Self-Portrait 090303

testing out the new 85mm.

Melissa and Kevin

POZ – Chodo

A couple months ago I got shot a Buddhist monk named Chodo for Poz magazine. I just got my hands on the latest issue with the portraits.  Quick photos of the magazine, but you get the idea.  Also below is my favorite shot from the session, which they used in the table of contents. Would have made a nice cover in my opinion

Window Light

I’ve been addicted to window light the past couple days (see yesterday’s images).  I think it’s funny the lengths we go to just to recreate artificially something that most of us have ready access to.  And for some reason, the fake stuff never ‘quite’ looks like the real thing to me.  Sometimes I try to trick my mind into thinking it’s one or the other to see if it’s all in my head.  Kind of like listening to broadband static and trying to trick yourself into thinking it’s a waterfall you’re listening to (by the way, it works the other way around too, next time you’re near a waterfall, close your eyes and try to imagine it’s just static on your stereo. Fun stuff).  

Anyway, I need to do more of this.  I’d love to have a natural light studio with skylights like all the guys in Paris from the turn of the last century.  Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’ studio is crazy cool too.  Sigh.  A guy can dream, can’t he?

I’ve got more to say on this subject, but I’ve got to mull it over a bit.  In the meantime, here’s a shot from a portrait commission I shot today. A bit cheesy I’ll admit, but the light is nice.
Oh, and for those into such things, I’ve started messing around with twitter, so add me:  follow billwadman

Megan

9th Street at Night

Mary and the Dead B&N

Dustin

Another Red Horse barista for the series

HAC on the roof

Dasha

Today, Meg and I got the chance to test a model from Elite.  Dasha was young, Russian, and very beautiful.  I’m not a fashion shooter by any means, but with a model that looks like that it’s kinda hard to screw up.

Thanks to Seiji Uehara for hair, and Colby Smith on make-up.  They’re the real the heroes of these photos.