Archive for the ‘Beauty’ CategorydiamondsFriday, July 29th, 2011
Told you I was in a retouching marathon. Just dove in head first on this shoot for a diamond company. Only 11 left to retouch before I can move to retouching the next shoot. Seriously, six clients from the last two months requested their retouched files this week! Seeing how it’s late Friday, I probably won’t get them all done this week, but at least hope to finish this shoot by tomorrow.
Model Katie Harman-Ebner (Miss America 2002), hair/makeup Lisa Ernst, photography assistant Jenny Mano.
portland photography workshop beauty photoWednesday, July 27th, 2011
My apologies in advance the SEO laden title and post. Just gonna toss it up there and see where it goes. Long time blog readers know that I am an SEO photographer geek. References and good SEO is where I get my business. Increasingly Facebook too.
Anyway, I’m always willing to teach or tutor or whatever. SEO, photography techniques, retouching — realized today that I have a lot of skills that people want to learn. I can customize any workshop too and prefer to work one-on-one at this point.
This is a photo from a photography workshop session this week. Thuy was generous enough to model for her uncle Anthony while I demonstrated some lighting tricks. We started with studio lighting techniques. Five lights here — two on the background, two kickers, and one key. We moved to indoor natural light photography techniques after that.
So really, this is a rare opportunity to hire me to teach you one-on-one! I may sober up in a week and re-think this whole idea so even if you’re remotely interested in a one-on-one photography workshop in the Portland area, contact me today!
Model Thuy, hair/makeup Jessica Belknap
fashion headshot portlandThursday, July 7th, 2011
Full screen version of this headshot photo is fabulous, I promise. 100% tack sharp on those green eyes.
Model Mary, hair/makeup Jessica Belknap
green eyesThursday, July 7th, 2011
Couple of barely retouched beauty photos (this model is incredible — flawless skin!) Check out those green eyes. Wow! Mary is a super cool girl too with a personality that I happen to love. Makes it very easy to work with her. Oh, and for photographers — lighting here is a white beauty dish with a diffusion sock and a blown out window as background. A quick and effective lighting set-up.
Model Mary, hair/makeup Jessica Belknap
headshots portlandWednesday, July 6th, 2011
Had a chance over the holiday weekend to work with my talented friend Mary. She needed headshots (we did a whole bunch of those) but she’s such a pretty girl that we shot a variety of other photos. This “location” is now my favorite spot in the studio to shoot. At a certain time of day, the natural light is just perfect as you can see.
Model Mary, hair/makeup Jessica Belknap
facebook page updated – sort ofSaturday, July 2nd, 2011
Messing around in Photoshop and learned how to create snapshot prints so I decided to create a
blonde and black dressThursday, June 30th, 2011
This shot caught my eye as I was doing a quick look thru after downloading this photo shoot. There’s a quiet intensity to it.
Model Morgan, hair/makeup Jessica Belknap
diamondsFriday, June 24th, 2011
Very nice shoot today featuring diamonds from Simon Golub & Sons. All that shine is real. Pendant, earrings, and ring. Those gems are quite intricately cut to shine from across the room.
Model Katie Harmon Ebner, hair/MUA Lisa Ernst, photography assistant Jenny Mano
beauty photos portlandThursday, June 2nd, 2011
Really fun photo shoot today. A mix of studio and outdoors but mostly studio. Had a chance to shoot some beauty photos too which is always fun. Whitney was great to work with and we kept the pace steady enough to shoot an amazing variety of photos including swimwear and fashion.
Model Whitney, hair/makeup Jessica Belknap
red lipsWednesday, June 1st, 2011
Was looking for this photo to show someone recently and realized I had never posted it on my blog, only on my FB. So today’s post is merely a way of getting this photo into the “cloud” in a place that is easier for me to access remotely than facebook.
Oh and I realize my blog posts have been a little sporadic and sparse lately but it’s because I’ve been busy with all kinds of things — paperwork and bids and updating my website and shooting video. So rest assured, there’s plenty of new content coming up!
Model Parveen, hair/makeup Jessica Belknap
|
