Archive for 'Production Design'

To Shoot or Not to Shoot Inked Girls

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Recently I was reading a discussion about shooting models with ink.  This falls  into the category of personal taste or for a specific project.  This image was shot and published in “Inked Girls Magazine”.  Trisha is a great model to work with and has a face of an angel. Her ink is beautiful to look at and so this worked for a specific genre of photography.  Without question she ...

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Choosing and Positioning Props – Redneck Movie Night – ep4

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This episode shows adding props to the set and directing their placement from behind the camera to make sure they’re in the prefect position. Plus he voices a few tips on where to look for props.

Special thanks to
Paul Peregrine, www.lightwaredirect.com
Nikon Professional Services, http://www.nikonpro.com/
Pocket Wizard, http://www.pocketwizard.com/

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Dressing a Hollywood Flat – Redneck Movie Night – ep3

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Today we have a video of how we dress the set for our Redneck Movie Night Shoot. Here we show you details of how to brace the set and how blocking the shot will help you determine where the set dressing needs to be placed.

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More fun with plexi

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This shoot was done repurposing the black plexiglass from the “hollywood  icon shoot“. I set the black up against a wall this gave the reflection. For the white back ground set the white plexiglass and placed two heads behind it.  This gave the even white back drop with the added benefit of adding subtle hi-light edges to the body.  The main light was a ring ...

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Shoe assignment

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Fun with an Icon

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Red Neck Movie Night

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Todays image is entitled “REDNECK MOVIE NIGHT”. this is an uncropped image to show light placement.
I shot this at the Four Square Studios with Paul Peregrine. Shot entirely with speed lights! We used 10 gelled for effect and used zoot snoots to focus the beam of light to specific areasTfor the screen glow on the models face we used a foursquare soft box with a ...

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