 
Taylor against the wall in the studio in Phoenix
Simple shot of Taylor. I try to never take my eye from the camera and she went to move her hair, this image just presented itself to me. Tungsten light and high ISO.
 All rights reserved
Uploaded on Jul 20, 2008
3 comments
One more set of images from Wizwow's studio... (And Evan, Jim and Alex)
As I said earlier, I love the comfortable, fun spaces... personality overload sometimes. Whether you like my personality or not can help you decide what you think about shooting with me in my environment. Those that do will and those that don't... well, I don't really care about them... bwahahaha. My personality is somewhat borderline psycho with a touch of whimsical sociopathic powermad superego thrown in for fun. And then there's all the complexes... sheesh, too many to keep up with, but, hell, there's a lot of them.
I have the answers to some of the questions that have been asked off line:
1. Colors are from the Ralph Lauren collection and I can't remember the names and who cares they are all probably so far out of fashion, darlings, that is simply atrocious...
2. Ceiling is 10'... I would like more... it works pretty well for us.
3. Originally when I moved in I was shooting for my own clients as a print and web designer. I am shooting much more now, for my design clients, the website and photo only clients. I will be moving soon, so it works great for what it is here.
4. Yes, I wish the floors were concrete. Unfortunately they aren't and for various reasons of lease, cost and time, they will remain an ugly gray industrial carpet.
5. John Coltrane was the greatest musician to ever live. Sheesh.
6. I play drums, I play at keyboards, I suck at sax (for the moment... )
7. I haven't shown the makeup area as it is the last part of the puzzle and isn't scheduled for renovation until first weekend in August.
8. No, you can't have Briana and Jazmin's number to call them and ask them to 'test' with you. We own them.
9. Yes, I currently do still design and implement websites, so my ass is planted in that chair for more hours per day than I would like.
10. The box camera in front of the antiques is a Kodak Original. One of the very first consumer cameras ever (late 1920's). I got it when it was new and used it up until WWII when I was issued a field camera.
Anyway, no more self-indulgent shots of Wizwow's space. On to finding a new one somewhere else... LOL
All rights reserved
Uploaded on Jul 20, 2008
1 comment
Wizwow's Studio (And Evan, Jim and Alex)
This is the space for shooting and working through a lot of the other things that go on in my life. Starting on top row you see my office from the outside, and the whiteboard for working on layouts and projects. Next project on the board is the final edit and sequencing of Briana's DVD. Looking forward to that.
Next up is the G5 Mac. It is on a small rolling desk and I use it all over the studio. I love my Mac and it is the only machine I do graphic design and print design on. Currently favoring InDesign over Quark, but both are loaded as well as the regular stuff we all use.
Yamaha practice set. My rock set is quite a bit larger and is at home in the garage, but this little jazz set keeps me humble.
We have a G4 in the corner unit and it is ready to shoot into tethered if anyone wishes to. (The G5 is also set up for shooting tethered.. which I love to do.) We have iTunes on the G4 and we have a hookup for the iPods there too. Also in the cabinet is traditional CD audio system.
Behind that rack is the equipment / camera room. Still organizing it, but all gear gets stowed there. And it is locked as well.
Shooting wall is dark gray (thunder gray almost) and is pretty cool. We have an 8x8 raised floor for shooting on or placing beneath the seamless. That prevents the heels from going through the paper on the carpet.
Back room is storage for props, supplies and is a nice makeup area. Also sports a refrigerator and its own stereo system. There is a chalk board for setting up the shoot and wardrobe structure as well as our server system. Currently hosting over 100 sites as well as our internal server for all the stations. The entire studio is wireless, but we also have LAN connections.
Next up is the equipment / stand / light modifiers. We have a shooting rolling rack that can go anywhere in the studio we want and it has all kinds of clamps, umbrellas, cords and such on it. We also have a headshot table and two 'shooting' tables for setting up where the photographer is to hold lenses, laptops, loupes... all that stuff we need when shooting.
Our little front area has a couch and a chair. I also have a lot of toys and collectibles that are great for conversations. Books and portfolios by all the guys are there as well as 'Sully' who announces every entrance with something like this "Hey, this is a restricted area..." (If you don't have kids, you may never have seen Monsters Inc and have no idea who "Sully" is. Heh.
Well, that's a quick look at where a lot of my time is spent and kind of a different looking studio to boot.
Ya'll come again now, ya hear!
All rights reserved
Uploaded on Jul 19, 2008
2 notes /
7 comments
Wizwow's Office
I like friendly studios. I have a wonderful respect of the utilitarian space with the spartan look. But I prefer a more fun, happy space. We recently did some work on the studio and while it isn't finished (are they ever finished) I figured I could give you a little look around where Wizwow spends a great deal of time.
My office is in the corner and it has the ubiquitous glass desk and Aeron chair. I also have a Alesis Keyboard and a snare drum. I use the snare for practice and jam on the keyboard when I am waiting for a file to upload of if I am having a stressful time and need to take a little edge off.
Favorite tunes to play:
Over the Rainbow
I Remember Clifford
The Dance
Bleeding Love
Stormy Monday
When I Fall in Love
Here Comes That Rainy Day
The wall you see in front of my desk is for privacy and it doubles as a white board for daily / weekly tasks or for brainstorming site flows. I also use it for editing some project ideas.
G4 is plenty fast enough for me to make all the Web graphics I need. Simply work on them on a file on the server (located in the 'back room' MU area) and pick them up for use on the Visualville PC. That machine is a very, very fast unit and is built for Photoshop. I find it handles Dreamweaver quite well too.
I print proofs on the Epson R220 as well as DVD' s printed directly. Not fancy, but a very comfortable place for me to work.
All rights reserved
Uploaded on Jul 19, 2008
1 note /
7 comments
"It's warm up here in the summer time" is a relative statement, as Briana and I found out.
This was taken on June 17, 2008. Briana and I were in Maine for a workshop and we were spending some time doing some shooting along the coast. We are from the desert. We are used to temperatures well over 100 for this date. It's in our blood, so to speak.
I remember asking Tanya if it was warm up there and she assured me it was. So we brought appropriate clothes for, you know, warm
'Warm' is relative. At the time of this shoot, it was threatening rain and was hovering a little above 50 degrees. We hardly ever see 50 degrees even at Christmas... as a matter of fact Bri and I agreed that summer in Maine and Nova Scotia closed resembled Christmas in the desert southwest.
All in all it was great fun though. Bri is freezing in this shot and I am really feeling the cold.
One 'main' speedlight on a stand to camera left and one fill strobe on a stand on camera right... aimed up a bit so the light wont affect any shadow, but add a little fill to the face. The second light was tuned to a stop less than the main.
All rights reserved
Uploaded on Jul 19, 2008
5 comments
|
|
Flickr Blog |
About Flickr |
Terms of Use |
Your Privacy |
Copyright/IP Policy | Report Abuse
|
Deutsch
|
English
|
Español
|
Français
|
|
Italiano
|
Português
Copyright © 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.
Send to a friend
Save to del.icio.us