Kill The Fill

Caleb and I are in Alaska for the next week and a half. My sleeping patterns are going to be out of whack for some time. Check this photo of Caleb...



It was shot at 10pm! It is currently 11:43pm and it is only just a little darker than in the photo above. More photos to come.

Cheers,
Zack

Here is my recap video from the trip to Vegas this week. Had an awesome time as you will soon tell!


Cheers,
Zack

Today was a great day for me. I managed to book two jobs during the same time of day and get both of them completed! Today we had Becka ( BouCou Jewelry ) coming in to have a new set of her handmade custom jewelry photographed. I love working with Becka because she is A) completely awesome and B) her jewelry is one of a kind. Every piece is different and never the same YET she still has a personal style running through all of it. So once we got the lighting set with Becka, Erik took over and handled the job while I got ready to shoot new headshots for my dear friend and creative colleague Kelle Ortiz.

It was a great day because I have been working to get to this point. To have the space, the clients, and the right person in place that multiple jobs can be taking place at once. It's a beautiful thing.

Here are some images from the day....

This is a good industry standard headshot.


Once I feel we have captured the needed images for your standard headshot, I like to go shoot pictures for me and my client. These images won't ever become the headshot that gets sent out but it is more of what I will want to show of my work and my headshot clients walk away with something beyond the standard headshot.



Meanwhile... back at the farm...

Erik is shooting jewlery.



And it looks a little something like this...



Thanks Becka and Kelle for filling up the day with lots of laughs and great images. And thanks Erik for putting up with such a difficult job. I know it's tough on ya buddy.



Cheers,
Zack

I am a regular poster on a photography forum called PWP. It is an AMAZING group of photographers. I can not tell you how many life long friends I have made from that one single place. In fact, it was a group of PWeePs that started the OneLight Workshop.

One problem with online relationships is that you can quickly make eFriends with folks who live on the other side of globe so it is difficult to meet them in person. Jane Gibbons-Eyre is just such a person. Thanks to folks like Craig Molway and other generous PWeePs, enough money was raised for the "Jane On A Plane" fund. Jane is currently on a 3 or 4 week tour of the United States meeting every single person she can meet from the boards. This is a huge task considering that Jane lives in Perth Australia!

Jane is currently in Atlanta and I had the honor of showing her around town today. She didn't want the polished tourist edition of the ATL. She wanted the nit and grit of real life on the streets of Atlanta so that is exactly what I showed her. We spent the afternoon meandering the streets of Atlanta from Auburn and Edgewood Avenue to Peachtree to Five Points. It was an amazing day of walking, talking, getting acosted, and taking photos all along the way. We met some really amazing people and got to hear some very interesting stories and heard a beautiful song.

Here are some more photos from the day....

Here is Jane talking to some gentlemen who were playing chess in the park...


This is the first person we met. His name is James.


Jane loved the look of the old barber shop. We stopped in and heard some great stories.


Finally, this gentleman could effing sing. It's not right that he's on the streets with the talent he's been given.


Jane is getting her very own OneLight workshop tomorrow. It's going to be an awesome day. She has won us all over with her beauty, charm, and quick wit. Now we are trying to find a way to get her husband and their 4 boys over here to the states. We want to collect the whole set.

Cheers,
Zack

When you spend 5 hours at an airport when the original plan was to just be here for maybe an hour, you have to begin finding things to be thankful for instead of letting the frustration set in. Tonight I am so very thankful for WiFi and power outlets. Can I get an amen for FREE WiFi? Thank you Philadelphia airport.

So, I was two hours late to the shoot due to the rain and fog here in Philly. I had about 10 minutes to set up and 30 minutes to shoot. As soon as the trade show was closed, the crews came out of the shadows to tear the whole thing down. I was literally shooting between a ladder and a cherry picker with a 200mm lens just to get the job done. I'd set a light and then have to move it because the carpet it was sitting on was being removed. Run & Gun Photography. Dot. Com.

So, here is what I came up with for 3 portraits on a trade show floor that could not show the trade show floor.







Color and contrast are in the neighborhood. It's time for another calibration I think.

I still have mixed feelings about this city. There are parts of it that I love. It's an amazingly old city and you can see it around every corner and I really like that about Philadelphia. But then there's the rest of the city that seems so gray and depressing. The greatest experience I have had yet was going to the Reading Terminal Market across the street from the convention center downtown. It was such an amazing place! I had the best roast beef sandwich of my life from a Lancaster County shop in the market. After the shoot, I went back to the market and explored it a bit more. I'd like to spend a few days in this city to really get a feel for it.

But at this moment... right now... I don't want to be here at all. Get me home please!

Cheers,
Zack