Street Camp Movement Shoot

Welcome back,  many new recent photo shoots of Up and Coming Music Groups from Port Arthur TX.  Street Camp Movement and Str8 Aim.  Shout out to all these guys you will be seeing alot more from them.  I am finally putting together a new lil studio on Woolworth in Port Arthur.  It will be up and running Jan. 2009.  Starting the new year off right.

Here's the Cover of One of My favorite new groups Street Camp Movement.  I really enjoyed the shoot and it went smooth as silk.  One minor glitch.  My old Faith SV 300 I Light finally died and went to that big studio in the sky.  So good bye SV it been fun and HELLO Elinchrom.. Hooray.

Take a listen to there Music at:

http://www.myspace.com/youngzoofthestreetcamp

http://www.myspace.com/streetcampmovement

Booking Info: streetcampmovement@gmail.com

Street Campaign Mixtape is coming Decemeber 08.

Make sure you listen to Brain Storm  this is my favorite track.

Young'N Shoot

Today, i enjoyed a shoot in Port Arthur TX with one of the livest young groups i've heard in awhile, Street Camp Movement.  We had a good shoot and got alot done in a very quick amount of time. 

One Small mishap happen, my ol faithful SV 300i strobe was dropped during the shoot it fired intermittedly during the shoot so in the clutch I move on the my Vivitar 285HV strobe (3)  we wrapped up the shoot with that and backed those up with my ABR800 ringlight.

So here is a shot.

3 light setup.  Ringlight overhead on axis about 2ft. from subject face tilted downward for rapid falloff.  One 285HV camera right  pointed at legs feathered toward the ground.  One 285HV set camera left for fill.

The only more i would have desired is the reallyt wet the ground to add those highlight and reflections that would have given this shot more pop.

Samples:

Lionheart Boxer

On Nov. 5th, i had the pleasure of shooting the boxers at Lionheart Boxing gym located in Port Arthur, TX. This is a type of shoot have always wanted to do. Male boxers in the gym in the ring. The Staff and team were great and very helpful. In total that day we shot a total of approx. 400 images, some still shots and some action of the boxers sparring and shadow boxing, speed bag and heavy bag. This is an image i picked out to show the lighting and PP work.
For this look the PP work was much easier when the image out the camera gave me alot of what i was after.

Three Light Set-Up

As you can see we have the build-up shots, one to test rim light placement, and one with main light added.  All the combined to get this image image.

Pre-Final Image

Next we did a little photoshop work.  to add a little mood and darken background.  Added skin highlights and skin smoothing.  We use TK Lumino. mask, a little dodgeing and burn to create this our final image.

FINAL:

Lighting Essentials Workshop

Nov. 1 and 2nd, i attend the Lighting Essentials workshop with Instructor Don Giannatti. If you have never attended his workshop it is a must for any photographer who wants to learn light or to brush up on your skills. Don teaches so clear an am. casn get it and a seasoned pro will not be bored. This workshop really helped me developed my natural light photos along with strobe outdoor and studio. Being this was my first workshop ever, i was surprised that it was not a commercial for Don or some equipment sponsor. It was about the students and how to improve. Don took the time to really make sure we understood each concept. I would highly recommend this workshop to any and everyone. Here are a few of my shots from the workshop. Also see more of Don's Work at http://www.dongiannatti.com/ or http://www.lighting-essentials.com/


Jercoria Outdoor Shot


Outdoor Ambient Light and Strobe.




Studio Hard Light

Mr. Hilton Kelley

Mr. Kelly is a community organizer in Port Arthur, TX. He is an amazing man who is doing so much for our area and the community he loves. Read more here it's worth the read:

http://www.cleanhouston.org/heros/kelley.htm
http://blip.tv/file/6053/
http://www.refineryreform.org/Kelley_testimony071602.html

White is Right!!

Been doing alot of shooting on white background. For some reason i have been on this kick for awhile. Tomorrow i am shoot a local Cityman Mr. Hilton Kelly of Port Arthur TX EPA Rep.) and Of course on white. My biggest hurl i had to learn was to light my background in a way to min. spill and flare. Shoot with Canon 40D, 4 light setup.

FashionPhotographyblog.com

I found a wonderful site for fashion shooting. The Photograher is Melissa Rodwell ( www.melissarodwell.com ) . She also has a flickr page by the same name. So take a view and enjoy. She has updated with a tutorial of a recent model. Shoot wait till you see this.
http://fashionphotographyblog.com/

Shooting with Pro Models - FashionPhotographyBlog.com from Melissa Rodwell on Vimeo.