Model – Katie Kasket
November 26, 2009 by Darkman
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Katie Kasket was one of my favorite models to work with. A bit of a cult figure in her own right, she’s had a comic book made after her, and has so many followers on Myspace it’s incredible. Katie has a company called Kasket Kustoms, in which she sells custom hand painted purses. Each purse […]
The Boyz…
November 22, 2009 by Darkman
Filed under All Articles, On Photography, On The Fly
These are a couple of friends of mine I haven’t seen in a few years. I ran across this images as I was looking for work to submit to the “Art of Photography” show. I’ve been meaning to enter the show for a number of years and I am finally going to do it this […]
Model – Heidi – From Fresno
November 20, 2009 by Darkman
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Holly from Fresno contacted me via Myspace for a private shoot. She agreed to let me post the best images on my website. She came down and stayed at a friends house, and we shot one day and she came back the second day and finished up her shoot, with some color pinup stuff which […]
Model – Bella – Shower in the night
November 20, 2009 by Darkman
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This is a model I had the pleasure of working with Named Bella. This was a private shoot but she agreed to let me post the best images on the website. The lighting was a nifty trick of placing a big spotlight, a 1954 era Fresnel from Hollywood, outside the shower windows. The lighting gave […]
Desolate Metropolis – a Photographer
November 19, 2009 by Darkman
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I usually don’t get excited over other peoples photography. Except the exceptional, and I mean that, I just don’t. Today I came upon a photographer who just wowed the hell out of me. This person does what I want to be able to do. a style of photography that I have always been interested in […]
Model – Lindsey Lou – Limited Edition Collectible Prints
November 18, 2009 by Darkman
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I have decided to start putting my work up for sale here on my site. I have sold my work before in different arenas, but never on my own website. Galleries, privately and even on eBay(groan). Now that I am going to take my life in the artistic direction I have been wanting to I […]
Lighting Techniques for Hollywood Glamour Photography
November 14, 2009 by Darkman
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Be sure to watch the Hollywood Glamour Photography Video for this shoot HERE Photography Lighting Techniques are sometimes huge mysteries, at least to the beginning photographer. Sometimes to the seasoned pro too, only because maybe it was such a simple setup that it just couldn’t be that easy, right? I know I am that way […]
Annie Leibovitz – Behind the scenes with Profoto Founder Conny Dufgran
November 12, 2009 by Darkman
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Annie Leibovitz is one of my favorite photographers. Her work is well known, spans several decades, and several magazines including Rolling Stone and Vogue. In this video she is photographing the founder of Profoto, Conny Dufgran, for a 40Th year anniversary head shot and celebration. Profoto is some of the finest equipment in the industry […]
Photographic Therapy – A Free Photography Book – by Rolando Gomez
November 9, 2009 by Darkman
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Photographic Therapy – a Free Photography Book – by Rolando Gomez Rolando Gomez, well known author of several photography books, has a new site called Free Photography Books. Go there, sign up for his mailing list and you will be notified of more free photography books he puts out. His current free book is “Photographic […]
Hollywood Glamour Photos and How To Take Them.
November 7, 2009 by Darkman
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Be sure to check out the behind the scenes shots from this shoot, the link to that article is posted at the bottom of this article. I’m asked all the time “How do you do that?”, the style of Hollywood Glamour Photography I do. I had a great teacher, George Hurrell. Someone introduced me to […]