Maya

A little practice with hair light last night. Maya was my willing model.

Bibi gets lit

Short lighting using 10° honeycomb grid with rim light created by bouncing light back on her using white foam core board.

Gabrielle

Taken last Wednesday at the Nevada Museum of Art during an Environmental Portraiture class led by Jeff Ross.

A few more . . .

A few more shots from the water shoot I participated in last Friday night.

Charles

Cailean

Ariel

Shot at Pixella Productions in Reno, NV.

Hair and Makeup for Ariel: Crystal Bell-Flores

Hair and Makeup for Cailean: Gloria Jiminez

Water!

Last Friday night, I had the opportunity to do a water shoot at Anicia Beckwith’s studio, Pixella Productions. Anicia is an amazing professional photographer based in Reno who offers studio space and workshops in her “spare” time. Her very large studio is northwest Reno was set up for us to shoot models in water.

Model: Charles Koons.

Model: Ariel Wickman, Hair and Makeup: Cystal Bell

Anniversary Flowers

They’ve faded a bit, as Sweetie gave them to me last Saturday, but they seemed a fitting subject for practice with my 10° grid last night. I added our cake topper to the mix, a little rim light to the left, and here you go…

My wedding bouquet had lilies just like these.

Favors from our wedding and a special hand-thrown gift from a long-time family friend to commemorate our happy day.

Nina and the Grid

I bought a set of grids for my Einstein. Grids are used to restrict the spread of the light. The other night I took the 10° grid for a ride. I shot these in our family room. The light spread is so narrow you can’t see the furniture behind her.