Free Time
Shakeyface
For Fantastic Fest, my friend needed a badge photo with a “shakeyface” image. This consists of him shaking his head around while I capture it at a high shutter speed. 
Prospect Flash
I’ve always wanted to put together a photo collection of odd cemetery names ever since I was 21 and encountered New Prospect Cemetery. When I read it on the fly, my mind thought it said New Prospective Cemetery. If only! But since then I have paid attention to those road signs on small Texas farm roads. On the way back from a wedding in College Station I decided to start my collection. However, I think they came out a little too fashion shootish for what I had in mind. Maybe I need to buy a tilt 24 lens. J and I wanted to practice a new flash technique. You can see our experiments here in these images. I thought J should put on his suit jacket but ah! he had left it in CS…
This was taken right after the sun went down (a minute past). More natural light, less flash.
9 minutes passed sundown. 11:11
In this one we tightened down the shutter and added more flash. 11:12
Just a bit of different framing and posing.
J was right to direct the flash up more. It was catching the grass too much. However, I like it in the ones of just him; it looks he is being lit by a car driving by.
I was glad I had been reviewing posing just the day before! I don't usually get in front of the camera so it was nice to be prepared. I'm actually working on a guide for my clients so they can practice too!
It took J a little longer to get happy with his pose. He stole my sunglasses because he thought he couldn't look serious enough with his hair. 8:24
Halloween 2009
I absolutely love Halloween. I have thrown a Halloween party for the last ten years now. Because outfits are the best part, I like to set up a photo booth so my guests can document their hard work and creativity. This year I picked up the camera and was more interactive- treating it like a fashion shoot. I don’t party as much as work but it never seems like work. That is probably the best part of my career; it is what I’d be doing even if I wasn’t being paid! Besides, I get to meet all my guests, well, those that aren’t camera shy (and I even get a few of those camera shy ones to participate!) I start thinking about my costume about this time of year. I know what I’m going to be already, do you?
