"Oblivion" - House of Fools, music video

So earlier this year, friends/fellow photographers Andy, Natalie, and I produced, directed, filmed, and edited a music video for an awesome band called House of Fools.

It premiered today on AOL's music website, www.spinner.com, as the Video of the Day.

Check it out!

http://www.spinner.com/2012/06/07/house-of-fools-oblivion-video-of-the-day/


And be sure to check out some more of House of Fools' great music.
You can find them on Facebook.

NYC Photo Shoot #2: Sneak Preview

I had another shoot in Chelsea, bright and early this morning!  It was just me, my model, and my camera.  Here's a cropped in shot of one image from the shoot.

Model: Brandon Reed

Final Portfolio: Sneak Peek #1

An outtake from my first photo shoot in New York City!

Model: Phoebe Forbes

Stylist: Schimmy Schimmerling

Assistant: Brandon Warren

Spring 2012: Internship with Anna Wolf

A couple days ago, I landed my Spring 2012 internship!
YAY!

I will be moving to New York City for three months to work with the amazingly talented commercial photographer Anna Wolf!  Her beautiful work has landed her with quite the impressive client list, which ranges from Anthropologie and Urban Outfitters to Target and Toyota.  I feel so unbelievably lucky to have the opportunity to study under Ms. Wolf so stay tuned for updates!

Here are a few of my favorite images from her:

Halls Defense Commercial: Sneak Peek!

For our advertising photography and multimedia classes, we had to create a 15 second commercial for a product of our choice.  Kayleigh and I chose to do Halls Defense Vitamin C Drops.  The drops come in three different flavors: grapefruit, lemon, and orange.  Here are some screen captures of our raw, unprocessed video footage:

Remember His Name...

Now introducing Mr. Alec Shull!

Alec is a freshman in the Theatre program at UNC-G.  He is a good friend of mine from high school and seeing the growth from his freshman year in high school to now has been unbelievable!  He's an extremely talented actor so remember his name!  I have taken headshots for him in the past so when he contacted me asking to just shoot for fun, of course I jumped at the opportunity.

We shot using only natural light with a white reflector to for a little bit of fill light.

Spring 2012: Self Promo #3

Last week, I posted a sneak preview from this shoot but now that the project has been submitted and graded, here it is!

The wider, full body photos were lit with my SB-900 speedlight shot through an umbrella camera right.  The close up shot was lit with only natural window light.

Here's the final image I turned in:

Special thanks to Melissa Stanley for helping me bring my vision to life!