Tag: Black & White
A Very Specific Kind of Horror
I am not a horror fan-I’m squeamish and I don’t like being scared-but most of my friends are. And if they want to do something spooky, who am I to deny them the opportunity to get gross for the camera? The challenge was figuring out how to pull it off. Claire and I agreed that…
Dark Beauty with Claire
“Dark Beauty” is one of those quasi-undefinable/catch-all descriptions for a specific genre of photography that’s easier to identify than define. It usually manifests as fashion with a darker, bleaker, more sinister aesthetic, but it also veers into extremely polished fantasy imagery. I don’t have the innate talent for the fantasy stuff, so when Claire and…
More Thoughts on This Hobby of Mine
I rambled a bit about my hobby in a previous post and wanted to expound about it a bit more. When people find out what I do for fun they naturally have questions. Most of those questions, oddly enough, focus on what I plan to do with the photos I take. When I tell them…
Jen, Pensively (Jensively?)
Jen is another friend turned subject. What can I say? I have cool friends.
Glamour with Claire
I’m gutted that the airbnb person who rented out this place in Charlotte no longer does so, because these windows were so much fun.
Light Illuminates, Shadows Define
This image of Rui is a testament to the importance of being prepared. I tend to overpack for a session, but this time it paid off. We had already shot two looks when Rui said, “Could you just light me from here up and have the rest in shadow?” “Actually,” I said, not at all…
This Image Was Already Epic…
…but when I described my impression of it to Ivy as “a gender-flipped The Creation of Adam with the Stay-Puft marshmallow man standing in for God,” we knew we had created something singularly special.
