Flora, Take #2

Take #2 from a shoot with Flora (http://www.modelmayhem.com/3055887) in October of last year, we shot through intermittent rain and a stiff wind, which is a hell of a lot easier for me to work in than for her, as it turns out...

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#0481_26A - Flora, 2016

#0481_27A - Flora, 2016

#0482_24A - Flora, 2016

#0483_30 - Flora, 2016

Amber, Take #2

Second take from a shoot back in October (when the world was a brighter, warmer place...) with Amber (http://www.modelmayhem.com/ANudeMuse) at Marshall's Beach in San Francisco. Sifting through these images... I'm really looking forward to printing some of them soon, watch for a print release from this shooting coming up...

#0473_07A - Amber, 2016

#0473_20A - Amber, 2016

#0473_21A - Amber, 2016

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#0474_18A - Amber, 2016

#0474_19A - Amber, 2016

#0474_16A - Amber, 2016

Print Release, January 2017 - No. 0430_25A

#0430_25A - Sonia And Brittany, Queen Anne Hotel. San Francisco, California. February of 2016. Leica M2, Zeiss 35mm f/2 lens, Alford HP5 film.

Occasionally, not often, things just seem to fall into place... having been invited to a party by a model I'd worked with some years prior, along with a few other creatives, a couple other models, a few more photographers, things got weird, and this image happened.

Digital proofs were printed on Canson Fiber Rag, 5x7 proofs were printed on Ilford Cold Tone Fiber. All prints should ship this week.

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Happy New Year… and enjoy…

Flora, Take #1

For the record, models are pretty tough customers. Sure I've worked with a few prima donnas over the years, but they were the exception not the rule.  Flora was no different. We ended up shooting during the first big rain storm of the season. Thankfully it was somewhat intermittent...

#0480_16 Flora, San Rafael, 2016.

There were a few good breaks in the weather that allowed for relatively un-soaked shooting. The light was wonderfully soft, and It made for some interesting images to say the least...

#0480_20 Flora, San Rafael, 2016.

#0480_14 Flora, San Rafael, 2016.

#0480_11 Flora, San Rafael, 2016.

Word On The Street

Sonder: n. The realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines and worries - a story that continues around you and is connected to thousands of other lives.

#0469_27A - Sleeping Man, Muni Train. San Francisco, CA. September of 2016.

#0470_05A - Man With Gun, Market Street. San Francisco, CA. October of 2016.

#0470_03A - Sunbathing Woman, 3rd Street. San Francisco, CA. October of 2016.

#0469_22A - Cafe, Mission Street. San Francisco, CA. September of 2016.

#0469_31A - Museum Goers, 3rd Street. San Francisco, CA. September of 2016.