Jamie's Senior Photos

Had a fun gig this week to shoot my friend Jamie's senior photos. Jamie's from Seattle and gets to visit for about a week every year at the end of August. Originally the idea was to shoot with more of an Earthy feel to the images but as we drove down around the 25th street area her and her aunt said that they would like a more urban feel to the photos.

Perfect, cause the lord knows i make people and

plants look like somethin out of Jumanji when I put the two together, I start shootin and i've got plants and tree trunks growin straight outta heads, i'

m tripping over roots and gettin all kinds of nature into my gear, so it was a relief after pounding the word "earthy" into my head for a week.

Lucky for me, she isn't from this neck of the woods, so when she shows her friends back home, she isn't gonna get the "Union Station huh.... who took these?" response that you

get from anyone who's ever seen a photo in the state of Utah.

I had my good friend Mark assisting on the lighting, Shot all these photos on the D3 with a 24-70, which is one helluva sharp lens. I don't use that focal length a lot just because i think it makes me lazy. I do like shooting wide

open without knocking out the background too much, which is great on that lens.

Mark was below the platform holding up a lightstand at arms length as close as possible to Jamie without being in the frame.

Lighting on this was one softbox to the right, It's just a small box that does a really good job of controlling the spill with one sb-800. I leaned over the rail a little bit and Jamie did th

e rest.

This next shot i decided to throw another light at about my two o clock

position for a little more seperation from the background, had a little trouble in getting the sb-800 to see my master, but i think the rim added a nice feel to the image.

Kate, Jamies cousin.

Mark had a great idea to snoot up an Sb-900 with 1/2 cut CTO. backed up the light a little bit for a little more contrast and edgier look, filled in the right side of her face with the softbox dialed down to -0.7. The wall was entirely in shadow, but it's got that great sunset glow and warmth.

More on the Way.