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Family and Fashion Photography for Ventura, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and Orange Counties.

Agency Test Shoot: La Piedra Beach (pt 2)


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This is a continuation of the blog post from last week.

Here we see Amanda posing. By the time she made it through beach traffic, found a parking spot in the insanely crowded lot, made it down the side of the cliff to our shoot location, and got makeup applied, we were really starting to lose the light. It was obvious though that Amanda had experience: even though this was her second shoot of the day (!), she immediately started posing and got playful, just like the shoot description specified. So while she may not have gotten the same camera time that Eva did, she packed a lot into a brief shoot.

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Agency Test Shoot: La Piedra Beach (pt 1)


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This past Sunday I scheduled a model ‘test shoot’ with two models from LA Models Agency. Booked for the shoot were Eva (this post), and Amanda (in the “part 2″ post, coming soon). Originally there was a third model scheduled too, but I’m so glad she went out of town instead! More on that below.

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Model Portfolio: Sharylyn (round 2)


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This is the second time I’ve worked with Sharylyn. It’s funny how a little familiarity will add that much more to a shoot. In find that whether I’m shooting models or family portraits, having worked with the client before makes things go much smoother. Such was the case this time, and I wanted to bring Sharylyn into the studio. Our previous shoot had been an outdoor, cityscape style shoot. Sharylyn is tall, thin, very pretty and has cheekbones…high fashion seems like a good fit for her!

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My Guest Blog on DIYphotography.net


I was asked to do a guest blog post over at DIYphotography.net. It was just published! The posting is on the subject of the lowly light modifier known as the ‘V-card’, and what you can do with them. Here’s the link!