Category: Photoshoots

Christine Ann – Ashburn VA

Christine was interested in updating her portfolio.  But with a young child at home she didn’t want to travel all the way to DC.  Her apartment complex in Ashburn allowed us to spend an afternoon and evening shooting in some great locales in their main building including a common room, a game room, and nicely lit hallways.  Christine did her own hair, makeup, and wardrobe.  I invited my colleague Chris Maxwell to join us for the shoot and he agreed to help out by bringing along equipment from his Dulles studio as well as his substantial expertise.

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Catwalk Studioz Grand Opening

I went to the grand opening celebration at Catwalk Studioz on May 15 and did a few hours of shooting. Thanks to the gracious hospitality of Joseph Philbert and his wife this was a fun event for all.

I ran into my shooting partner Vox early in the day. We each had brought along one studio light.  Joseph let us set up in an enclosed loading dock area and gave us a canvas drop cloth for a backdrop. The space was only 7 feet high and that became an issue with one model. Emery Wallace in the pic below is 6’2″ and played small forward at Maryland.  The first thing I did was ask her to remove her heels. We then got her into poses that would deemphasize her height relative to the space.

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Springtime Shoot with Nora and Liz

April 20, 2010 Shoot with Nora and Liz

Nora’s friend Liz Weygrzyn is an MUA and she wanted to get some shots of Nora for her port.  We decided to do a location shoot at the Smithsonian gardens behind the castle building on the Mall.  It was a near perfect spring evening and Nora’s pose lying on the grass reflects the serene setting.

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The Studio at Dulles Open House

As I continued my recovery from surgery new opportunities arose for shooting at studio events where I wouldn’t be required to do any heavy lifting.  On March 31 the Studio at Dulles had an open house and I headed out there for an evening of shooting.  Chris Maxwell is one of the principals at the studio.  He had invited me to my first studio shoot with models at the earlier incanation of the Studio at Dulles.  So this was a good opportunity to see Chris and check out the new studio.  One of the gals I shot with was Rania, an aspiring plus size model.  This was a two light setup using  two softboxes with no front diffusion panel.