Back to the desert
November 18th, 2006
Back to a shot of Rose outside Albuquerque. I’m still in Chapel Hill getting ready for game day with my OSU-fan hosts here. But spending a little time going over earlier shoots before I start shooting here over the next couple days.
Rose was a great model to work with. She was cold and dirty and getting all scratched up by those rough rocks, but she kept at it and delivered the grace needed to make shots like this work. Hope I get to work with her again.
Window
November 17th, 2006
Another shot of Echoed Light with her window light grazing her body. She has been having some trouble getting to know her new windows in her new house, but I’m confident she will find the key to her vision with these windows. The light is certainly there in a nice range of qualities. And her insight and openness in her self-portraits is remarkable. If you haven’t looked at her sensitive work, I encourage you to check it out: http://echoedlight.deviantart.com/ She is very talented and very brave in front of the camera.
I’m now in Chapel Hill, with two shoots set up before I head for home in a few days. It’s been a good trip so far and I’m looking forward to adding some images of two lovely ladies here.
Echoed Light’s Window
November 16th, 2006
Spending a quiet day in Gainesville, Florida, today. Last night I had dinner with an old friend and caught up on our lives. Tomorrow I’ll drive to Chapel Hill and most likely spend Saturday involved in an Ohio State/Michigan party. Then shoots scheduled for Sunday and Monday. And then back home for Thanksgiving.
This is Echoed Light at the window that provides the light for many of her beautiful self-portraits. She is a very talented, expressive photographer as well as a beautiful model. I hope to be able to work with her again in the future.
Arch Model
November 15th, 2006
When I first walked in to her friend’s house with Echoed Light, I immediately saw this hallway of arches. The photo possibility was obvious. Of course, the model had to be arched. Echoed Light in echoed arches.
The Girl In The Window
November 15th, 2006
The girl in the window. That’s Echoed Light’s other on line identity. So I thought I’d start with this shot of her in the dining room window at her friend’s house. Loved the light and the reflection on the new floor. EL is way ahead of me on editing the images from our shoot and has posted a bunch of them on her deviant art site here: http://echoedlight.deviantart.com/ Of course, she didn’t drive 850 miles yesterday, so she’s had a little more time to look at them than I have. You can also see her images on Model Mayhem here: http://modelmayhem.com/member.php?id=44231 She is a very fine photographer as well as a beautiful woman and talented model. A great combination to work with.
Desert Forms
November 14th, 2006
Here’s my model becoming one with the rocks in a wilderness area outside Albuquerque. She was great to work with out in the desert. She really got what it was I was after and was willing to take the chances to get into the right spots. In fact, she was a little more adventurous with climbing around on the rocks than I was totally comfortable with. But there were no accidents, and once again I managed to get the shots I was after without losing a model in the process.
For those who care about this stuff, this was shot at 18mm with my 18-200 on my D200 Nikon. Shot at f/8. I love my 18-200 because my back doesn’t hurt as much when I go hiking. My 80-200 f/2.8 stays at home where it’s my standby boat anchor now.
Today I drove 850 miles from Little Rock to Gainesville, Florida. Not doing any shooting while I’m in Florida, just visiting friends and family. But it will give me time to edit my work with Echoed Light in Little Rock. Should have something from that shoot for you tomorrow. It was a great time meeting and working with Echoed Light. She is a real treat. More about her when I post some shots from our shoot.
I’ve decided to limit my daily travels on these trips to no more than 700 miles from now on. 850 miles is just too much driving for one day. Those last couple hundred miles seemed very long.
Albuquerque Sand Dunes
November 13th, 2006
Here’s Rose again on a sand dune outside Albuquerque on Saturday. Just finished a great shoot with Echoed Light in Little Rock. Should have some things to post from that in a day or two. Lots of editing to do. These sand dunes were the typical pristine dunes you find near a city. There were several junk cars covered with graffiti and all kinds of litter, including a variety of campaign signs for last week’s election. That was puzzling until I realized they were there to hold targets for target shooting. Still, there were photos to be made, even with all the clutter. The sky was being very cooperative.
I’m off to Florida in the morning. No shoots set up while I’m there, but by the weekend I’ll be going on to the Chapel Hill area in North Carolina where I have two models set to do shoots. And there are more to post from Rose in Albuquerque, not to mention Echoed Light here in Little Rock.
RoseWindow
November 13th, 2006
Rose by the window in her adobe house in Albuquerque. We had a great shoot Saturday. Went to some sand dunes and to a wilderness area as well as doing some shots at her house. I’ll post some more when I get time to edit them. Now I’m in Little Rock and will be shooting again Monday with a great model/photographer here known on deviant art as Echoed Light. Should have something from that to share with you soon too. Sunday was spent driving the nearly 900 miles from Albuquerque to Little Rock. For the couple days before that I didn’t have a connection to make updates. Sorry about that. I’ll do at least one more post before I leave here for Florida.
Hot Rocks
November 9th, 2006
Mindy at Lake Cumberland this summer. She is really working hard here. It was a very hot day and those rocks are in full sunlight. Her backside was cooking while I was shooting this photo. I love working with Mindy because she is really willing to give it her all to get a photo.
I like the relationships between textures, shapes, lines and color in this shot. Of course it doesn’t hurt to have a beautiful model to tie it all together.
Today I’ll be getting to Albuquerque and visiting my photographer friend Pat at his studio. I’ll also be meeting a new model, Rose, and talking about doing a shoot while I’m here.
New Mexico
November 8th, 2006
OK, back to nudes. This is Chastity posing in a wilderness area outside Albuquerque when I last visited there. I’ll be back in Albuquerque tomorrow and hope to do some more shooting while I’m there.
