Some outtakes after the jump!

I’ve been playing with technique, if all goes well I may get the chance to create something a little more extensive with maybe even some narrative to it. Don’t forget to click through to see a few more images from a recent photoshoot!

Model: Richelle Oslinker (Wilhemina NY) | Assisted by: Ellen Yoon

Every Thanksgiving I take the time to just shut down for a little bit and enjoy doing a whole lot of nothing. Come the following Monday I more or less feel like I’m ready to get my life in order. I think getting my life in order is going to take a bit more effort than before. But, I’m really hopeful in how things are going to turn out. I’ve got some ideas that, if they pan out, can really turn into something to show.

Anyway, one of the things on the to do list is to get working on a wedding I photographed the weekend prior to Thanksgiving. It was a small wedding done at the Hyatt in Jersey City, NJ. If there’s one thing I could say about it is that it was intimate. Candles and dimly lit interiors set the mood. It was a little frigid that day and it was really starting to feel like it was going to snow. This wedding definitely ended the 2010 Season on a high note. I can’t wait until the next one!

November marks the end of alternate side parking. It’s about now that once the sun hits the high point at noon then darts for the horizon. My favorite time of the year is when the sun just hangs really low in the sky covering everything in that orange-gold light, but that time of year was three months ago. I woke up this morning and it was 35 degrees out, the little snowflake in my car’s dashboard came on. Clearly it’s winter. Looks like I’ve got to get as much of the sun in as I can before it turns all kinds of gray and dreary.

This past Sunday I got a photo shoot in with Liz, Hanna and Morgan. I’m convinced that it was the last of the warm sun we’re gonna see until the Spring. It was a good way to see the Summer go, the sun hung around as long as it could and let me snap some really crisp shots. A setting sun coming through a wood line is about as good as it gets in my book. I can’t wait until I get to share more of what I shot that day.

Nothing beats the refreshment of a last minute photoshoot. Giselle approached Morgan and I looking for some fresh photos. Initially I intended to use a car as some kind of prop, though Morgan had the great idea of heading North to Parsippany and showing us some of his hometown scenery. So there we were, jumping in Giselle’s car headed to a fresh location. Apparently within spitting distance behind Morgan’s house are the remnants of a Native American rock shelter, carefully named “The Rock House”. It’s great that they cared enough to preserve a nice chunk of woods for it, Morgan seemed to have plenty of childhood memories.

With photoshoots I always try to do some sort of surveying beforehand, even if that may be  a map reconnaissance via the wonder of Google. Though this time we arrived on location and I had no idea what was in store for us. While Morgan and Giselle were setting up I took a quick peek around the woods and tried to determine where the light was coming from. The area was great, there was an abundance of rock formations and uneven terrain. However the sun was starting to dip behind the hills, leaving us maybe 30 minutes of shooting time. Realizing timelines like that is tough and we had to get to work if we wanted any sun in our photographs. We were pretty much chasing the sun the whole time.

From this set I think I snapped 100 frames. I’m definitely happy the way they turned out. I was going for a more rugged feel to the photographs, using the flat light and untidiness of the woods to my advantage. Morgan recorded some good footage and I’m really looking forward to see what he comes up with.