Learning Chanel French’s process when shooting self-portraits

Why not celebrate your birthday with a self-portrait session? Dress up, and document your life.

Second look from Time for Print Session with Rebecca

Facebook has its pluses and minuses.  It can be used to re-establish old friendships, foster new ones, and keep in touch with family.  In this case, it was re-establishing a friendship from high school.  Kim and I were both cheerleaders.  She was on varsity, and I was on junior varsity.   It was our junior year of high school.  We didn’t really […]

I had an opportunity to work with Diêlha again.  She was one of the models who participated in my Spanish Harlem project, and she asked me to photograph her vintage photo shoot.  A couple of weeks ago, she posted in the Facebook group that we’re members of that she was looking for a photographer to photograph her […]

Photographing men is SO very different than photographing women.  The posing is different, and it’s something that I am still learning.  When I put out a call for a model shoot, Makaile responded.  I told him that we could schedule a date, but he had to be patient with me.  He agreed, and we made plans to shoot at […]

It’s always interesting to photograph someone for the first time.  You wonder if you the two of you will connect, and create images that you both want to share.   I use this energy to fuel myself during a photo session, and it never fails me. Two weeks ago, I put out a model call for a casual […]

On August 25, I photographed the last model for my Spanish Harlem project.  My model was Marina, and she didn’t disappoint.  She came prepared with jewelry, and had a very clear understanding of the concept.  Marina was the second model that I photographed at The Arboretum.  I tried to utilize other locations at the mall because I didn’t want […]

Sarahwas the second model who sat for my Spanish Harlem project.  She responded to my post in one of the local photography groups.  We scheduled to meet on August 18 in the morning.  Our session was in the same area that I photographed Diêlha.  I wanted the same theme, and I wanted to see what Sarah would bring to […]