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Model: Hope Sunstar

Updates...

First off...the bad...

Oh so fitting of a gif, Supernatural is my favorite TV show.

So how did I managed to lose my Standard lense? Worth over $1,000 dollars. I was crushed and I still feel I will find it in my car or something. Somehow it escaped my camera bag because of a unforeseen hole in the back. How did I not see it? I am very careful with my equip, what happened? Am I just getting old?

Then it hit me, a lot of my work I have been doing lately in fashion or glamour I rarely used my standard zoom lens. I remember that I was going to make it a priority after I got my first prime lens that I will only use it for fashion work. I hadn't notice it until I lost the standard zoom lens. Now while it does still stings that I lost something so expensive, it doesn't hurt quite so bad anymore

The back pain has flared up again...I don't want to go into it..

Currently we are entering the most boring months of the year right now. January to mid- April are absolutely boring to me. Luckily, I got some shoots lined up. However, I have to just make it through this week. My wife and my father birthday's are this week (2 days apart). Then the most hated holiday to me Valentine Day's is upon us.

Ok the positive!! I am going back to NY / NJ very soon. Going to work with the lovely Zerotia. I have only worked with her one other time and we have always tried to connect again, but with me in the Army and her schedule it was too hard to pull off. Now I am out of the Army and she moved a little closer in my direction.

I just recently did this really amazing shoot with Alyssa. This woman continues to surprise me when we get together, so I am going to share some of the images of her....

I have been working more with my friend Shae Speak TV as well. We recently we created a new video called, "The Hustle". A little short sketch comedy.

Lastly, I got a little message from a lovely model I have worked with off and on and have been friends with for quite some time now. The lovely Ewa Sonnet sent me two images modeling clothing I created for Immortalx Apparel. I was so excited to see this:

There are more images on the way and I can't wait to see them. I hope you enjoyed this mini-update! Comments are welcome.

Test Shoot with The Jazzies

From time to time, I will get asked to test shoots with potential models and I have to admit its something I really enjoy doing. Often times the subject comes to me a little nervous or unsure what to bring, wear or what to do. Honestly, I just tell them to be themselves. This is a learning experience for the both of us. I love doing it because I can tell the range of the talent the model has in a stress free environment. I go into the shoot not expecting anything and I promise the subject if you let go and relax so will I. I feed off your energy just as much as you feed of mine.

In my head this is a nerv… — In my head this is a nervous model, lol.

These two ladies are best friends and Jasmine (without glasses) has been considering modeling and got approached by a couple of photographers, but wasn't sure if it was for her. I could hear the passion in her voice and the eagerness to see what she could do so I told I had some free on Monday and that we could just do something for 2 or 3 hours. I told her to feel free to bring her best friend Jazmine (with glasses) with her.

I decided to test out a technique that I learned from fellow colleague and friend Bryce Chapman. His headshots and portraits are really amazing. I figured I give it a try (after I got his blessing to do it), he gave me the recipe to do it. The ladies were eager to give it a try and granted the technique isn't that hard I feel the need to still perfect it.

In my opinion, it looks good, but I still need to perfect it. More practice in due time. Now for Jasmine I had her to do 10 Shotz with me. With this technique it requires the model to have to change her expression and pose every time the camera shutter closes with no direction from me or anyone else. I tell them if I don't press the shutters it because I have already seen that pose and something else needs to happen. As easy as it sounds, quite a few people can't do it. Not that is not a insult, it just teaches if you want to model you should have your go to poses/expression and be more self aware of yourself physical more than ever. Not many people can do it on there first try. So, in some situations I will offer ideas. (yea I am cheating)

&nbs… — "Yea...I know I am a an enigma..."

Post production after a test shoot is always fun because it allows me to play with custom filters, layers, etc in photoshop to my heart's content. With these I can go as subtle or as far left extreme as I want to.

The last thing I had the ladies do was me giving them an opportunity to be apart of my project that I am hoping to finish before the end of the year. It's quite a large order for what I am doing and the images created are apart of a larger final product. So, I will share a few images from this part of the shoot.

At the end of the day, I love shoots like this often. It gives me the opportunity to really be creative and hopefully allow the model to relax and enjoy the experience. Thanks for reading and please leave comments!!

- Jason

The Interview

"Being a African American myself, you actually think I would forget about my own culture?"

Scouting: Old Mill in Fredricks

Took some interesting photos while scouting with my fellow photographer friend Autumn Dies and my friend Nicole E. Easy to get into, but not the most secure building. It is not advised to go to the 3rd floor because part of is gone.