~Ruud Baan~

Ruud Baan is probably one of my favorite photographers!!! I love his style and the way that he uses light to help bring his images to life! The picture above is one of my favorites and is one from his underwater ballet series. Coming from an art background I am fascinated with ballerinas and how they are able to move and transform their bodies. I can recall many times of me sitting in on a ballet class with my sketchbook, and attempt to sketch the different poses and muscles of their bodies as they gracefully stretched and danced amongst me. Ballet has not only fascinated me but has also inspired me and hopefully I will be able to use this passion to help inspire my own photography. Ruud Baan is an amazing photographer and I would defintely recommend taking a look at some of his work! His website is ruudbann.com. If you go on it click on his portrait session and than click on the Teletubby picture. The series of pictures tied to it are great and Baan defintely has a sense of humor to him!

I was just reading through blogs and I came across this picture by Rachel Bee Porter. I loved how it was of a food mess basically and yet it still had an elegance and loveliness to it. It was so interesting and made me think of how wonderful the party must have been to create this image. I really encourage everyone to look at the rest of her pictures on http://rachelbeeporter.com/projects/the-joy-of-cooking/ . They are all so messy yet so cool!

Brooke Pennington

Brooke Pennington is a photographer from Grand Rapids, MI (my hometown) and he frequently does work in NYC.

I hate this guy. I hate him because everything he shoots is flippin' gold. Not only does he have an amazing control of his light (99% ambient) but his style just blows my mind.

Here are some recent examples that make me want to bang my head against a brick wall because they are so good...

Dallas Shoot

I know my class mates probably are sick of these images but the lighting was incredible for me as I am usually all outdoors.

Here are some images from my Dallas workshop that allowed me to set up some killer shots with what available lighting we had. I learned a lot about working with subjects in low light or little available light. You can still create stellar images in dark areas by exploring what is available to you.

The only lighting used was the overhead lamp/bulb in this parking garage. The up close shot was lit with the available light and one video light.

Vincent Dixon

Vincent Dixon was a huge inspiration to my self portrait concept....

This is my rough version....I felt it was too busy and got some great critiques in class this morning about some changes I can make...so I will be redoing it tomorrow and I will post the updated version....

Davina + Daniel

Normally, I'm not a huge fan of wedding photography, because, well, I guess it's just not my thing.  But as I was browsing through some blogs I came across this photo and I loved it so of course I went on to look at their website and actually really liked their work. The lighting in this image is what initially really caught my eye. 

The Art of Food Photography

This is a great little piece about some methods for doing food photography, very interesting! It could have more on the type of lighting they are using, none the less, a nice look into how the colors of food are brought out.

Ovation TV | David LaChapelle: Portrait of a Photographer

david lachapelle

This guy has always been one of my favorite photographers. What he does with light and color have always amazed me. I'm not a fan of all his celebrity subjects, but he manages to make great sets and images. Check him out: http://www.lachapellestudio.com/

wedding

Wedding photography =) this was shot by my distant cousin who is a photographer in my home town. In this shot I love the way she captured the brides beauty and it only being in black and white. I love how the light shines through the veil and yet the bride is still perfectly visible.

Here is the website

http://www.mon-el.com/index.php?splash=1

I shot this the other day. I was on a job with Jason and as we were walking out the door I just had to take this photograph. I loved the way the light was coming through the window at just the right angle it just gave the photograph such an angelic look.

1010 Project

I came across this picture in a blog about the 1010 Project. Victoria Hannan asked ten photographers(including herself) around the world to take ten pictures on 10/10/10. It's really cool to see what different things were going on everywhere that day and the unique perspectives of each photographer. Check it out at http://1010project.com/

Jaemin and I smiled upon by the gods of the 4x5!

Jaemin and tmox photographed using transparency film and the view camera in the alley behind my studio.

I LOVE this shot! The lighting is great in that it hits the animals head and makes the lighting harsh and gives the animal in turn a harsh emotion and realistic human feature. =)