Prelim Enviromental/Seconds before Dave Throws up...

Well i guess we didn't have to if we didn't want to, but I needed to get some shooting in. This is Dave Jeff's, not a pro model by any means but he is definitely up to the modeling challenge, even when he is sick.... very sick... well lets not beat around the bush here, he puked all over the woods on this shoot haha. Bummer! I felt pretty bad so I only got a few good shots off before we tore down the SB's and umbrellas we almost literally just put up. But it was a pretty good time never the less.

I really wish I had some more time with this shot, I was actually so upset when i got these on my computer. nothing was working out on that shoot... another example: this originally was going to be shot with a 24mm, but the lens's focus was completely off so I had to lock in an 85mm instead... quite the difference.

I can't say that i didn't learn from this shoot though, I know now to double check my equipment, batteries on wizards, sb's, lens calibration... and i know now I want to do something completely different for my environmental. I'm shooting as soon as possible so stick around for some Victorian Street Funk shots, and possibly heading back to those woods.

Richmond Fair Poster

Last weekend I had the pleasure of being able to shoot the Richmond Fair all weekend for FREE... for an assignment, little did I know that we were going to have to create a poster for the fair using one of the images we shot! Snap, Jason (no pun intended).

The idea behind not telling us that we were going to have to make a poster was to show us that when you know exactly what is asked of you before you go out and shoot, it makes your life alot easier and more stress free. Point taken, If our group knew that we had to make a poster from one of the shots we took... the day would have been... well... productive. Not saying that we didn't get a lot of great shots... we did for sure. But most of the time was spent making fun of each other, carnies and how boring fairs are at 1 o'clock on a Friday afternoon.






I thought this would be good for a poster because the snake would really pop off the page and catch the viewers eye. I also like how its not the average animal or sight you would see at a fair, and I chose big in your face letters that instantly tell you what the poster is about. kinda feels like a teaser, makes you want to see more and look into what it's about. Honestly though, the snakes were very impressive, much better then Lamas and goats.



I whipped this one together too cause I wanted to have variation, and I also wanted to give one a kind of retro feel to it. I like that it is just so damn simple, composition wise this is so simple. But it gets the point across... come to the fair and buy high priced greasy food from criminals, or at least that's how I see it.

A special thanks to everyone at The Richmond Fair for letting us shoot all weekend, it was a great time, with great friends.