Take a bow

Corrupt, you corrupt
And bring corruption to all that you touch
Hold, you'll behold
And behold and for all that you've done

And spell, cast a spell
And cast a spell on the country you run
And risk, you will risk
You will risk all their lives and their souls

And burn, you will burn
You will burn in Hell, yeah, you'll burn in Hell
You'll burn in Hell, yeah, you'll burn in Hell
For your sins

Ooh, our freedom is consuming itself
What we've become
Is contrary to what we want
Take a bow

Death, you bring death
And destruction to all that you touch
Pay, you must pay
You must pay for your crimes against the earth

And Hex, feed the Hex
Feed the Hex on the country you love
And beg, you will beg
You will beg for their lives and their souls

Yeah, burn, you will burn
You will burn in Hell, yeah, you'll burn in Hell
Burn in Hell, yeah, you'll burn in Hell
Burn in Hell, yeah, you'll burn in Hell
For your sins

~Muse~

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Liquid: Working with volunteers

Doing certain photo shoots for advertising many times calls for a intuitive thinking. At times it's been luck combined with inspirational thoughts. This one evening at Liquid Martini Bar in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania turned out to be one of those nights which in turn provided one of my favorite images.

I never thought of myself as a really sociable person, but I found that in many photo shoots, interacting with others is a key, and I seem to do fairly well with that. This particular evening at Liquid while shooting for advertising with the Local Flair Magazine I came across a table of women who were out dining. I began chatting with them, and soon learned that they were there celebrating a birthday. I told them what I was doing and was inspired to ask them if they would like to help out. They were ecstatic about the idea, so I had the bartender make them up some of their showcase Martini's and I led them upstairs where I had an idea for an image that would work... as long as they could play the part.. 

The girls acted their parts well, and the shots came out great. Since then I have learned a little more about how to use the benefits of being sociable when out on certain photo shoots. I've incorporated folks from the general public quite a few times now with pretty good results..  ;)

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Kevin

My latest victim with shooting in the duplicity style is Kevin. He is a friend of mine, and we were out and about the other day when I told him he had no choice but to pose for some shots. Although unprepared he fared pretty well with the whole deal.. Below are two of my select images from that shoot..

;)

Duplicity?

Tired, unmotivated, but taking the opportunities as they present themselves to push forward with my duplicity portrait ideas. Of course, if you read the prior post you would know that I am going to incorporate this idea as an option to portrait photography for clients coming soon. 

The two following photographs were results of this mornings shoot. I thinks it's even more challenging when attempting to use yourself as the model. I've provided some technical info for any photogs that may be reading this below the images.

Enjoy!

Title: There's a shadow just behind me

Strobist info:

580exii right frnt (10ft)1/2 pwr 24" softbox

430exii rear subject(6ft) full power

cowboy studio radio trigger

wireless remote

 ISO 200

1/200 sec

f/4.5

Title: Temptation

Strobist info:

580 exii right(6ft) full power 24"softbox

430exii left(8ft) full power 20"softbox

cowboy studio radio trigger

wireless remote

ISO 200

1/200 sec

f/4.5

A new direction

Seeing as how I've been up for at least the last 18 hours my writing may come off a little sloppy. Anywho, I was out this morning enjoying this very summer-like spring day, and I was also shooting in a style I plan to put in effect for my creative portrait packages. I'm not sure what I'm going to call it yet, but I have heard it referred to as multiplicity, so feel free to throw out some ideas cuz my brain hurts right now.. 

As you can obviously see, this portrait technique employs multiple me's and you's. I'm envisioning quite a variety of creativity to be involved with this idea.. It opens a door to another hallway of possibilities in portrait shooting. As each individuals personality (or personalities) beat to different drums, I imagine images that speak of what we're made of, not to mention how we feel at given times..

I plan on adding this possible option into any individuals portrait session sometime this year. There are limitations and special conditions to successfully achieving this style of shooting though. Not to mention a little heftier cost added in due to the amount of post processing, but it is for those who want something unique, a bit out of the box.. I believe it's worth it. How about you?

Camille

'   So I am asking myself, "Do I have time for this? This blog thing?" I suppose I can try my best to keep up on it. I'm working on pulling together new material s for packages, new album options for weddings, prints, etc. Gearing up,and getting dressed up for view by the general public and those who may need my services. A revamp of the website is another project in the works, and it will all tie in together nicely when it's done. . The object is for me here is to post past and current photo projects, sharing my experience, and keeping people updated with where I'm at, and what I've done. If anyone is interested that is... There may be a few that I cannot slip publicly yet, but the time will come. 

  Camille's executive headshots was one of the most recent shoots I've had. Being easy on the eyes it wasn't too difficult to pull off. The location was the office of the magazine I shoot for.. visit them on Facebook..

                    ( http://www.facebook.com/pages/Local-Flair-Magazine/26349899232 )..

   I knew Camille from those golden years of high school, the ones I don't remember very well. Anyway, I had used some softboxes and strobe flash for some of the shots, but the one that was the primary choice(pictured) was taken in the natural light of the conference room. Oddly enough, this room was used again for a similar shoot in top secret project to be revealed in the near future... Visit Camille's website at:  http://www.camillebugden.com/

Stephen