iJustine Photo shoot

Did a spur of the moment shoot with Justine Ezarik, or more commonly known on the internet as iJustine.

We've talked about doing a shoot in the past, but she is usually only in town for a short amount of time, so it's hard to make it work.

But I sent her a text this week, found out she just arrived in Pittsburgh that day, and booked a shoot with her for 2 days later!

We had a great time. Very low pressure and fun. Did a couple Apple iPod/ iPhone themed photos (if you don't know why, you don't know Justine). Looking forward to working on them (some of them require a little bit of Photoshop compositing). Stop back soon... I'll have a link to them in this blog!

*update*

Ok, I've finished the first and second batch of photos from Justine's shoot. They are all here. Enjoy!

Megan's shoot

Last night I had a shoot with Megan. I brought in my trusty makeup artist Lori and hair stylist Alicia and got things rolling.

It was a fun shoot, and felt really relaxed. Everyone was getting along and having a genuinely good time. I love it when things flow like that. I just wish the studio was a little warmer in the winter... as did Megan.

A little advice to people shooting with me in the future... if you have an iPod, bring it with you with a playlist of your favorite songs. I had my iPod, but it died on me during the shoot. Boooo! Luckily my brand new iPhone came to the rescue to fill the air with tunes! Although I haven't had time to add many songs to it yet. Hope everyone liked Relient K!

*update*
Finished all of Megan's shots. Here they all are.

iPHONE!!!

So I've been wanting an iPhone since the day they announced them last year. But when I heard that they were only coming out with 4GB and 8GB models, I got really bummed. I have a 30GB iPod and it is about full. So the thought of 8GB wasn't even an option.

On Friday, I was chatting with someone about it, and he notified me that they just announced a 16GB iPhone. While I'd love to wait for a 32GB version, I felt this was worth while enough to take the plunge.

So Saturday afternoon, Monica and I went to Shadyside and picked one up! I've been playing on it all weekend and love it!! Finally... a smart phone that is actually smart, and runs on OSX. Yes!

Ok, I just had to share my excitement. You may go back to whatever it is you were doing.

Holy fun shoot Batman!

Last night I had the pleasure of doing a shoot with my makeup artist Lori. She decided to take her turn in front of the camera.

I also had my old friend Dale Lewis assisting and learning about the fabulous world of portrait photography. Hahahaha... fabulous, yeah right.

But I did find the problem with shooting with people that I know... I talk way too much! We were having a great time, but went a little long because of all the chatting.

Lori is a graphic artist, so I'm going to try and put a little something extra into these shots to make them look fun and creative.

Here's a sample from the shoot:

Sick

Feeling a little under the weather this week. Woke up Monday morning with a stuffy nose, and haven't been able to get rid of it. Still have to come into work though. Too much that needs to get done.

I have a shoot this Thursday to look forward to though. That will help me get through this. I'll be shooting Lori, the makeup artist I use on most of my shoots. She is also a creative person. Should be fun to see what we come up with when we work together on this!