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July 29, 2017

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Lenoir

About four weeks ago I received a message on Instagram from Lenoir saying she was interested in working with me.  We met up for a drink one evening and talked about some ideas and her motivation/reasoning for wanting to shoot together.  The conversation wandered from always wanting to be a model when she was in her early 20s, relationships, and her finding comfort in her body.  Our ideas meshed immediately and we set a date to shoot for July 21st.  The images after the jump are NSFW and are digital exposures processed to have a genuine film feel to them.

A quick side note…models and photographers, do not forget the power of Instagram.  I have booked more work in the past three months from Instagram than any other social media platform I use to promote my work. I will write more about my take on this later.

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July 20, 2017

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Vox Serene

In early July I hosted Vox Serene during her short visit in Texas before heading out to Florida for a workshop.  A photographer friend in Philly recommended that she and I work together and within days of that online introduction, we had everything locked in.  The following images after the jump are the film only images.  We shot both digital and film over the course of the two days she was here. Be warned before you click the link, some of the images are NSFW.

She is an amazing model with personality and brings her own ideas to the table.  Willing to put in the work and time to make the shot happen.  She also really likes Kentucky Fried Chicken and their chocolate chip cake!

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July 19, 2017

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is it live, or is it Memorex

Back in late December I had a random stranger reach out to me about helping give them photography pointers.  We chatted off and on for about a month and we talked technique and creativity.  The subject came up that I had all this darkroom equipment to set up and use.  I haven’t shot film in close to 20 years.  She presented the idea that I should only shoot and process my own film for a little while.  Eventually she won and I made the transition to shooting almost exclusively black and white film.  I chose to do that because it is so much easier and more forgiving to process black and white film at home.  Temperature doesn’t really matter so much.  But I still brought my digital camera along to shoots and continued to shoot non-analog images.  The problem I kept encountering when I was trying to process my digital images was how to not do a shitty black and white conversion, but instead make images that felt like film still….

The following images are NSFW and are from a very long time coming shoot this past January with an amazing glamour model, Shaun Fitzgerald.  When we finally got our schedules in line, I told her I refused to shoot her the way she has always been photographed.  Instead I want to shoot her like a fine art model (well, except for the photos using Juiceland provided attire).  These images after the jump are the end result of what we created together on my digital camera…

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July 19, 2017

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pre·am·ble

pre·am·ble
/prēˌambəl/
noun
  1. a preliminary or preparatory statement; an introduction.
    “what she said was by way of a preamble”

Once again thanks to social media, Facebook this time, I crossed paths with Eve.  We went back and forth for about a week or so and discussed ideas for a future shoot.  The chosen date is September 15th with a really solid concept and theme, a chance to create and tell a story.  Somehow a couple weekends ago the stars and planets aligned and we were both free to have an introduction.  The following images are the result…

I’m going to hold some back for the portfolio post in a couple days.

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July 8, 2017

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doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results

I have been working with more traveling models lately.  It hasn’t been an intentional decision to avoid or neglect the amazing pool of talent in Austin.  Trust me, there are a ton of people in this city that I want to work with still.  Liv was in town for a workshop that Southbound was hosting.  This trip was supposed to happen a month before but from what I understand there were some weird hiccups getting Liv here.  Liv is a ball of youthful energy and always seems to have a smile on her face.  I showed up with my film camera and 2 rolls of film along with my bag of digital gear.  We walked around Southbound’s space and worked on ideas of what to shoot.  Pretty sure I have never shot 2 rolls of film so quickly…

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July 4, 2017

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Art And Fear

I feel like i have written a billion posts that talk about luck and opportunity.  It isn’t luck or opportunity that has created this portfolio or the images.  It has been blood, sweat and tears that make these images.  MIne…and the people I get to work with.  Sometimes I choose to reach out to them.  Sometimes they choose to reach out to me.  Either way, it doesn’t matter.  It is the process that draws an artist to the canvas of choice.  With photography, people are drawn to what they want to create, how they want to be seen, the desire to be something than the skin and frame we are confined to…

Like a moth to the flame, there are some people that just have to create.  I choose a camera.  Others choose paint, pencils, chalk, rock, wood, dirt, machines, their bodies.  We choose to create together.  Some times all i do is make sure the exposure is correct and let my subject run the show.  Let them create the magic with in the viewfinder.  Let them create art within the space I try to confine them in for just that moment…

Art and fear…
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June 27, 2017

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The Eyes Have It

On Father’s Day, the kiddos and I went o my aunt’s house for our bi-weekly Sunday dinners.  Before we left the house, I decided to grab my camera and a roll of Lomography Lady Grey 400 speed film.  After dinner, all of the kids ended up swimming in my aunt’s pool while the adults watched on.  I managed to shoot most of the roll before it was time to call it a day.

The next day I really wanted to process the roll of film so I could share the images with my family.  Looking at the counter, I still had 8 frames left unexposed.  The oldest looked at me and said simply, “Hand me the camera, dad”.  We wandered around outside and decided to go explore the new town homes they are building in our community. She explored both floors and even climbed out on to the roof with me.  I gave her no directions.  Did not point out anything I thought would make an interesting composition.  I just sat there and watched her do her thing.  Once again, I was blown away by what I saw after we processed the roll of film together.

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June 25, 2017

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Last Tuesday was Pretty Sique

As much as I love the interaction and sharing of Facebook, I feel like it is so stagnant and full of selfish motivation and peacock like boasting.  Look what I did.  Look who I hung out with.  Look who I “know” and hang out with.  I have left so many photography groups on Facebook in the past couple years.  I became so tired of the posturing and all of the other ego driven bullshit.  I have been posting 95% of my to Instagram over the past 3 years.  It is the perfect place to post my work and walk away from it.  To say thank you when people compliment my work or the people I have been lucky enough to work with.  Instagram was designed to be a visual platform to post, share, comment and walk away from the ego surrounding so many people.  I do not shoot or create for any of  you.  I have spent countless dollars buying cameras and lighting equipment and film and chemicals because I just have to create something.  If I am not creating, I become so stir crazy and restless.  I do this because I have to.

And thanks to the platform of Instagram, I have been contacted by some of the most amazing people that just want to create.  To do something different than the status quo. Pretty Sique is a great example.  We talked months ago about creating if and when she ever came to visit Austin.  On June 20th, she was here.  And i was able to create with her.  After the jump are all of our film shots.  Shot on Kodak Tri-X, pushed to 800 ISO.  I actually sliced my hand open while in the dark room opening the 2 rolls of film we shot in about an hour.  Once I could turn on the light, I found blood splatters on the wall and counters.  Luckily it didn’t contaminate the film.

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