Rebecca: At Last

Rebecca: At Last: "

I first met Rebecca when we shot at Joshua Tree two years ago and travelled to New Zealand and Australia together with friends last year. I’ve shot with her several times. However, I’ve never felt that I truly captured the best of her that others have. I came close on our trip to the South Pacific with several lovely images, but still felt like I had not done the best that I could She’s a fabulous model and other great photographers have taken gorgeous images of her. So, I was always jealous of their results and it was a personal challenge to me to do the same. It’s something that we’ve talked about several times.

Ahhhhh! At Last!

She recently came to NJ for a visit. Instead of hunting for Easter eggs, we searched for the illusive image. What a fantastic way to spend Easter as we did some studio and location work. WOW! We hit it out of TWO ball parks. We did several studio sets working on some more of my continuing mask series and then played in the dark using just the light of one beauty dish fitted with a 20 percent grid as she danced with black lace, white and a sheer red fabric against a black background. I’m captivated by the way the fabric flows around her almost like water. We then visited a 19th Century village with the early Spring blooming yellow forsythia serving as a colorful backdrop. The one image of her one the porch of an old Victorian mansion is on my all time favorite list now. Her porcelain complexion and new honey blond hair is a lovely compliment and contrast to the off white porch. Almost like a visiting spectre.

Here are several images from each set as a sampler. Future blogs will share more images from each set. Rebecca….thanks for a wonderful shoot. Wow…maybe I really am a photographer after all!

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Sarah’s Saw Mill

Sarah’s Saw Mill: "

On a recent shoot with Sarah Ellis, we did a series in the interior of an old saw mill. With the yellow toned wood on the interior and strong light coming through the windows, we got this lovely gold toned light. However, it was pretty dark inside and I had to go up to 1000 ISO and max out the aperture to capture it. The talented Sarah was elegant in her use of the available light and use of the environment inside the old mill. There is one that I captured of her on a slab of wood resting on some old tree trunks that reminds me of an old master’s painting with the light, her pose and use of color in the image. It is one of those classic images that you pinch yourself and say, “Wow, I created that!” Can’t wait to share images from the other series we created that day!

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Lela At the Beach

Lela At the Beach: "

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The Return of the sunburnt and or tanned photog (edited!)

The Return of the sunburnt and or tanned photog (edited!): "

It’s been quite a ride since this spring.. So many things happened starting last fall, so many changes, most for the good.

I read a few articles down on my blog, and recounted the story of how the motor died on the boat during the last sail home of the season. After pricing motors out, I came to the conclusion: “Why not a new boat?” Well.. just so happened, there was one I found 2 years ago that I really liked, but, I could not find the owner, so, a little investigation work, and a few months later ,I find the guy. . boat priced reasonable, and DEAL!

Want to see it?

Well, if you’re someone I’ve met and would like to see a snapshot.. sure! Other then that. I can tell you that it is not only a competitive race boat, but a very beautiful French built boat. Quite literally “they don’t make them like that anymore” some of the hardwoods that were used are now banned!

So, like all of my good models theses days, she deserves an opportunity to be seen in print first, and then I may toss some pixels of it out into the static that is the Internet.

So, a few weeks ago I spent cruising it all over the great lakes, both the U.S. and Canadian sides. And I can tell you not only is she fast, she’s a dream to sail, solidly built, and after living on it for 9 days, well, I was hoping for 9 more.

So, give it some time, and you’ll see some new work.

In the meantime……

Here’s Lela from My Chicago trip late in last winter.. this was an shot not selected for the current issue of Carrie Leigh’s NUDE. . There’s more, some, may end up in print elsewhere. However, this shot, and a few others are now Part of my use of ETSY.. go ahead, click on the pick above, to see the print left on Etsy..

The below Image is also offered on Etsy, along with a few others..

There’ll be more, offered in time. .but for now. I’ve got to get going. The lake calls, and I have a 20 mile transport tonight, for the race tomorrow!

Iksodas

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