Portraiture

We now return to our regularly scheduled programming...

Pre-pandemic, who knows when, I was working with some folks in a new independent co-working, looking to bring in more creatives, hold workshops and seminars and so forth. Felt like the beginning of something really interesting to be honest, there is such a lack of community at times outside of the virtual world, and frankly I’m sick of instagram and facebook is a cesspool. Long story short we were moving forward with holding some lighting / portraiture / figure workshops and wanted to test the space, as it was kinda funky and not anywhere near what you’d think of as a traditional studio. The results were surprising to say the least. I didn’t have high hopes for the low ceilings, but it worked out, even with a 5’10” model. The available light in the space proved pretty interesting as well.

Unclear whether we’ll ever pick up where we left off, but here’s what we’re left with. A littler diversion if nothing else. Model is Willa Prescott, on location in San Francisco, January of 2020.

Sarah, Take #2

Last take with Sarah in the studio from April... Check out take #1 here... Still have a few Polaroids left to post from this shoot, stay tuned...

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Kristy Jessica

Had the chance to work with Kristy (@purerebelmodel) for a day in the studio back in April... so behind on scans I'm just getting to them now... Just can't go wrong with the window light in this place.

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Juno, Take #1

First take on film with Juno from February... amazing window light in this space I've been shooting in recently. Everything below was shot on Ilford HP5 400 film with available light only. Check out Juno's work at https://instagram.com/juno_ltk/. More scans coming soon...

Sonia, Portraits

So for a few years now we've had these little get togethers, some models and photographers and creative types, it was all started by Sonia on her birthday a while back and it's been a thing ever since. Things tend to get weird. Thought I'd share a few portraits I shot last time around of Sonia, just for giggles. You can see more of her work at https://www.instagram.com/googlymonstor/

That's Cat, who jumped in there randomly in the last couple frames... you can see Cat's work at https://www.instagram.com/catalinacruise/

Juno, Polaroids

Still working through a giant pile of films scans, but was able to clean up the Polaroids from my February shoot with Juno. My stash is now down to 5 boxes of color and 11 boxes of black and white polaroid pack film, and then that's it... gone, no more, forever. Such a shame...

Brooke Eva, Take #1

First take from the film scans of a shoot with Brooke Eva in early January. You can see more of Brooke's work at http://www.brookeva.net/

Found a great new space to shoot in... beautiful old hardwood floors and great big shop windows with amazing natural light. Got a couple more shoots on the books already for February, looking to use those South facing widows...

New years resolution of shooting more is so far working out. If you're down to shoot, drop me a line, always looking for new people to work with.

You can contact me here...

All images shot with a DigiBee 400 mono light, Leica M2 /M3 - on Ilford FP4 125 film, developed in Rodinal.