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Tests, tests, tests. That's what I've been up to lately, both sides of the camera. The shoot in Fremont went ok, I don't think the photographer liked me at all. First, my hair wasn't as "blonde" as she wanted it, then, she told the makeup artist to put extra foundation on me (my skin isn't that bad), and then wished my hair was longer. She even put an awful wig on me for some of the shots. I looked like a drag-queen (with little feet). She saw my most recent headshots. So there should have been no suprises. Anyway, I saw how even with awesome studio lighting, one can make a model look really bloody boring.
I've shot five girls in the past couple weeks. It's interesting using only strobes and no hot-lights. We've also picked uo two sweeeet 4' Kinoflow banks that I've yet to use. It's hard navigating all the equipment, and wrangling a PA is even harder.
Dana posed for me at the W, and I had my first real experience matching different light sources in color and exposure. I don't care too much for the first set, and my favorites are the ones of her on the bed. She looks angelic and naughty at the same time. That Monday, I went to Janice's house to shoot. OMG, I hadn't been to a college student's house in a long time. The place was fucked up. It was dark, dirty, small, and by far the strangest layed-out house I've been to in San Francisco. The landlords did some seriously flaggable things on the lower floor. We shot upstairs in the living room, and the shots of her at the cat were my favorites. Kitty was very playful and found a way to get into my light box when I set it up (I held my breath in fear that she might scratch inside).
On Wednesday I headed down to my friend Lisa's apartment, which has AWESOME views. So, of course we played to the windows. The first shots in white I'm not that crazy for. They could have been better, and especially so if she didn't take so long getting her face on. If a model is doing her own makeup, I ask that they at least have a base on before I get there! The sun moved quickly and I was bummed out a little. Buuut, I did like all the shots in the bedroom. The wine glass wasn't my idea :) The mardi-gras setup was...
Last week I shot portraits for my EMT class, since we have IDs for our ridealongs. They were a lot of fun, those who chickened out and left after lunch, sorely missed out. We were all jazzed up after doing our scenarious in vehicles, and did our best to break each other while posing.
Then I went to Sacramento to shoot two close girlfriends of mine. They were both and blast to see and shoot, and I learned more after shooting them. Out of the 36 each I posted, I really only like 2-3 or each. Jessica was interesting too, since she was posing in lingerie and she's never modeled at all before (except for me). She loosened up and then became a little tense again. During the last set, her arse was out the window and she was a little afraid that the teenage boys at the pool would see her. The boys didn't look up the entire time - strobes going off out the window, half-naked hottie on the balcony. So oblivious!
I also had an awesome dinner with my Mum and saw my Father for a moment before I headed back home. I feel so idle this week. I can't wait to get back to work (and no, not the weekend gigs).
