First half shoot with the Bronny…love it, the detail, the color, here’s a couple of frames that I really liked…
Posts Tagged ‘Dallas Tx music photographer’
Josh Hurt Film images
Wednesday, December 29th, 2010Artist Josh Hurt Reshoot!
Sunday, April 11th, 2010Josh Hurt Rocks. The Nikon D700 Rocks. Beauty Dishes Rock. That is all.
Artist – Josh Hurt
Thursday, April 8th, 2010In building my music portfolio, I figured that I would run into artists that had worked together, were fans of each others’ work, or knew each other. I just didn’t think that it would happen this soon! When Josh responded to me, one of the first things that he said was “I see you’ve shot my friend Marktavious!” And just like Marktavious, Josh brought the looks, poses, and energy as well. And he was nice enough to grant me a second shoot shortly after our first because I wanted to re-shoot the green jacket photo. I look forward to being able to work with Josh again in the near future!
I’m Shootsac’n! ***Attn Geek-Speak!***
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010I recently ordered a Shootsac, a great way to solve a problem every photographer who shoots with multiple lenses faces: What to do with your extra lenses while you are shooting? When I’m at a wedding, I usually carry a 17-55, a 85 1.4or 1.8 and a 70/80-200 2.8. That was when I was shooting DX, but due to a recent investment, I joined the Nikon FX camp with a brand new D700 and now I’m back to shooting primes. I’ll be carrying a 24, 35, 50, an 85 and a 80-200. Five lenses. In the past, even when I was carrying only 3 lenses, it was always a problem carrying the other lenses around, I would usually sling a smaller camera bag on my shoulder which was a pain. Especially because you would have to keep the lens caps on when you put a lens back in the bag. Enter the Shootsac, it’s made of neoprene firm enough to hold the lenses in place, and soft enough so that it doesn’t scratch the glass. When I got home today I found a box from Adorama on my front porch.
I was wondering how I would wear the ShootSac along with the R-strap that I usually wear when I shoot, two straps crossing each other across my chest, but I’m anxious to try it out during a live shoot!
I loved the tip card from Jessica Claire, I wonder if you get a different one for every product you order. You can change out the covers for different patterns, the majority of them are more feminine, so I stuck with the basic black, can’t go wrong there! One thing that I did notice walking around with it, the neoprene gets hot against your body if you wear it messager bag style. I’m going to have an opportunity to test it out fully in a little under a week and a half, can’t wait!
Business Cards!
Thursday, March 11th, 2010Being an amateur photographer, I’ve experienced when I’m out somewhere taking pictures of something, anything and someone sees what I’m shooting with, I get asked if I shoot ____ (family portraits, weddings, etc). Last October I was at my niece’s birthday party, at Incredible Pizza, and one of the people working there was getting married and she asked me if I had a business card because she was looking for a wedding photographer. Business cards? They’re something that I know that I needed to get at some point in time, but also something that I stressed about quite a bit. I wanted them to be perfect. Did I need an image? or several images? Which ones? Did I have “those” images that I could put on a card to advertise what I do? What about text? What about color? Vertical or Horizontal? I was sent an invite to attend a Pictage group meeting (which people who weren’t members could come, I’m not rolling like that….yet!), where the topic of discussion was going to be second shooting/shooters for wedding photographers. Hmmm, I’m trying to be a wedding photographer (along with other subjects as well), and I’ve been looking for opportunities to second shoot for someone, and there’s going to be a discussion group on this topic, with plenty of networking opportunities. As I was getting more and more excited about attending, I noticed a sentence saying “Bring lots of business cards”….Again with the Business Cards! There’s nothing like short term necessity that motivates you to action doesn’t it? Thanks to the advice of Ashley Kinney (who also passed me along the invite to the Pictage meeting), she recommended VistaPrint, who just happened to be running a free business card promotion, free cards! so I created an account, and had them rushed to me 3 day FedEx, and I must say for free business cards, I’m pleasantly surprised and happy with the way they turned out!
Artist – Marktavious Edwards *full post*
Sunday, February 28th, 2010As I’ve been working on developing my music portfolio, I’ve been replying to ads like crazy, it’s what you gotta do sometimes! Marktavious was one of a couple of responses that I recieved; so on a recent cold and gray Sunday, we took to the streets of Dallas and shot some photos….First we stopped at a downtown parking garage and went all the way up to the 11th floor, the security guard that rolled up on us was pretty cool, he was just making sure that we didn’t jump off!
I totally think that the one on the right could be an EP/Album cover photo….not tooting my own horn or anything, it just has that feel to it. After these, we made our way into Deep Ellum where I had seen this awesome red brick wall and I knew that it would make the perfect background, especially when I hit it with a 20 degree Grid spot….
This was a great shoot, Marktavious brought energy from the moment that I told him “Stand right here” and snapped the first test shots. Looking forward to working with him again in the near future…hmmm…maybe we’ll get in the studio and throw down on the white seamless!
Oh, yeah, if you want to support local artists/music; Marktavious has a single for sale on Itunes, check it out right here.
Artist – Marktavious Edwards *preview*
Friday, February 26th, 2010
