Jennifer Hritz: Creative Session
We just wrapped up a creative session for a local Austin Author, Jennifer Hritz (website), to produce media for her upcoming novel, “The Crossing”. The experience was a bit surreal on a day when Austin set an 84 year old record for cold weather in May. This fit our purposes though because the action in [...]
Team Arcana AFW Mashup: Creative
We partnered up with a few of our favorite creative professionals to submit a photograph to this year’s 2013 Austin Fashion Week Mash Up Team Competition. Our design inspiration was a tarot card, hence the name Team Arcana. Our photograph for the competition was then to look like a modern tarot card with gothic influences. [...]
Young Katniss: Creative Session
Who doesn’t want to act out a few scenes from their favorite books and movies? I certainly look to cinema for lighting and character inspiration. A friend contacted us asking if we could do a Katniss Everdeen session inspired from the Hunger Games series. The family put together the outfits and we took care of [...]
Shepherd & Megan: Soaked Engagement
We have said it before and we will say it again, we love our clients. We will be photographing Shepherd and Megan’s wedding next month at Vintage Villas. While going through our initial consultation with them I discovered that they felt their engagement pictures could be better suited to their personalities. When asked about their [...]
Haide & Manny: Soaked
Haide and Manny are Soaked! I mean really, how amazing is the passion in their eyes for each other. This session bounced around from so many possibilities. The first plan was for this to be an underwater session, outfits were purchased, pools reserved, stylists were ready to go. Then the storms came in and the [...]
Creative Session: Camryn is “Soaked”
After a teaser picture from this series generated some excitement on our Facebook page, I decided to make a blog post detailing how and why we made this set of imagery. Let me get the fact out of the way that our model for the day, Camryn Little, brought an intensity and imperviousness to the [...]
Alonda + Jinxy: {Style Shoot}
For those that follow blog know that I am a firm believer in personal and creative projects pushing client work to new levels. We get a chance to experiment with new lighting concepts and with other creative people all pursuing their passion. Yesterday’s project team included a new model, a new to us fashion designer [...]
Underwater Sirens BTS
Ah, this post has been a long time coming. The “Underwater Sirens” Series was the culmination of a month long planning and preparation this past August. We tested and tweaked our settings and camera setups until we go to the point where we can express underwater in the same way we do above. This post [...]
90′s Style: {Rollerblades & Walkman}
And sometimes it is fun to just cut loose and photograph silly things from time to time. The decade of the 90′s was bad for just about everyone stylistically. The early part had the day glo neon with bad accessories, the later part had the Pearl Jam grunge look, and somewhere in the middle you [...]
Fallen Sirens
The tall ship rocked in the waves. The unluckly sailor either cursed or fated to leave this world is cast into the vastness of the ocean. The first and close to the last thought to enter his consciousness is creatures like you three have longs since abanoned this world. Fallen sirens feasting on those that [...]
Underwater Testing: Part Two
Part One is Here Going to talk about 2 new parts of underwater photography that we are starting to get our heads around. The first topic today is external lighting. We last left you last time with successfully getting our camera to fire a remote flash by radio signal as long as the flash (trasmitter [...]
Underwater Testing: Part One
Summer in Texas is hot, make that a capital “H” Hot!. Shooting outdoor portraits in the summer HOT months aren’t a whole lotta fun. So last summer we rented some underwater gear and tested out shooting cool portraits underwater in places like the spring fed Comal River. After dealing with the cumbersomeness of the Aquatech [...]
Pinup Salon Stylists at Blackheart
The stylists at Pinup Salon have style to spare. We got together at The Blackheart down on Rainey Street for a creative photoshoot to show off what they can do with hair, makeup and a strong sense of style. Make sure you go and see these gals for when you need some glam in your [...]
Erin Mishelle: Moonlight Elf
Moonlight illuminates the edges of her face, highlighting the delicacy of her hands and the slight glimmer of her ancestral jewelry. Another night of surviving is another night of victory. A curve in the shape of an S is her body and hips while hands outstretch. What does she hide in her billowy gown? What [...]
Film Noir Storytelling
The night is young. This relationship is growing old. A ceiling fans circles the same stale air you left three nights ago. When will a stiff breeze blow through the open windows of my heart? Waiting and waiting. Should we dance at the Hollywood Bowl? Take in a late night drive in movie while the [...]
Summer Underwater Portrait Series Details
Following up on the success of our underwater portraits from last summer, we are again offering a unique opportunity to have amazingly creative portraits made while underwater. These sessions are super for creative portraiture, maternity, and engagement/couple portraits. Models and Creatives types, these sessions would look epic in your look book. The look and lighting [...]
80′s Style – Creative
Always a fun day when we can push our limits a bit and do an 80′s inspired shoot. Yes, we channeled our early Run DMC and Cyndi Lauper to think breakdancing, awkward angles and Reaganomics. Been wanting to test out this location as well. It’s an art project on 10th street in Austin in the [...]
Black Supra, Ninja Light
Challenging myself is always where I want to be in my personal, creative work. I want to fail trying in new things on my own time so that I can experiment and take the few successes we find onto my client work to wow them. In essence, this is my playground, but a fifth grader [...]
Kolkata, India – Part 2
Editing photos taken in Kolkata, India while listening to Willie Nelson almost gives me instant jet lag. Working through all the RAW files my 5D captured while traveling to Kolkata for a destination wedding. This batch focuses on the feel of the city as we traveled around on Friday. We visited the Victoria Memorial Museum, [...]
Far From Since When
We had the opportunity to photograph the band Far From Since When (website | youtube channel | facebook page) a few weeks back in a killer location somewhere near Boerne, Texas. The shoot was for the cover art and the inside ledes of their upcoming EP, “To Feel”, as well as for their new website [...]
Modern Cinderella
Midnight nears with a glass slipper in hand. Is this yours my darling? The dance we danced was sweet and true. We can’t be seen together, I am not who you think. My love? I must away, please do not follow Cinderella: Jenny Lynn Larsen Prince Charming: Kevan Dress and Styling and Makeup: Alien Shrimp [...]
1950′s Kitchen Time – Creative Collaboration
If you aren’t laughing after the first image, you should probably just go ahead and stop reading now. This shoot was all about fun in the kitchen with a little mischief and a little Lucy on too much Vitameatavegimen. The kitchen was small but the hair was huge!
Winged Faeries – Mystical Weekend Part Three
The Third in the series of our Mystical Story Weekend. Part One and Part Two can be found here. And the story continues… Mother Hawk keeps watch as her young Hens look on into the distance. The fall is ending soon. Hunting will be harder and more ranged. Sneak quietly upon your prey. Hide where [...]
Sirens vs. Druid Archer – Mystical Weekend Day Two AM Preview
Continuation of yesterday’s post…… The sirens call out, searching and singing for their next prey. Perhaps a sailor will catch a glimmer of their image or a snippet of their song, like a hook on the lips. Drawing power from Mother Earth, the Druid Archer lines up and pulls the bowstring taut. Arrows alight as [...]
We specialize in on-location portraiture utilizing natural and additional lighting. Our talents often place us at weddings, in front of high school seniors, with families as they gather, and endurance sporting events.