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**WARNING** THIS POST CONTAINS IMAGES WITH SLIGHT NUDITY Apparently I have offended. It seems like some people can’t handle even the slightest hint of nudity. Some have been potential clients and I’ve even had fellow photographers tell me that I … Continue reading
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Photography in Los Angeles is at a whole new level. Truthfully, a level that was beyond my experience. I was used to capturing moments, people & places with little equipment and only available light at quick speed. Pictures were hit … Continue reading
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So if it’s just tonight, The animal inside, Let it live and die. Like it’s the end of time, Like everything inside, Let it live and die. I’m not asleep, I’m up for the fight Into the magic. And I … Continue reading
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Jake was covered in paint and glitter. Do you know how hard that is to take off? Very. Poor Jake had glitter on him for days afterwards. Actually, he may have taken gold glitter back with him to Australia. Worth … Continue reading
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Jake is a dream for a photographer. He is easy to work with, he needs almost no direction and hardly any retouching. That type of person shouldn’t exist. I hate him. Kidding. I love the guy. Jake lives in Australia, … Continue reading
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“I’m going to cover you completely in powder.” Usually when a model hears a concept like that he/she thinks “oh Great..”, but not Benjamin. I am pretty sure Benjamin responded to that idea with a “Heck Yeah!” I wanted to … Continue reading
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FYI: Glitter and paint will take forever to wash off, but the results are worth it.
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I’ve been pretty lucky in Los Angeles so far. You hear horror stories about working with certain models, but I’ve had nothing but excellent models (so far). Add Doug King to that list of great people I’ve worked with. When … Continue reading
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Benjamin is a freaking blast to work with! We got together a couple of weeks ago to photograph a couple of ideas and editorials. When a model comes to me for a portfolio update, I try to send out a … Continue reading
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My last post with David was incredibly popular (one of my most popular, in fact). During our shoot we photographed some images of him for Scruff, a social app for the iPhone and Android. The app is blowing up so … Continue reading
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David and I got together a couple of weeks ago to shoot some pictures for an editorial I had in mind. We also ended up taking pictures for a certain iPhone app (which has partly made him app famous), but … Continue reading
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Check out this AMAZING behind the scenes video of my recent shoot with Benjamin Godfre.