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Continuing on from Part 1 of this post series, here in Part 2 I’m presenting some Behind the Scenes (BTS) images from four different filming days of Voluntary Caesura. Please consider supporting Coriolis Dance with a tax deductible donation as they enter their 9th Season of wonderful creativity.…

Voluntary Caesura, A Dance Film, Part II: Behind the Scenes

January 8, 2017

As long-time readers may know, I have had the privilege & pleasure of working with Coriolis Dance for years, now. When Christin Call contacted me to ask if I would like to do on set production stills and behind-the-scenes images of her dance film, I…

Voluntary Caesura, A Dance Film, Part I: Production Stills

December 21, 2016

The exercise brief was to photograph a Sandwich somethingsomethingSixByTwelveorsomething somethingorotherTextUpperLeftorother…. I kinda lost track after “Sandwich” to be honest — I had already decided there would be BACON in this shoot! Photographing food comes with certain benefits and special “considerations” (aka difficulties). Among the benefits may be post…

Sandwiches!

November 28, 2016

Before getting into this Part 2 post, let’s just recap from Part 1, Jewelry & Accessories: this fall marks the 33rd anniversary of Seattle Goodwill’s Annual Glitter Sale as well as my 3rd anniversary of photographing for the campaign. If you are not familiar with the Glitter Sale, it…

Seattle Goodwill Glitter Sale, Part 2: Garments

October 23, 2016

This fall marks the 33rd anniversary of Seattle Goodwill’s Annual Glitter Sale and my 3rd anniversary of photographing for the campaign. I look forward to it each year for a variety of reasons: shooting new items is always fun, each one is photographic puzzle to be solved…

Seattle Goodwill Glitter Sale, Part 1: Jewelry and Accessories

October 19, 2016

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The constraint was at once simple and complex: anything I wanted to do, as long as it contained a single red balloon. Freedom to be creative, with a single requirement. Sometimes that much leeway can make things more difficult, as narrowing down to something specific means…

One Red Balloon

April 24, 2016

When planning concepts for the Soft project, I considered marshmallows. I made some test images and, while I found they were not as well suited to the concept as were the cotton balls, marshmallows are fun to shoot. I chose a high-key, white-on-white theme for the…

Marshmallow

April 14, 2016

The assignment here was a concept image: portray ‘soft’ in a square format image layout with text overlay, for a point-of-sale display for a new cosmetic product with softness as a key feature. Sounds simple. In actual fact: Not. So. Much. Shooting to layout here…

Soft

April 11, 2016

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This exercise was to shoot shoes, careful to show shape, texture, height of heel, and color. I had three very different pairs to select from, and I chose these very glossy shoes for the extra challenge that the shiny surfaces present. I used thick, shiny,…

Shoe Shine

April 7, 2016

The ‘pour shot’ is practically a rite of passage for every commercial photographer. I decided it was time. There are any number of ways to approach a pour shot, and most often they involve a colorful liquid. I wanted to test lighting and composition as…

Pour

April 4, 2016