Thanksgiving

Well it's been about a year since I started this blog, my first post down there at the bottom is from Thanksgiving last year. Well it's Thanksgiving again, no senior portraits this year though, I'm stuck at the ranch. It's for the better though, I'm still working on my senior thesis exhibition which is based around the town that my parents' ranch is in, Paige, TX, and being at the ranch gives me a chance to get a few more shots. Here's what I got tonight, hopefully I'll be getting some more tomorrow during the day.

Shooting shows...

I love to do it. Shoot shows that is. If you're in Nashville and you have a show let me know and for a very small fee (some AA batteries, cover and a few beers) I'll shoot it. Here are some photos from the last show I shot. Spider Friends, Diarrhea Planet, and a couple others.

Don't call it a comeback.

I haven't been updating, primarily because only two people read this (thanks Jenilee and Drew!). Anyway, here's a quick run though of what you've missed.

-Blvd, thanks to the efforts of the aforementioned Jenilee, has blown up, we've had at least three shoots a week for most of the semester. Here are a few of my favorites:

(this is not how his face normally looks... he was jowling)

- I invested in some professional lighting equipment.

- I'm starting a new series of photographs based around my friends' houses in Nashville. This is a test shot from the first shoot:

That's all for now. I'm going to keep this updated from now on. Scouts honor.

-Alex

Paige, TX

Every time I go to my parent's ranch in Paige, Texas I get work done.  I think it's just the lack of distractions and relief from the hustle bustle of college and the city.  Anyway, I was there recently and my mom and I tried to take a nice photo with the dogs for our family Christmas card.  We never got the card but I got this photo of my mom and although it's not great, I really like it.

Also, as always, I took some photos of my beloved bison.

-Alex

Senior Portraits

Thanksgiving break means going home & going home means senior portraits.  This trip I shot two of my friends from high school, Amelia and Kat.  I realized Wednesday while shooting Amelia outside just before sunset that I've been babied to death by my studio, I haven't dealt with the sun as a light source in a while.  I've been doing so much soft lighting and backlighting in the studio it took me a while to get used to the harsh and contrasty light from the sun.  After a while I started to use it to my advantage again, but I'm still not overly pleased with the results.

-Alex