Fashion Shoot

[jimmyd]

My (2nd) cousin, Tracy, is an aspiring fashion designer. (Her Dad is my first cousin.) Tracy graduated from college a few years ago with a bachelor's degree in fashion design and she now works for a California clothing manufacturer as their in-house designer. But she wants to market her own designs. So, we put together a little shoot for her portfolio.

Everyone--the models, the MUA, the hair stylist, and others--donated their time to this. Here's a sampling of Tracy's clothing that she designed and built. Models are Faye (the red head) and Bree. MUA was Jennifer, Stylist Tracy, Hair Heather, Shauna, Kyle, and Leesa assisted. (My g/f, Leesa, also shot quite a few but these images are from ones I shot.) It was a bit crazy as we started late in the day and only had a few hours to shoot. Plus, I had to deal with a security guard at the local train station where we shot. Then, a local sheriff's deputy wanted to see our permit. Fortunately, I convinced the deputy it wasn't a "commercial" shoot--that it was sort of a student project--and we didn't need a permit. Whew!

Anyway, we decided to take more of a catalogue approach to the shots. Here's a sampling. There were a few other outfits but Leesa shot those.

[PhotosbyChuck]

Nice shots, Jimmy. Wondering why you obscured your cousin's fashions behind that giant (C) tho!

[jimmyd]

Originally Posted by PhotosbyChuck

Nice shots, Jimmy. Wondering why you obscured your cousin's fashions behind that giant (C) tho!

Heheheh... Well, finding my images showing up in a few places where I never intended them to go kind of taught me a lesson about watermarking.

[GREENXTREME]

JimmyD, Have you ever taken a bad photo?.. if so I have yet to see it.. you are my idol in the photography world and I would like to shoot pics that look just like yours... and someday I might..

P.S. I read your blogs and tips.. Thank you so much for the help

and just so you know.. I bought my 1st strobe today so I'm on my way to your level. (now you know thats BS) LOL.

Happy shooting and keep up the great work..

Allen.

[GREENXTREME]

Just to add to my above post.. Did not mean to be rude or take anything away from other photographers on G1 as there are plenty of good ones.. but JimmyD's style is just eye catching.. Sorry if I offended anyone.

Allen

[PhotosbyChuck]

Originally Posted by GREENXTREME

Just to add to my above post.. Did not mean to be rude or take anything away from other photographers on G1 as there are plenty of good ones.. but JimmyD's style is just eye catching.. Sorry if I offended anyone.

Nobody is going to be offended if you compliment a photographer on his own thread! There are several photographers here that always post great work. There are several photographers here that often post feedback and helpful tips for others. There are only a few, like Jimmy, in both groups.

[Bonner]

Nice work all around. Photographers that don't shoot modeling photography to include the late afternoon are missing out! My problem is, that here on the coast, we often have the fog roll in by the afternoon. -Jim





Piper

[jimmyd]

Originally Posted by Bonner

Photographers that don't shoot modeling photography to include the late afternoon are missing out! My problem is, that here on the coast, we often have the fog roll in by the afternoon. -Jim

And often in the morning as well, leaving you with mid-day sun... usually not the best light for photographing people.

[insanepinoy]

nice job sir! that third shot is great! oh and your cousin has some nice designs too.

[Dakewl]

Really good ones!, what a pity the forum jpg compression, they must look pretty nice with higher jpg quality.