For this shot I used the sun to back light the models and my assistants used the large oval reflector to front light them. Shoot low up close and wide. I used a 28mm lens on this and was about 5 feet from the models. It creates a sense of surrounding. This is an editorial look.
You know many times in this world of photography business we get so caught up in the “business” when we talk to clients, models, designers, make up artists etc. that we forget to let the genuine personality inside of us come out. I think it is really important to show potential clients who we are inside, what makes us tick and keep going even through the tough times and that includes on the shoot when things just are not going right.
The most important thing in business is honesty, integrity, hard work and family; never forgetting where we came from. These words were spoken by Denzel Washington in the movie American Gangster.
You are what you are in this world. You’re either somebody or nobody. Again, words from Denzel Washington in American Gangster. I think those are two brilliant quotes.
As a fashion photographer it is my job to create, but create what ? Create a beautiful photo ? Well that is easy. What is challenging is to create a beautiful photograph that emotes, expresses and stimulates. It is my job to dig deep within my subject, reach in, invade and at the same time make my subject so comfortable and vulnerable that they give me their soul. When I look through that camera into my subject’s eyes I am connecting and receiving all they have inside. I am bringing out their true voice that will speak to the world,speak to YOU. What is amazing is I know they are dieing to release that voice but they are apprehensive, scared for whatever reasons they have. That is my goal, that is my love, this is what makes me wake up in the morning. To know a person so deep that you know their soul is a high that I have not been able to match with anything else in my life. When I am connecting with my model my blood pumps, my heart races and my intensity rages !
I hope my photography speaks to you through my subjects voices. A great photograph will speak to you and reach into your soul.
