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Small Shooting Space

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

I took a few days to orga­nize my garage yet again, but this time I had a big­ger goal. I’ve wanted to have a shoot­ing space for quite a long time now. Still it’s not a per­ma­nent space where I can leave my lights up… I sup­pose I could, but just look­ing at the chaos of stuff “hang­ing out” would drive me insane. It’s big enough to put in a 9′ wide back­drop. I plan to be very selec­tive in who I shoot there and how I use it — after all it’s in my home. I mostly enjoy shoot­ing on loca­tion, but occa­sion­ally I need a sim­ple backdrop.

I’ll still need to rent stu­dio space — as there are other rea­sons for doing so — it’s not always just about hav­ing a lit­tle space; but for small shoots with close friends, this new space works well. I added more stor­age shelves to put all the “stuff” that seems to not have a par­tic­u­lar place to live in and cre­ated cur­tains to stream­line the look and not be dis­tract­ing. Paint­ing comes next.

These shots are from the first shoot I did in the new space. They are a com­bi­na­tion of 2 to 3 lights and a reflec­tor but most are 3 lights. I’ve worked with Seye Soyele on sev­eral occa­sions and he’s excel­lent to work with. He is per­fect for ath­letic themes; but as you can see, he’s quite ver­sa­tile in what he can shoot. Con­tact him for your next com­mer­cial project if he’s got the look you need.

Images avail­able with a RF license: Bas­ket­ball player mak­ing a move, Face of a weary doc­tor, Sol­dier grip, Hip hop cul­ture, Exhausted male doc­tor, Con­tem­pla­tive sol­dier behind glasses, Bring your game, Player grip­ping the basketball.

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Photo Flâneur for 7 Salon

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

For the past two years I have had the plea­sure of pho­tograph­ing hair events at 7 Salon in down­town Seat­tle. Whether edu­ca­tional classes for artis­tic teams, in-salon events, fash­ion shows, or cre­ative cel­e­bra­tions at local clubs, my doc­u­men­ta­tion has always occurred as the hair and makeup are being done and with­out ben­e­fit of spe­cial light­ing or staged photo ses­sions. Mod­els have run the gamut from pro­fes­sion­als to salon clients to friends of stylists.

Click on any thumb­nail for a full gallery view.

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At each event I’m amazed by the final look of the hair­styles — always col­or­ful, dra­matic, out­ra­geous, glam­orous, or inde­fin­ably chic. But what I truly love is observ­ing the process. Most peo­ple don’t real­ize that hair (and makeup) done at a high level of artistry can take hours to com­plete. And it is within the space of this vast expanse of time that poetic moments exist and, if I’m lucky, are held in the still­ness of a photograph.

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Vampire in Grand Central

Saturday, June 27th, 2009

First opened in 1871, Grand Cen­tral Ter­mi­nal is a New York icon. And it is gor­geous. This was the first time I had been inside the ter­mi­nal. When I was younger, Penn Sta­tion was my usual route to NY when I didn’t drive. We did some scout­ing before the shoot­ing day and got a chance to soak in the place. Unfor­tu­nately, we didn’t have our tripods for the pre­lim­i­nary visit so our shoot­ing was a bit limited.

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Grand Cen­tral Eagle by Candice

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Grand Cen­tral Ter­mi­nal by Candice

Thanks to Can­dice, and after many com­mu­ni­ca­tions, we were armed with per­mits and off to shoot in the space. Our plan was to shoot busi­ness, a mod­ern day vam­pire, and the archi­tec­ture itself. That turned out to be quite an ambi­tious plan and unfor­tu­nately we did not fit it all in.

But we couldn’t have asked for bet­ter peo­ple to work with that day. First, the folks at CSI rentals were a true plea­sure to meet. I got a great vibe from them on the phone when I first called in the rentals and in per­son they were just as help­ful. Chance von Spiess­bach, our fab­u­lous model, was a blast to work with and turned out to be quite the celebrity at GCT. ;) Mia Bau­man, our makeup artist, was a last minute con­nec­tion that proved to be the per­fect choice.

Here are some behind the scene shots of every­one at work. Left to right: Can­dice in zen mode. ;) Chance work­ing on his teeth fit­tings. Mia doing her artistry.

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Here are some shots from the day.

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Mod­ern Day Vam­pire by Marilyn

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Main Terminal by Marilyn

Main Ter­mi­nal by Marilyn

Model: Chance von Spiess­bach
Makeup Artist: Mia Bau­man, 646 – 872-8098

Images avail­able with a RF license: Grand Cen­tral Eagle, Grand Cen­tral Ter­mi­nal, Mod­ern Day Vam­pire, vam­pire, Van­der­bilt Hall, Vam­pire Por­trait, Bloody Teeth, Hunter, Main Ter­mi­nal

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Debut a Smashing Success

Sunday, March 22nd, 2009

On Feb­ru­ary 22nd, Mar­i­lyn and I launched Sus­pended Image™ with a much antic­i­pated “beauty and fash­ion” shoot at Seat­tle City Hall. We had the plea­sure of work­ing with a superb client, hair styl­ist Jaclyn Beith of 7 Salon, and her tal­ented sup­port team: assis­tant Zoe Le, makeup artist Annaleis Ortiz, wardrobe spe­cial­ist Kristi Ble­ich, and mod­els Heather Hen­nessy and Brit­tany Mor­gan of TCM Models.

It’s no secret that Seat­tle City Hall is dear to my heart. I have pho­tographed it exten­sively and it remains my archi­tec­tural touch­stone. Last fall when Jaclyn Beith and I began dis­cussing the prospect of shoot­ing hair within a strong archi­tec­tural con­text, City Hall imme­di­ately popped into my head as the per­fect loca­tion … and Mar­i­lyn as the per­fect pho­tog­ra­pher. We all got together in Novem­ber, Jaclyn and Mar­i­lyn hit it off beau­ti­fully, and a date was set.

Plan­ning a shoot at City Hall is not with­out its red tape, but the final out­come was well worth it — we had the entire place to our­selves on a Sun­day! Watch­ing Mar­i­lyn work was a great learn­ing expe­ri­ence for me. I’m all about archi­tec­ture, things that don’t move, and she’s all about peo­ple. I was impressed by her steady, method­i­cal pace and uncanny abil­ity to con­vert rough ideas into stun­ning results. She’s a dream part­ner and I can’t wait for our next project where we’ll both be shoot­ing peo­ple. Did some­one say Chicago…?

Heather Hennessy, model

Heather Hen­nessy, model

Jaclyn Beith, client

Jaclyn Beith, client

Brittany Morgan, model

Brit­tany Mor­gan, model

Gorgeous model, gorgeous architecture

Gor­geous model, gor­geous architecture

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Mar­i­lyn shoot­ing Brittany

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