The Exciting News!
Ok... Well this is probably not that exciting, and as friends of mine will probably tell you I'm not really one who gets overly enthused about my upcoming Birthday. The thing for me is once you hit 21 it starts feeling like your just getting older now... where is the excitement? I actually have looked forward to my 25th Birthday, so I'll have to wait another year for that. Finally then I will be able to rent motorized vehicles without the premiums and junk. EXCITING!
So come this Wednesday I will be turning a grand wopping total of 24 Years Old. I'm not sure what I will be doing that day as the band "4th and Dock" who I really enjoy shooting and listening to is playing that night. I do seem to have a lot of friends that really want to do something this year, so hopefully I'll throw something together and you won't find me sulking under a rock! :-D
Photoshoots Galore!
So ever since the Salton Sea expedition I've become pretty good friends with our two models Ioana and Mindy. Naturally, I've been working with them to develop new headshots and looks for their books. They've gone from not having any photos to having some amazing stuff in the past 2 weeks. It's been a very fun and cool experience and they are really cool people to have around. The benefits for me is I can practice my lighting comfortably without the nervousness of a new model to work with each time. I am really improving with poseing and directing, and I'm getting a few good shots for my own portfolio.
Here is Mindy dressed up in one of my leather jackets and posing in my home studio. This is one of my favorites of all the shoots I've done with them. There is a certain quality to it, a great emotional expression that really comes through.
When Mindy (Previous photo) came over to do get some shots for her headshots last week Ioana came along as well. I ended up grabbing some shots of her before I tore down the equipment. I really liked this one and she looks amazing.
This is one of the headshots I took of Ioana on location in Hollywood this past Friday. We did a gorilla style shoot on the streets among bums, cats, and crazy Hollywood people.
Again here is Ioana posing in Hollywood last Friday. This was actually on the Balcony of her and Mindy's apartment. They have an interesting little area with big fluffy pillows and bamboo walls. It was a cozy little spot.
Looking to the future!
One of the most important things I've come to stand by in life is to always look forward to the future, so that is what I am doing. I'm trying to schedule and prepare as many shoots as I can to gain the experience and hopefully eventually move into the professional career that I want to. I was thinking about this the other day and if one does not even bother to try and reach for their goals they have already failed. So for the summer here I will be pretty busy with photoshoots galore. Hopefully I will have some beautiful things to show while developing my own style and come out into Fall with a new perspective, ambition, and goals with my Photo Career.
As a matter of fact I have a pretty big shoot planned for tomorrow which I'm sure I will be blogging about soon. It will be very exciting. My photographer buddy Kim St. Dennis and I are doing a Fashion / Beauty / Environmental Portraiture style shoot tomorrow with a beautiful model named Sara A.K.A. Radio Queen (Model Mayhem # 153756)
We will be shooting in a Studio on the West Side area of Los Angeles, then doing an on location beach / boardwalk shoot later in the evening.
Have a Happy Summer Solstice everybody and enjoy the beginnings of your summer.
Sounds like you've learned a good lesson. That is, if you don't even try to reach for your goals, you've already failed.
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