JoAnne

In between running errands, batting cages and two evening baseball games with the boys, I was able to get in a shoot with JoAnne. I was pressed for time but anxious to shoot Ms. JoAnne who was a real trooper throughout the time we spent together battling the wind and rain. I would have rather shot her several hours earlier in the day while the clouds were dancing with sun but I had too many things going on. So we ducked the harsh rays of the sun and found shelter in the shadows for some quick pictures. I had fun with Jo and will post a couple more pictures as I finish my editing.

David

More MIY This Weekend

We have some very cool things planned for the MIY project this summer and fall and we may have to conference with Mother Nature to make sure she's on board. We hope to get a shoot in this weekend with a couple of our models but in the meantime, I hope you enjoy this picture of Jaime to keep you engaged. She took so many great pictures, so many that they couldn't all be added to the slide show. Here's one of my favorites that didn't make the cut but I love it none-the-less.

David

Lauren - Better Late Than Never

We are VERY excited to present our last teen model to the MIY project; meet Lauren. We spent a couple of hours getting to know Lauren and then taking some shots of her to get a feel for her camera personality. She's going to be a lot of fun to work with and we found that she is truly at her most comfortable state when she is being herself.

We had to deal with loud music, downpour of rain and even witnessed a beautiful rainbow during our time with Lauren. I had a lot of fun following her around as she "did her". This is just a teaser for what's to come from her involvement with the MIY project. Welcome aboard Lauren!!

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

She Got Her Own

Last weekend we shot Ms. Jaime for the Model in You project that we are putting on in the community. This was a VERY fun experience with a VERY nice and lovely young lady which you will soon see. The shoot took a little under 5 hours and included four outfit changes, one motorcycle, maneuvering through fences at night in dark alleys and many onlookers throughout the day. I have to take my hat off to Jaime who was battling a cold but we didn’t know it till almost the end of the shoot. I used all three of my lenses from my wide angles (16mm -35mm and 24mm – 70mm) to my BIG zoom (70mm – 200mm). This helped me capture her from many different perspectives throughout the day.

You learn a lot about people when you spend a ½ day with them and all I can say is look out for “Ms. Independent”. More coming soon including a slideshow.

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Mr. Malcolm

A few weeks ago we shot Mr. Malcolm; one of our models from the Model in You project. I took some of my favorite shots from his shoot and put them into this slideshow. As you will see from the shots, Malcolm is a very cool you man and my Frat (Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity). Enjoy!

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Best Laid Plans

“The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men Often Go Astray”; I heard that in a movie once. Well I had planned to do much more blogging then I have over the last two months but family and a computer that has been acting up have slowed me down a bit. Well I got the computer up and running again; almost and will do some major editing this weekend for Mr. Malcolm’s slideshow and shots from the Black Canvas project.

I will be taking my website www.davidnbeasleyjr.com down next week to transfer the hosting to Go Daddy. I have never done this before so I hope it goes well. I also got a chance to shoot last week with my 16-35mm 2.8L II USM lens and all I can say is OMG!!! I have a couple of weddings coming up in the fall and I am excited to see what this lens brings to the table. Now I still love my 24-70mm 2.8L USM but can you say “open wide”. The 16-35 allows me to get so much more in the frame which is how I was able to get the picture of Malcolm under the cross.

I also visited Sprinkles Cupcakes while on vacation and will be posting about that. There’s just so much to do (I have a full-time job by the way in addition to photography) but there’s just not enough time to get it all in. Spring is here and we have a shoot with Jaime this weekend which will be our second official MIY shoot; she will be fantastic.

Mr. Malcolm

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

Been Away Too Long..

Sorry I’ve been away from the Blogosphere for a bit. My Mark III is back in my possession and I have been putting it through its paces. I still think there is a focusing issue with the camera but I don’t have time to send it back to Cannon for another look. The weekend before last I shot the Black Canvas Project and yesterday one of our MIY models who going to make a run at modeling. Once you see his pictures you’ll quickly realize that this young man has a great chance at making it.

Yesterday’s shoot with Malcolm went very well but this darn wind in Central Illinois bent my photography umbrella, broke my cold shoe flash bracket and sawed off my brass monkey. I was too busy to get pissed and think about how much that gust of wind cost me. I knew I should have gotten some sand bags so it’s my fault. I am headed out of town this weekend, west coast bound, so a couple quick post this week and I will be offline for 11 days but will have some very cool shots when I get back.

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Location, location, location...

Location, location, location.... The more I understand about photography, the more possibilities I see in places to shoot in and around town. There are some very cool places and walls in our little town that will be great for our models with some contrasting clothing and warming techniques. I have approximately 4-6 good outdoor locations to shoot at and will be exploring shadows, etc like the ones I found in this shoot with the bridge.

This downtown location is off the beaten path and we are going to use it for our MIY project. I'll be honest with you, I would have never thought to use this location or looked for it in the place we found it. I need to do some studying up on where the light is at certain times of the day in order to have it yield the most for us with this project. Until then..

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