot with film. Messed up using the Holga because I forgot to check settings.


Holga


Fuji instax


Ricoh KR-5

No edits on the film work. Just the way it is to keep real.

That's it. PEACE...

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Random afternoon blog: 365 project = FAILED


I didn't take a picture on April 3, 2010. Didn't feel like doing anything. If you know me personally then you know. I'll still post pictures though of some daily activities on occasion.




365 is a difficult project. I'm trying to make the pictures interesting for viewer and come up with something new everyday. Some times the pictures were crap.

52 week project is still in full force.


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Week 13: Did a Fashion Show




Shoot with Shelise again on Thursday. This time in Studio. She's actually really fun to work with. She loosen up a bit and was open to ideas and willing to get down on the ground for some creative shots.

This is the only shot I've edited so far from that shoot.

On Friday I did my 2nd Fashion show at the Aruba Hotel. Elle, who've I shot before contacted me a few weeks back and ask if I would take pictures of her fashion line for the show. I was down to do so. I actually offered to come early and do a mini-photoshoot to capture her whole line. Didn't happen like that though.

I got there around around 5:00PM and pretty much no one was there yet. They started to show slowly. Ever model had to do hair and make-up so I knew it would take at least a couple of hour so I step to the side and let them do there thing.

We had one major problem for the shoot. Where were we going to do it. Elle's original planned spot of taken over by vendors. So we ask if we could have some space to shoot. They gave a room fill with furniture and really ugly decoration. So we decided to walking around the joint. There was this bar in the Aruba called the Thunder Bird Lounge. It had a empty stage so I was like lets use that. After asking a few people we got the okay.

After more walking around and checking of the venue I went to check out the stage more. As I get there, there were people setting up band equipment for a live show tonight after the show. Now I have to find a new spot to shoot.

Near the rooms where all the models were changing and getting make-up done was a hallway with an outlet. I was like to Elle "If you're down, I just shoot right here". She was cool with that.

I actually knew a bunch of people there. Models I've shot with before and other photographers that recognize me because I have my picture up pretty much everywhere. Hell, Shelise was there. I had a couple of drinks with Andrew (A M Johnson) and shots right next to Drew (Andrew K.) during the show. Brain Hillburn was there and greet me after the show.

Before the show it was pretty hectic models weren't ready for the mini-photoshoot before the show. I only had time to take a couple of a few models before the show started.

These are those shots.





This was a major experience. It was also a little stressful. I think I'll have some help next time I go do this.

I think this is the most I've written in a while. Okay That's it for now. Till next time. PEACE!!


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Week 12: The team at the Studio


Rockin' a shoot in Studio

Warning: NSFW


Couple of shoot this week. First one was on Tuesday with Brittany II. Wanted to work with her from a while never got up the nerve to ask back then. She moved away and I thought that was that. Found out that she was in town for a short time. I figure when is the next time I'll get a chance to work with her. So I asked.

As I thought super cool model and even cooler person. Shot on location where we kind of snuck in. Really luck out with the location.




Then we hit the mean street of Las Vegas.



Here's some fun with my instant camera, the Fuji Instax.


Then had a shoot with Stefania on Friday at the studio. MUA Nickee was available and did make-up and of course Lillie help with the hair. Fun shoot. Only one picture right now. Still working on post.



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Week 11 - More lighting stuff


You too can rock those lights at Xquizit Pix Studio.



I had 2 shoot this week. One on Thursday in studio and one at Town Square on Friday.

Thursday was with Miss Sheena Sisk. She's a Showgirl currently working in Jubilee. Anyway we did some ballet stuff and she needed more Headshots. The light set-up above is pretty much what I use to shoot headshots nowadays. It's pretty self explanatory. Only thing different is I used a 22" white beauty dish and I added another light to fill in the shadows on the left side of her face.

Here's the finish image.


So I was rockin' 4 lights and weird reflector thing which work wonders for bouncing light back into the model's face.

Here's another only using 2 lights. One Large Softbox to the right of the model and another strobe point at the wall to add a little bit of fill light.




Then of Friday I shot with Shelise H. A up an coming model just starting out in the industry. I took her to my favorite location spot, Town Square Las Vegas. We did a very casual shoot. Shelise was such a pleasure to work with and I had a good time working with her even though I was lacking some real sleep.


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Shot using ambient light and medium range ISO.


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Random midday blog - Instant Film is Back.


That's right. The The Impossible Project has release some film for our old classic polaroid cameras. The have a different types of film for all the different types of camera. There are still pretty expensive though. Pack of 10 photos is $22.00. I guess it's better than paying for expired film for $40.00 off some dude on ebay.

For some reason I really want to shoot with polaroids. Ahh hell, its just fun to use and easy too. I guess I need to start saving some money.

This is from a while back.


I'm also shooting with a Fuji instax 210. It's a instant film camera and it's pretty awesome. Hit the jump for samples shots. Warning NSFW





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Week 10: The Calm Down


TIffany Von Cott - She's an actress trying her hand at modeling.



Shoot with Tiffany on Wednesday. It's pretty much the only thing I've done this week. Other than trying to catch up on sleep. I think I need to easy up on the post work. Some images can do with the old vintage some really don't go with it. I just have to pick and choose which is which.

Oh, I broke my film camera. I'm glad I have 3 of those. And my scanner won't work anymore.

Side note - I was going through old pictures for edits and I think I'm better with ambient light then studio light/strobes. Don't get me wrong I still suck all together but I think I'm more happier with my ambient light work.

I'm still a work in progress.

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Week 9: Hell Week


Janette. She's from LA. She's a videographer/photographer and she's super cool.



My job has been fucking with me and my schedule. With the shift change I would be have been scheduled to work 0400-1500. I have a hardship and I need to work after 1500. So there alternative is to give a shift but in a different work location. In the worst work location there, I'll just call it up stairs. So it's like a rock and a hard place. Never the less I take their offer. So since I haven't been there in while I need to get re-certified to work there. Thus I began class on Monday at 0700-1700 everyday this week. Sleep is not something I did a lot during this week.

At least I go to work with some pretty cool people. And a different challenge from me. Available light shoot at night. Shot with Janette on Wednesday.


Then the next day I shot with Ms. Bella Moore. A truly experience model.


If you notice I'm shooting more nudes now. As I immerses myself in the world of fashion photography, I find that nude work, even partial/implied to full nude work, is a pivotal part of the industry.

Both shoots were on limit time. Most of the shoot were with just available lighting. It was a mixture of tungsten and fluoresce light. I shot with fast glass, slow shutter speed and high ISO. And surprisingly I adopted just shooting with large JPEGs, because I'm not really a PS wizard and I really don't know how to use PS.

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Week 8: New Lighting Gear.


The light test model.


I had a week of cancellation in studio and pick up one shoot on the side. So on Tuesday I got the package from Mr. Paul C. Buff with my B800, softbox and beauty dish. Took them over to Lillie's. Didn't have a model to test them out on so I used a mannequin we dubbed "Pixie". Really wish I had a actually person to shoot.

Then on Thursday I had an itch to shoot someone so I contact Alexandra who I was suppose to shoot a while back but our schedule never meshed. This was a pure guerilla shoot on location at a hotel off the strip. Pretty fun stuff. Check the fickr for pictures as I done editing them.

That's it for this week. My schedule is changing at work so I don't know if I'll be shooting all that much in March. Model wise anyway.


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Lighting Wednesday Pt. 4


I believe her name is Pixie.

The last installment of Lighting Wednesday. I got new lighting gear. A Alienbee B800 with large softbox and 22" beauty dish.

For this lighting wednesday I used 2 B800 with large softboxes, a big reflector and the helping hands of a friend.

Here's the set up shot.



The shot info.
Nikon D300
Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8
Focal length @ 70mm
Shutter speed @ 1/160
fstop @ f/13
ISO 200
Trigger with cactus radio triggers.

Yes, I have the lights super close to the model. Lillie held the reflector.

Simple. Back on Saturday. PEACE!!!

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Week 7:


More of Sarah.



Shot twice this week.

On Sunday it was Kai Lansangan.


Then on Wednesday it was with Sarah Saribury


In other photography news, I sold my 70-200mm /2.8 Tamron lens. Now I'm in of a telephoto lens that's more reason. Maybe somewhere down the line.

That's all I got for now.


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