Last week I had an Intimate Portraiture photo shoot with the very beautiful and talented Yuli Shumilova. This was our first shoot together and I'm really happy with the work we came away with. It was a simple shoot (my favorite kind). One light, the model and the photographer. You can't get much simpler than that. I did shoot a few digital shots, but the bulk of the images, and my favorite … [Read more...]
Testing Finer Grain Film: Leica M6 & Ilford Delta 400
I've been trying out different types of film lately, looking for the kinds I like to use for street photography, night photography, maybe a finer grain film to use for photo shoots, etc...Ilford Delta 400 shot at 400This weekend I was out for a drive, just keeping an eye out for something interesting to shoot. I had my M6 with me, loaded with a roll of Ilford Delta 400. This is a finer grain film … [Read more...]
Jazz and Black & White Photography
A friend of mine, jazz guitarist, Steve Jacobson was in Vegas last week and we managed to get a quick session in with our friend, flautist, Bob Winett. Of course I had my camera with me so I was able to get a few shots. I was editing these shots and decided to go with a more moody/artsy/contrasty approach. It reminded me more of the photos I'd seen of early jazz icons. Actually it was seeing so … [Read more...]
Keith and Tina Phyfer Bike Shoot
Had a blast today with Keith and Tina Phyfer. Keith got in touch with me because his Harley is being featured in a magazine and he needed to get some shots of it. I was looking forward to shooting his gorgeous bike for him, and then he brought his gorgeous wife, Tina along to model for the shoot. I did a photo shoot with Tina earlier this year. You can see her stills here in some of my … [Read more...]
Bob Winett and Steve Jacobson
I do jazz gigs from time to time with Bob Winett here in Vegas. This week one of Bob's good friends, guitarist, Steve Jacobson was visiting from Chicago. We had a chance to do some playing together while Steve was here. Here are some shots of Bob and Steve from that session. [nggallery id=19] … [Read more...]
Classic Vette B&W
I had intended to go downtown to the Freemont area of Vegas today to take some shots of some of the older buildings down there. You know how things rarely go as planned. Actually this kind of worked out nicely for me today. As I was walking the streets of downtown Las Vegas I walked around the corner and found the beautiful vintage Corevette parked on the street. It was definitely worth the … [Read more...]