On Location…

This week we’ve been on location in Century City working with a company I’m not allowed to disclose – they are launching a re-branding campaign next month spearheaded by the photos I take (we go back next week as well) and the magazine ads created with them.  The highlight of the shoot was yesterday at sunset – we got to go atop the building  where the company’s offices are located and take photos of the CFO at sunset.  Security at the building is incredibly tight and so we were only allowed a very short time to shoot – and I totally freaked out when we go there and there was no electricity!  How are you supposed to light a subject at sunset without a big beautiful light?  I brought a couple of portable speedlights just in case that happened, but after testing I realized that the results would not be magazine quality…. however, with five minutes of sunset left, the building’s engineer ran  300 feet of cable to get me power for a big softbox and we captured the amazing shot that I had envisioned.

Paige Lauren Baby Photo Shoot at Cafe 50’s!

It is really challenging taking photos of little ones while a restaurant is open for business – but somehow the patrons put up with our cables all over the floor, babies trowing ice cream cones and, well, the crying!  Who says you need to go to Vegas to get a show with your meal?!

P.S. We’ll be in Vegas in March 10 – 12 for a photography conference… that was for you Donna 🙂

Here’s some behind the scenes shots and final images for fun:

On Location at a TV Market Research Office

This photo shoot was tremendously fun!  The office is set up so that there are giant theaters – all with 2-way glass – and dials where people can in real time give their feedback on a movie of TV show as well as smaller market research rooms.  I couldn’t help but ask questions of my host all through the shoot since I was so intrigued by the idea of what they do.  They told me that it is in their rooms that characters from TV shows get killed off (because so many people respond negatively in the market research process) or actors sit behind the 1-way glass and listen to the feedback on how much people like them.  Fascinating stuff!

The many sides of Francis…

It is always incredibly fun when I am hired to take a person’s portraits “just because.” Any why not?  Everyone should have amazing photos of themselves for online profiles, so that there is actually a good photo of you hanging in your parents house, and of course to document who you are at this stage in your life.  So, Francis wanted to do just that: take some fun photos that show off her personality: professional, edgy, and then the softer side of her with her little doggy.  The little dog was a ball of energy, and we had a fantastic shoot!

Corporate Headshot Shoot

It’s always fun to go into a corporate office and be told “I hate taking photos” by all of your subjects before they sit down to pose for you.  No, really – it is fun to convince people that their photo shoot can be quick, easy, fun and actually result in a great photo of them!  For this shoot, we set up in the conference room – played music and just lined them up!  For confidentiality reasons we can’t disclose the company… but it’s a big one!

Liv and Monkey Photo Shoot

This was a quickie photo shoot with our one super sweet model – it was fun to pull out my old typewriter and use it to style the set 🙂

Twirls Under the Pier

We went to the most apropos location for this collection’s photo shoot… since it is named the “under the pier” collection!  It was so super fun, but whew, who would have thought that the beach would be PACKED on a random Wednesday afternoon!  I had my assistant and the model parents all trying to stop traffic so that my backgrounds were clear, but we were so outnumbered!  It was actually funny after a while how many people would stop directly behind my subject to watch the action until we had to politely enplane to them that they were in the shot.

Erika’s Official Wedding Album!

By popular request – I’m posting my wedding album with our official photographer’s photos.  Hope you all enjoy!

Creatives Need Headshots Too…

The heads of this L.A. creative agency were not too thrilled when their European headquarters told them they need to get headshots for the launch of the new L.A. division’s online and PR photos.  In spite of that, the rest of the team and I dragged them up to the top of the agency’s super cool parking tower for some iconic L.A. backdrop scenery.  By the time I was done with these guys they had totally loosened up and were goofing it up and running around chest bumping one another!  They’ve been busy with new hires and they all need photos too, so  we we’ll see you boys next week…

Lauren Flury Handbag Shoot

We had oh-so-many models for this shoot – and a whole lot of locations to cram into one day! We pulled it all off, and the fantastic results can be see at this emerging designer’s website: http://www.laurenflury.com/