OK so I did another modeling photo shoot. I’ve been working on improving my lighting and I’ve been interested in combine mountain scenery nature shots with a fashion style of lighting. I was able to get Arianna to model for me at the last minute one morning when I awoke to great clouds (again). She did such a great job; I think she’s super photogenic. I used an assistant and 1 softbox for all these shots. I don’t have too much else to say so just enjoy the gallery!
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One byproduct of all this crazy Colorado spring weather has been lots of cool clouds to shoot under. Last week I woke up early one morning to notice a cool, moody overcast sky. I was itching to overpower the sun with some of my Strobist gear so I tried rounding up a model at the last minute. I wasn’t successful, but I did convince my fellow photographer Bobby Turner to bust out a business suit and some pomade and head out to the country. Later that day I ironically came across a story in The Onion about Guys With Slicked Back Hair!
By the time we started shooting the clouds were just breaking up, and gave way to beautiful puffy clouds and blue sky. I’m really happy with the wrap around lighting that I used. I think the images have a nice 3-D look to them. If you are interested in more of the details of the shoot and the technical, how-to, Strobist info, you can check out my post on the Boulder Strobist website HERE.
I’m getting more and more requests for cool, edgy, and fun business portraits. It seems a lot of professionals are tired of having their photos taken in front of boring blue studio backgrounds. Which is of course great news for me! I just had a great photo session in Denver yesterday for a paid client, so this type of shoot is becoming more common for me. Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!
Last weekend Ryan and I took team Bianchi Rita down to Jeffco for my first long ride of the year. The weather was perfect and the crowds weren’t too bad either. It felt really good to get away from the office and take a normal weekend day off! We rode pretty hard and got a solid 3.5 hour ride in. We rode to the upper part of the Red Rocks trails, which on a singlespeed was pretty damn difficult. Then we also rode Enchanted Forest and the upper loop at Apex . . . epic! Well, epic for me these days.
Well that was last week, and since then I haven’t managed to get any riding in. Damn I didn’t even get a yoga class in this week! :>( But the good news is that I’ve been shooting a ton and I have a lot of great stuff to post. I’m trying to catch up with all the editing and I should have a lot of new photos in the coming week. I have my first wedding of the year tomorrow so looks like I won’t be riding this weekend. Oh well, I’ll make sure to get out next week . . . let me know if anyone wants to ride on Tues.
I am announcing my second new blog in a week! Now you know why I haven’t been posting some of the other pictures that I’ve been taking recently!
The Steve Z Wedding Photography Blog
After months of deliberation, I have decided to divorce my wedding photography from this website. Pun intended, thank you very much! I’ve decided to start a blog completely dedicated to my wedding photography. I know that many brides can be overwhelmed by a vast number of choices for photography and everything else involved with planning a big event. So in order to make the searching and surfing process easier I will now be posting my wedding and engagement blog entries there. And as an added bonus, those of you who are here for the bikes, models, and random weirdness won’t have to surf through pretty pictures of couples in love. :>)
Last weekend I got together with a small group of local Boulder photographers for a photography practice session. We are starting a local community that shoots using small off-camera flashes, in the style of the Strobist Website. John Heisel got the idea to start a blog about it. Great, that’s ALL I need is another website! Ooof. Well, I’m a sucker for a new website so I’m spending my Saturday night (Sunday morning?) getting it set up and up and running.
Check out the new BOULDER STROBIST BLOGSPOT!
I’m hoping that some of the other guys will chip in and help to post regular content, thereby making the site super cool and fresh with content. If you are a local photographer and are interested in joining the group, please do, the more the merrier!
I’ve posted the photos that I took that night on that site, but you’re going to have to go there to view them and the story . . . :>)
I’ve been going through some of my old files and I found some photos from Key West that I never processed. I can’t believe I forgot about Dominique and his flying housecats!
Dominique, also known as The Catman, has been putting on sunset shows at the pier in Key West for a bajillion years. He puts on a pretty funny show, and gets the kids involved in the stunts. He is quite a character!
I’m imagining that I’m sitting on the beach, squishing the warm sand in between my toes. Mmmmmmmm.
I was just sitting in my office today trying to get some work done like a good boy when I got the call. Barnow and I have been talking about going flying for a year now. I considered declining . . . but I figured that I shouldn’t let another year go by. There is always time for more work!
Jeff had an errand of sorts to run in Longmont so we flew out East. It was kindof overcast over the mountains so it wasn’t the most scenic day ever. That was OK because it gave me the chance to put the camera down and actually FLY THE PLANE!
Yeah, that’s right. Not only did I fly it while in the air, I actually took the thing off the ground! I flew most of the way to Longmont and kinda sorta felt the controls while we landed. I felt the controls to know that with the crosswind we surely would have splattered if the landing really depended on me. I had thoughts of an ‘Airplane’ type situation, what it would be like if I actually had to land the plane myself. Stryker!
Yeah so there is the latest story of a day in the life of Steve Z and why I can’t get around to getting my taxes done. Ah yes it was a great day to not be stuck in the office! Hopefully Jeff will take me up again when the light is good and we can fly over the mountains . . . right?!?
Happy Cinco de Mayo! Welcome to Part 2 of the Crystal Fashion Shoot. Chronicalogically this was Part 1, but never mind that! Crystal needed a photo to run in her local La Junta newspaper in an ad for Cinco de Mayo festivities. I could have taken one good shoot and have been finished . . . but that wouldn’t be my style. I have a way of going overboard when it comes to getting “1 more good shot . . . ” Things are busy busy these days, so I’m not going to jabber on, and I’ll leave you to the gallery.
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I have been on the lookout for interesting locations to shoot in Boulder. I keep whining that Boulder doesn’t have much interesting architecture to shoot in front of. It seems that everywhere you turn there are more brick buildings. I was determined to find somewhere urban and edgy to shoot downtown. In the end, I would up being somewhat foiled by the monotany, and I shot in front of bricks. Again. Oh well, I brought out the Strobist gear to add some hard light to give an edgy feel to some of the shots.
I was able to find a narrow alley that looked somewhat city-like. The whole scene was pretty funny, as we were getting quite a few inquizative looks from Boulderites. People are used to seeing engagement and wedding shoots, but this fashion stuff is pretty radical for 2pm on a Wednesday afternoon in The Republic.
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