Mission 62

Devil May Cry!

I decided to take one of my images and turn it into a comic picture. I found an image of a london alleyway online and combined it with one of my images. I used tutorials online in how to make it look like it is raining and applied it to mine. I then added a couple of filters from photoshop. Added some text and here is the result.

Mission 61

     So I took a trip to Golden, Colorado and its mountains. Once I was there I decided to hike up the mountain with all my gear. At the top I set up my camera on a self timer and started photographing myself as Dante from the Devil May Cry videogames. And since I was by myself I decided to go a little Cosplay Deviants style. Well here is what came out of it.

Mission 55

So I was doing one of my normal nude shoots in my studio and all of a sudden we decided to make her a crazy person. We used my $180 straight jacket and messed up her hair and this is the image I got outta it. I think its A-mazing!!

Mission 44

So here is my first real shoot here in Hawaii. It's actually a relief to actually do some real photography of my own. With this shoot I had one assistant and a 5 in 1 reflector which I just purchased. Woot Woot!!! The location was a bit difficult to get to but we managed. With the help of my model (Erica), we came up with the idea of using mud on herself, and this is what we came up with.

Mission 42

So I decided to mess around some more in Photoshop with an image I had and a couple I found online. I used a couple different tutorials offline to help me get along as well. Not really much else to say.

Mission 41

So a bunch of friends came over from Colorado to Oregon to visit me for a week and we decided to drive around and find interesting locations. Well, we also decided to do a Poison Ivy shoot and a Michiru from Sailor Moon shoot. I think they came out pretty kewl! We also met another Photographer moving to Portland and her name was LZ. Her website is www.LZphotovision.com. She let us use her Reflector which was a big help from my make shift one.

Mission 40.

The Detective Brothers!!

    Moved back to Oregon and thought i'd do something with my photography. Here I had my brother Jesse and his girlfriend Heidi help me with this. It was funny because when we went out to do the shoot, we were in the middle of the woods and it looked really bad. If anyone would have found us out there, it would look like we were actually taking some girl out in the middle of nowhere and offing her. It was also really really quiet out there. But all in all, we got our shot and no one saw us.

Mission 39

"Lady Smoke"

Here is a picture I wanted to work on but never got a chance to until now. I hope you like it. Thank you  Goddess!

Mission 38

"Love's Explosion"

This is an image I felt was good enough for about anything so I took it into photoshop and did a photoshop tutorial from www.tripwiremagazine.com . This took me most of the day to do and consisted  of 42 different layers in Photoshop CS6. Here it is. Thank you Zach and Chelsie.

Mission 33

CLUE.

       Six strangers all receive a letter formally inviting them to Blackthorn Manor where they are told that someone will reveal something of interest to all of them. Upon receiving the letters they all set out to discover what is in store for them. One by one: the rich widow, the military man, the punk, the hooker, the librarian, and the scientist are greeted by Nathaniel, the Blackthorn Manor butler, as they arrive to the mansion.
       Nathaniel informs them that their true identities will be kept secret and a false name will take its place. He tells them all their aliases: Mrs. White, Colonel Mustard, Mr Green, Miss Scarlet, Mrs. Peacock, and Professor Plum.

  
        As the last of the six strangers arrive, Nathaniel guides them to the dining room where they are served dinner and then are finally told the reasons for their being there. It all comes own to a simple murder, one that they all had part in yet didn’t know that the others had a hand in it and someone is there to blackmail them. This individual is among one of the six.
        Shortly after dinner, they are all led to the lounge where the butler has been instructed to give them each a package revealing six lethal weapons, (a gun, a cable cord, a kitchen knife, a candlestick, a lead pipe, and a wrench) which is propositioning them to kill one another so that no one will have the chance to blackmail.

         Suddenly as everyone stands around contemplating their next action, the lights go out. There are sudden screams, a hard thud, and a gunshot before the lights come back on. As everyone stands and surveys the area they come to find that the Blackthorn Manor Nathaniel is dead on the floor before them. They don’t know what had killed him or who had done it.
         In mass confusion and panic, the six strangers become defensive and start blaming one another. As each one denies it, they begin to grow suspicious of everyone around them. Who did it, who was this murderer, and with what?

             Find out who did it and with what weapon by playing the game, Clue.

Mission 28

This was shot for my Photo Design class with the intent of mythological creatures. I would really like to thank Mike, Carly, Ashley, Sean, and Wakeman for all your help on this shoot. I think this picture turned out great!!

Mission 26

      So this image is for my Photo Design class and I'm continuing on the subject of mythological creatures. I know there are some technical problems but it still looks pretty sweet. I like how it turned out and am satisfied with it. I would like to thank the owners of the horse, Marion Cantagallo and Elaine Morgan, and I would like to thank the horse, which is a Mustang and her name is Black Beauty. Thank you Tyler Hack for modeling and thank you Tip for the hook-up. Carly, you know you're awesome!! But thank you too for the transportation. I had a Blast and so did everyone else.

Mission 24

      This photoshoot took me hours to set up and shoot and edit. All together there are 8 images in this pic. I composted them using Photoshop and then I color corrected it and cropped it in Lightroom 3. I feel slightly bad because i found out the hard way that rubber cement is not good for the skin. We read the warning on the bottle and it just said that do not eat. So we put it on 2 of the models and it started to burn them. We then checked on the internet about it and it then said that do not put on skin, may cause burning and itching and may cause scaring. So we washed it off as fast as we could. Now one of the models has burn marks on their face... I am soooo sorry.!!! But on a better note, we created an A-mazing picture. I only used a Q-flash to light it all and we shot it in the middle of the night. so I had to shoot each person and background separately. I would like to Thank all my models for being cooperative and helpful. Thank you Carly, Ashley, Audree, and Anu!! You all rock!!

Mission 22

      What I think is really A-mazing about these two images is the fact that they are not shot on a location. They are all made up. I had to shoot these from my Advanced Studio class in a small studio room. We built two walls that are to represent a barn look, then we (my entire class) were told to make up stuff that would be seen in this type of setting. Everyone either shot alcohol and cowboys. I was the only one to see beyond what it could have been. My first image is titled "Abduction" and my second image is titled "The Blacksmith". I know, not very creative naming but hey, im just glad i got these A-mazing images. I would like to thank Eddie, Tip, Ashley, and especially Carly for all their hard work, participation, and help. Without all of you, this would not have been possible.

Mission 14.

This image was shot for my Advertising class. I used a total of 5 lights. Two of them had a blue gel over it and one of them had a red gel. One of the blue lights I had shine behind some blinds to give that special shadow blinds look over the woman in the back. One of my other lights had a soft box on it to give the male model the soft tone on his skin. The last light was a flashlight that we reflected off of a mirror onto the watch itself on his wrist. Everything else (the words and the other image of the watch) was composited in photoshop. This is my first advertisement sample and I think i did a pretty darn good job of it.

Mission 12

I shot this mural for an extra credit assignment in my Portraiture class. I took this image under Lightroom to lighten it up and then I took it into Photoshop to give it its extra umph. Not only do I love this picture but everyone who has seen it, loves it as well. yay me!!!!