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This is the "results" page for a new kind of 365 project. One in which you aren't a casual, passive observer but an instigator.


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Waiting for the Burbank Bus. Model: Justine Joy

Waiting for the Burbank Bus.

Model: Justine Joy

Justine Joy

I sort of abandon this blog last spring due to a variety of circumstances. Now I’m restarting it because… I guess because it’s never too late to start again. 

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I never seem to get caught up.  I’m the hostage of angels

I never seem to get caught up.  I’m the hostage of angels

The eyes have it… They always do, don’t they? 

The eyes have it… They always do, don’t they? 

I clicked the shutter 9 times… and then I sent her home.  She was terribly ill but didn’t want to tell me.  Not bad for 9 shutter clicks. 

I clicked the shutter 9 times… and then I sent her home.  She was terribly ill but didn’t want to tell me.  Not bad for 9 shutter clicks. 

I’ve fallen off the wagon a bit — posting, not taking photographs — but I do intend to get caught up after this weekend. It’s been a flurry of activity that I’ve been trying to cope with and I’ll hopefully be back up to speed shortly. Here is a photo of my daughter.  I tried to mimic the quality of light that Jill Greenberg uses in her photos, but I don’t have five strobes at my disposal. this was done with sunlight and one small camera strobe placed over her head. I used one diffuser and two silver reflectors to shape the light on her face. 

I’ve fallen off the wagon a bit — posting, not taking photographs — but I do intend to get caught up after this weekend. It’s been a flurry of activity that I’ve been trying to cope with and I’ll hopefully be back up to speed shortly.

Here is a photo of my daughter.  I tried to mimic the quality of light that Jill Greenberg uses in her photos, but I don’t have five strobes at my disposal. this was done with sunlight and one small camera strobe placed over her head. I used one diffuser and two silver reflectors to shape the light on her face. 

Welcome to LA

Welcome to LA

Home again and the first taste of summer is growing on my patio.  Margaritas can’t be far behind. 

Home again and the first taste of summer is growing on my patio.  Margaritas can’t be far behind. 

My brother, Michael McCarthy My brother asked if I could take his portrait so he could use it for business.  I didn’t have much time or many locations but the back of this stone loading dock could double for a wall at Harvard (where he works) in a pinch. 

My brother, Michael McCarthy

My brother asked if I could take his portrait so he could use it for business.  I didn’t have much time or many locations but the back of this stone loading dock could double for a wall at Harvard (where he works) in a pinch. 

Flash and ambient, 200 feet underground.  The flash froze the foreground but I had to keep very still for another 2.5 seconds for the weak ambient light to fill in.  Most of the images I could hold pretty steady but the slight tremble in this one makes it look like they’re standing before a burning house. 

Flash and ambient, 200 feet underground.  The flash froze the foreground but I had to keep very still for another 2.5 seconds for the weak ambient light to fill in.  Most of the images I could hold pretty steady but the slight tremble in this one makes it look like they’re standing before a burning house.