The Schnorf | Hunt wedding was this weekend in Midtown Atlanta and it was so much fun! I plan on working on all the other fancy schmancy wedding pictures later (beautiful church btw)- but first, I was way too excited to get these up on the blog! Keri, my lovely assistant/fiance, was kind enough to help shoot this wedding with me and man (woman?) the photo booth. Keri works for beer and pizza, so she’s the best assistant I could imagine for the job. She was awesome, but so were her subjects!
And now without further ado- the Photo Booth! Available from Alex the Photo Guy wherever alcohol and sombreros are served… (p.s.- I recommend full screen)
Two weekends ago I had the pleasure of shooting a good friend in a makeshift studio in his living room. Though Lou and I work together at Wells Real Estate Funds, we both have outside endeavors and passions that just happen to involve blogs. My blog of course is all about photography and his is an inspirational site based on self betterment. As he puts it, the Lou Davis blog is about “becoming the best version of himself” through various life challenges and goals.
Lou was looking for some new photos for his blog and I was recently inspired by Zack Arais’ blog about white seamless backgrounds, so I figured I should give it a try to push myself beyod my usual “available light” photography bounds. Lou and I met for brunch at Ria’s Bluebird Cafe and from there went to PPR to pick up the background. I usually do my local Atlanta shopping at Showcase, but for some reason PPR was $25 cheaper for the exact same background. From there we went to Lowe’s to pick up a sheet of tileboard and (very poorly) secured it to the roof of my car. Luckily we were only headed half a mile.
Lou was a good sport as I spent so much time screwing around with settings that I neglected to give him good direction. Luckily he was a natural model, even if he needed a little direction from the peanut gallery (a few friends drinking and playing poker in the kitchen).
Here’s a shot of the setup in Lou’s living room. White seamless on my background stand with one softbox on the right loaded with my Canon 580EX. Also had a Vivitar 285 flash on a chair aimed at the background (though it’s hidden by blue cardboard as to not spill light onto Lou). Ideally I would have had 2 flashes aimed at the background, but the Canon 420 EX I borrowed from a friend unfortunately didn’t have any manual settings, so it was of no use firing only at full power.
Here are some of the final photos, starting with my favorite:
These were taken months ago and I just got around to finishing them up. Evelyn is a co-worker of Keri and I. She was approached by a friend of hers asking if she’d like to get into modeling. Evi, being as modest as she is beautiful, was very reluctant to do it but after some convincing from friends and her husband she decided to look into head shots.
This is where I came in. I had never done true headshots before- just kid portraits (this shoot happened before the “Glow Atl” photos you can see a few entries down), so this was a freebie for a good friend.
In fact, I think I was paid in taco bell and asthma attacks. An odd combination I know, but we did the shoot at Evi and Nathan’s house in Buford. I can usually control my allergies to her cats by taking Claratin and staying away, but when I get into “photographer mode” I move quick. Moving quick leads to sweating, hightened heart rate, and increased breathing… which leads to increased allergies apparently. Had to take a few breaks throughout the day- one of which for taco bell.
Without further ado, here is Evelyn. Remember to click on the individual photos to get the full effect. And don’t worry, she’s fully clothed in all of the photos- just some creative angles.
