Jessie - Could It Be I've Been Away Too Long!?!

I had the opportunity several weeks ago to do some additional work with Jessie and am just getting around to sharing this with my Blog family. Jessie has already seen these photo's and is eargerly awaiting others from the shoot. One of the things I am noticing about Jessie is that she/we are able to pull off a different look each time we work together and I think that is pretty cool. I hope you guys enjoy these.

I will also be headed to Pana Illinois tomorrow to shoot the wedding of Gwen and Joe so I am pretty excited about that as well.

Blog you when I Blog Yah!

David

Environmentally Friendly

"Photographer knocks woman over the head with camera lens"; that was almost the headline from this shoot. Here are a few shots from the "Picture Perfect" shoot which was my attempt to do a better job at incorporating the surrounding environment/backgrounds into my work as well as a little experimenting. We both had to get comfortable with the different looks and I will tell you that it was definitely a "journey" for both of us.

One of the nicest compliments I received from Jessie, in between the "I don't like that", etc, was that she is considering getting one of the photo's blown up to hang on her wall; that made my day!!!. Enjoy these and I have a few more of my favorites to post later.

David

For the record, she liked many of the shots after I edited them and we talked; my ole "Jedi Mind Tricks."

Picture Perfect

I had a couple postpone their lifestyles session today but I still needed to get out and shoot to stay sharp for an upcoming wedding in two weeks. My plan is to shoot at least once a week if not more so I can stay on my game prior to the wedding. Here is one of the fruits of my labor with more to come next week.



P.S. What do you think of my new "best friend"? I know, he's kinda square.

I Got Sunshine

This is probably the best way to describe our shoot with Jessie. Having never really spent any time with her, we had to warm up to Jessie and she to us. So the first order of business was to figure out how to accomplish this and where to shoot. We started out at the Special Olympics Memorial for a few shots and to see what the light was doing. We told Jessie to get in the grass and she didn’t hesitate for one moment. Before we knew it, she and her black pumps were all over the place following our direction. We provided the jokes “I’m here all week”, the facial and posing direction and off she went… No surface was too high or too dirty for Jessie.

We then pulled up in the parking lot of Maxwell Parkand immediately noticed this Pepsi truck parked “all by its lonesome” so I said “let’s have at it”. From there we walked the park, took her over to this cool bridge and then the baseball diamond to finish up about 90 minutes of shooting. I love the warmth in several of these shots which was a result of the sun turning orange (golden hour) about 45 minutes before sunset; this is becoming my favorite time to shoot. I adore what I do and have learned a lot over the last 6-7 months. It helps when you have clients and subjects that take direction well and are willing to experiment; Jessie was all of that and more. Until next time...

David

Jessie

Coke, Pepsi, doesn't matter because this is all about Jessie. We met Jessie just a week or so ago and off we went to test out her camera personality. We hit two different locations, did some jumping jacks, played around in the baseball dugout and hung out at the Pepsi truck for a different backdrop. They used to say "Coke adds life" but I am here to tell you that Jessie livens up the camera. Stay tuned for more....

JoAnne - Part 2

Last month I had the opportunity to meet Joe who is a lovely young lady who can give several different awesome looks in the wink of an eye. She can been seen in my post entitled "Fashionable" but here are a few more gems from our first visit.

When Joe, her Mom and nephew walked through the door I said "Wow"; this young lady is very cute and going to be fun to shoot. Joe and I never met, so I started telling her about myself, kids, family and passion for photography and then off we went to shoot. Almost immediately we formed a trust which led to some great photo's and the beginning of journey as I find more opportunities to showcase her through my work. Enjoy these shots and stay tuned for more of Joe.

I'll be Blogging you!!!

David

Ms. Independent

Here is the much awaited show of Ms. Jaime; also known as Ms. Independent. When I asked Jaime what song she wanted to use for her show, I already had one in mind. What's interesting is that we both chose the same song. I guess we were both in sync with how we viewed her and her show. I hope everyone enjoys this show as much as we enjoyed shooting Jaime.

David

Mr. Malcolm

Preview of our first official MIY shoot; Mr. Malcolm.