An Afternoon With Elizabeth

Last fall I got a chance to do some photos with Elizabeth. We did our shoot on Boulder open space near the Baseline Reservoir.

The Return Of The Studio

(Click on photos to make larger, I'm having a few formatting issues)

Over the past year, my studio lights have been passed around more than they have actually been used. Because I lived in my car for 7 months, I was forced to leave items in friends garages and houses.

I finally got them back last week, and I was itching to use them. Luckily, I had a few models to pose for me. My brother, his girlfriend and Seth came over for a little photo session. We started off in Halloween costumes and moved onto everyday clothes. The first photograph is a photo of my brother dressed up in his Jesus costume. You can't really tell it's Jesus, but I do like his pose.

I convinced Lauren, my brothers girlfriend to pose for me too. She is kinda shy, so I had to have my brother make her laugh, crack jokes, and blow a fan across her face. I think that we came up with a solid photo of her.

This is a picture of Seth with his digital camera and toy lens. He was my test subject, but this test shot turned out to be quite good.

And of course, what photo shoot is complete without a few of the photographer. I had my brother snap a few off of me and my bum beer. I like it when I get a good photograph of myself. I have so many photographs of everyone else, but very few of me. I have a lot of snapshots of myself, but those don't count.

Studio lights aren't just used for portrait photography, they are also used for product photography as well. I don't have much experience in product shooting, so I figured I would give it a shot. The plan is to get a decent sized portfolio of table top and product photographs to sell as stock.

Speaking of which, I have almost been accepted to istockphoto.com. I've taken the tests, and sent a few shots in. Two of the three shots I sent in were accepted. The one that was denied was too much like fine art. I'm glad that it got denied, because it has helped me to focus on what stock photography is. There is a good market in stock photography for product shots. Because my employment is very limited right now, I figure this is a good time to make a new portfolio of images. Hopefully it pays off.