January 23rd, 2010
Photography Chris Cooke
Hair and Makeup Yildiz Hatice Toy
Had my 5th Soft & Intimate series shoot with the lovely Cora Dietz Saturday! She brought a suitcase full of amazing stuff, but the polka dot nightie she brought jumped out to Yildiz and I. We had a blast shooting as always. This was my 2nd shoot collaborating with Cora.
Make up was done by a new artist I haven’t worked with before but received strong recommendation by Jim Merrill of Charlotte, NC, among others. Yildiz ROCKED it out and even did hair. It’s a shame she is moving to Pheonix in February!
This must have been boyfriend day! Cora her boy toy and fellow photographer Jason Dulin along. He does great work and is a real chill guy. In addition, Ryan Faulise, Yildiz’s kickass other half also came. He does a bit of modeling on the side and he schooled be in all things Blackberry oriented.
Cora can be found here*
Yildiz can be found here*
Ryan Faulis can be found here*
Jason Dulin can be found here*
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January 17th, 2010
I am really enjoying how rapidly this series is progressing. Last Sunday, I got to work with Katie. It was a rainy day and it was very cold. However, we tried our best to have fun and we did. Some of my fellow photographer friends, Chris Cooke, Matt Bell, and Joe Woo, came along as well. Joe got some video footage of the shoot, and I will be posting that up pretty soon. Everything was wet and nasty, but that made the photograph even better! I am especially very pleased with how the reflection on the water looks. Paul Byun
Tags: Katie Schmidt, Paul Byun
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January 15th, 2010
Photography Chris Cooke
Hair Kyle Britt
Makeup Kris McGuire
Shoot number 4 in my Soft & Intimate series! Struck up a conversation with Jillian via facebook one day and BLAM! there ya go…stay tuned on my personal blog for more images! We had a great time and shot for about an hour in my home studio while my new studio (shared by Joe Woo & Paul Byun) at Lyndon Street Art Works is being completed. Stay tuned for images of that in February!
Jillian can be found here*
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January 13th, 2010
I meet a lot of new people. However, Alester, aka Smokin’ Mcqueen, probably is one of the most interesting people I’ve ever met so far. He is planning on moving to Australia to work on a banana farm. In my opinion, that is pretty random. Prior to the shoot, he told me that he had a black eye and part of his eye was red due to an accident that happened while he was skating. It is quite unfortunate that has happened to him, however it was perfect for the concept.
I took 8 images to create a composite. Paul Byun
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January 12th, 2010
Photography Chris Cooke
MUA Kris McGuire
Hair Stylist Kyle Britt
Shot with the most amazing model today thanks to ModelMayhem. Malina….Playboy extraordinare graced me with her lovely self. This is shoot number 3 in my Soft & Intimate series. As usual, worked with my amazing MUA and hair stylist team! MORE photos can be found here*
Malina can be found here*
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January 10th, 2010
Get some black paper… poke some holes in it… shoot a light through it.. shoot wide open..
We shot in Brandon’s storage warehouse thingy…. It was great… perfect temp indoors… space and high ceilings…
WLx3200 w/ 7″ cone shooting through paper
WLx1600 w/ med gridded octabox as main
WLx800 w/ gridded strip box for fill
Model: Melissa Stanley
Hair by: Kyle Britt
Thanks for help from:
Paul www.flickr.com/photos/paulbyun/
Chris www.flickr.com/photos/urbandecaychris/
Melissa www.flickr.com/photos/cuemein/
Brandon www.flickr.com/photos/steeles240/
Tags: fashion, Melissa Stanley, warehouse
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January 10th, 2010
Photographer: mattbell
Location: Design Archive
Clothing by: SAdesigns (Song Anh Nguyen)
Hair by: Kyle Britt
Models:
-Pangie Chang
-Chelsea Cannon
-Lauren Lassiter
-Edna Chang
-Melissa Stanley
Mamiya C220
Mamiya-Sekor 80mm f/2.8 lens
Kodak T-Max 400 (800-push) 120 film
-developed in stock Acufine (20ºC 5min)
Kodak Ektar 100 120 film
Vivitar 285 HV flash
-with DIY 8″x11″ softbox
Cactus V2s wireless flash triggers
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January 10th, 2010
I am starting a new series, titled “broken”.
The series is going to be based on fictional characters with a detached body part.
I finally got to use my Orbis Ring flash adopter that I purchased last week for the shoot (http://www.orbisflash.com/). I used it as a fill light, and it really made a big difference by softening up all the harsh shadows and giving more definition on the model’s skin.
I took 40 images, but decided to use 19 of them to create a composite. Paul Byun
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January 10th, 2010
Photography Chris Cooke
Styling and Design Song Anh Nguyen
Hair by: Kyle Britt
Models:
-Pangie Chang
-Chelsea Cannon
-Lauren Lassiter
-Edna Chang
-Melissa Stanley
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January 9th, 2010
Photography Chris Cooke
Makeup Kris McGuire
I got up with model and 3rd grade school teacher Kacie Daughety today. She made her trip from Madrid, Spain and was in town visiting family. We had been aching to shoot with each other for the last four months or so. These two shots are a part of my newly kicked off “Soft & Intimate” series I’ll be working on from now till the beginning of March 2010.
MORE photos can be found here*
Kacie can be found here*
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