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Mystic Weekend Revisited: Creative Portraiture

August 20, 2013 by Josh

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Occasionaly my creative vision outstretches my technical ability to produce the photographs and images in my head. Our Mystic Weekend session is a great example of not having the technical know how to produce what I could see mentally. We photographed these images in the fall of 2011 and at the time my Photoshop skills were caveman crude. 2 years later my knowledge of Photoshop has increased from 1% to 2% doubling what I know, but still a long way to climb. Part of re-processing these images were restoring them to my original vision and some of it was a test to see what I could do with them now. Most of these have never seen the light of day because I didn’t know what to do! We are sharing now to show more from the original plans. You can read the old posts Day 1, Day 2 AM, Day 2 PM.

Let me reset the story for all of our new followers. We have a Druid Archer hunting down other mystical creatures including the Red-headed Sirens and the Winged Faeries. There is also a fight between Old Man Wisdom and a Sun Goddess as she tries to posses his knowledge. Who wins is tough to say as the sun is setting. These were all photographed in my hometown of Kingsbury, Texas with a lot of help from some talented individuals. Kari Lehman and Mitch Bergsma were are Sun Goddess and Old Man Wisdom respectively on day one. Then Mitch turned around and filmed this awesome behind the scenes video. The second day had a crazy fun cast of models/actors. We had Kayla Klepac and Jenny Lynn Larsen as our Red-Headed Sirens. Haley Read, Sky Van Vliet and Tricia Peters Moon as our Winged Faeries flying from a 30 foot trapeze rig and jumping onto mats. Ivy Koehler as our Druid Assassion with head to toe tattoos (and based on the Iron Druid Series from Kevin Hearne).

The top image is an example of what I didn’t know at the time. Creating fire and lighting effects in post production. Color grading to this extent. Removal of unwanted objects more complex than a dust spot. I really had to get it right in camera because my post-production skills were limited. For most projects, that mentality was great and taught me to get as much right in camera as possible. When I want more than enhanced reality I am at a loss. This is a big step to adding to my post production arsenal. A big part is the software used. For us the jump from Photoshop Elements to the Adobe Creative Cloud has been a huge boon. The latest Photoshop, Premiere and ancillary software allows us to produce more than we imagined. The new tools are fast and photographer friendly. Still a ways to go and maybe in a few more years we come back to these photographs and go really over the top!

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Filed Under: Creative Tagged With: creative, creative cloud, druid, fire, kingsbury, mystics, photoshop, portraiture, sirens, texas

Death to the Dress: Creative Fusion Portraits

June 27, 2013 by Josh

Death to the Dress: A Trash the Dress Session where the Dress leaves no evidence.

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This session is a bit hard to explain. It’s one part pinup session, one part trash the dress, one part catharsis, and 5 parts fun. The evolution of divorce isn’t the most fun topic to discuss but Chelsea closed one chapter of her life with a smirk on her face and is anxious to start the next adventure in life. I can’t think of a more fun way to transition than a photoshoot with us!

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We have fusion in the title, because our team was shooting stills and motion at the same time, especially during the fire portion. We have been using LED panels more and more, and our panels from FotoVideo allowed us to film and photograph at the same time without the strobe effect showing up in the video. The other bonus was focusing ability in the fading sunlight. And how about a big hand to Austin, our magic man on the Mark 2! How fun is that video? I keep expecting a T-1000 to enter the frame at some point.

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Our mayhem crew of Lecia Harkins and her assistant Jenny from Austin Beauty on the Go did a fabulous job on the mod hair and makeup. And a big thanks to Anthony at Angel Springs Event Center for allowing our mischief to occur at his venue. (We also had a volunteer firefighter on set, thanks Jim!)

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Let us know how we can help fulfill your vision. I promise we will all have fun.
–JB

Filed Under: Creative Tagged With: death to the dress, divorce the dress, fire, guns, shotgun, trash the dress

Falon: Liberty Hill HS Senior Portraits {Fire and Horses}

November 18, 2012 by Josh

Go big or go home. We try to photograph by the motto when possible. Between our underwater photography, renting airplanes for landscapes or bringing more lights than the sun to session we go big. Falon wanted big. Her dad built a huge bonfire for us to use as a backdrop. Falon brought her black mare, Belle, to ride bareback. We brought the lights and attitude. Belle brought the occassional perky ears. Just a fun senior session all around. Falon’s parents were making faces at her while she was trying to act tough in front of the flames. Three dogs were vying for our attention in the downtime as we setup the lights. And the weather was just a perfect fall November day in Central Texas.

Which of these is your favorite? How can we go big for your portraits?!

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Filed Under: Portraits, Senior Portraits Tagged With: barn, fire, flames, Horses, liberty hill, portraits, ranch, senior

Old Man Knowledge vs. Phoenix – Mystical Weekend Day One Preview

September 26, 2011 by Josh

And now for something completely different. Geoff Hammond and I put together a Mystical Weekend photoshoot, what follows is a short story today in my best Hemmingway-inspired prose. Thanks to our models for Saturday, Mitch and Kari. And a big thanks to my Dad for the weekend hospitality. Stay tuned this week for more from this experience.

And begin scene….
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Filed Under: Creative Tagged With: fire, kingsbury, mystical weekend, phoenix, storytime, warlock

Fire and Ice – McMurtrie Farms – Pflugerville, Texas

February 3, 2011 by Josh

Yesterday the post went up from McMurtrie Farms, “Hey Josh, Gazebo is going to be iced over, want to come over and shoot?”

Ice Princess, full of power, wait, you will see

I love open ended questions like this because my GT/OM/DI mind kick in and start problem solving. Ok, well, sometime I create problems to solve on top of that.
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Filed Under: Senior Portraits Tagged With: chelsey, fire, flower child design, ice, mcmurtrie farms, model, pflugerville, texas

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