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January 2010

Ep 34 – Model Joy Trimble

January 28, 2010 Model Interview
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If you think looking “dirty and sweaty” in a photograph sounds bad, you haven’t seen fitness model Joy Trimble’s photos. From the nutrition and workout routines she uses to prepare for a shoot to her creepiest experience with a photographer, in this interview, Joy flexes the muscle of an [...]

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Niece Does Pull 2

January 27, 2010 Pull
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Model Neice Waidhofer doing Pull.

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Niece Does Pull

January 26, 2010 Pull
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Recently shot with the beautiful Neice Waidhofer and we did Pull. It is very interesting to see how different models bring different things to the concept.
I couldn’t help myself when shooting but to cut in close.

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Ep 33 – Photographer Andy Silvers

January 21, 2010 Photographer Interview
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Look through Andy Silvers’ portfolio and you might think that you’ve tumbled down the rabbit hole. In this episode, design photographer Andy Silvers tells us all about how he blends graphic design and photography to tell a story with each picture; which as it turns out, is just as [...]

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What Makes You The Photographer Of An Image?

January 19, 2010 Discussion

Is the person who clicks the shutter the photographer of an image?

I always kind of thought so, until I took this image of Shawna and I. I set up the lights. I posed us. But my wife clicked the image. I even told her how to compose it. But since I’m in it I couldn’t [...]

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Ep 32 – Model Melissa Mazza

January 14, 2010 Model Interview
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Commercial Model Melissa Mazza is an actress first and a model second, so she knows all about applying acting techniques to her modeling. In this episode, she shares the east coast perspective, the excitement and perils of guerrilla shots, and vantages on different types of modeling.
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Pull Image Two Hope Hoffman

January 13, 2010 Fine Art

I got two images that I thought captured the idea from my Pull session with Hope.
I also learned how I was going to do the lighting – one snooted strobe camera right over the rope. And I learned I needed to better understand the concept so I can give it to the models.
This captures [...]

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Pull Image One Hope Hoffman

January 12, 2010 Fine Art
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Figure model Hope Hoffman was the model for one of my studio’s workshops. She’s a fine art nude model that specializes in “choreography of the nude”, so I was hoping for something fluid and dance like. Here’s one of the images.

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Exploring a Theme

January 11, 2010 Featured

Sometimes one shoot isn’t enough to really get what you wanted. You come up with a cool idea and then do it, but you know it could be better, or you could do something a little different.
The obvious solution is to shoot it again. In one sense that seems like you are shooting the same [...]

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Shawna – Two Themes Together

January 8, 2010 Dark Shower
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I’m going to talk about shooting themes next week, but here is a combo of two I’m working on, Dark Shower and Girls With Guns.
Model: Shawna Rencher
MUA: Kristin Daniell

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