Simple is good

Ya know...sometimes simple is just better.

Yesterday, shot a catalog for a client that distributes yarn all over the planet. All those knitting needles were put into action when the economy went all broke and stuff. Anyway, here is a shot I did using a small strobe fired through a "brolly" (love those things!). Just a wee bit of balancing with daylight and it looks real sweet. The strobe gave us a real pop on the detail which is what the client asked we concentrate on.

*Side note: this is Amanda. First ever photo shoot.

Simple. Don't complicate.

Cheers and Merry Christmas!

Chuck

Shooting ads is fun!

This is from my dance/ballet catalog. We shoot ads every once in a while but they seem to be wanting more of them. We shot this yesterday after dragging "stuff" from out in the studio yard to grunge the shot up.

This was pretty simple; two ProFoto heads, one each in a Mole-Richardson fresnel.

Fun!

Horses!

Good Sunday all!

I was assigned to shoot a photo essay on the horse industry in central Alabama by a local magazine. I thought I'd post a few of the intial shots here before the magazine gets them. Publication date is to be the February issue of Birmingham Metro Magazine.

Turkey Day!

Oh what the heck!

With a houseful of family, Elaine and I decided to do a nice menu and I figured I'd just share it with everyone.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving . . . keeping in touch!

Often times I show a shot here and a shot there of my dance/team/ballet shoots for my Florida client. This time, I figured I'd show a final shot. Here's an image that was used as a full page ad in a trade magazine. It's basically a bright white background with an open strobe for the main light.

Sometimes the most simple set up yields very nice result.

Cheers!

Chuck

Nov 18 . . . Thursday night . . .

Sorry for missing my post on Sunday. I was in my Ft Lauderdale FL studio shooting for a dance catalog.

There were so many shots over the two days (each needing a gray card according to client wants) that I decided to have some fun with them. I've posted here a few of my favorites out of the hundred some odd we shot.

Hope you like them! They are useful as well as fun.

Cheers!

Yoga

I was assigned to photograph a yoga instructor at her home based yoga studio for a Birmingham (AL) magazine. This was done with nothing but ambient lighting, using a very long exposere (for this kind of thing) and turned out to have the very look I envisioned . . . warm and contemplative.