BOGUS!

I wont mention any names...
but I had another shooting location fail on me!
I'm pretty sure this one was going to be a good location for some awesome shots.
Story of my life when setting up shoots. It's just so freakin' frustrating!
....breathe....OK, I'm better.
hahaha
-WS

BEHIND THE SCENES!!!

I always make sure I have someone on the set of my shoots with a camera, to capture all the behind the scene shots. SO much happens to put a shot together and capture a great photo. People seem to enjoy seeing these shots, so...I'll share some with you.
Enjoy.


showing Chris a shot




Having fun while the clay dries on Ruben...took forever!




Assistant Ryan helping keep Chris look "wet"




Model Mindy in the "body bag"




Shooting Mindy in the Body Bag shoot.




Going through some shots with Models Ryan and Marissa.




Setting up a shot with Vanessa.




Shooting Vanessa.




Getting the shot of Marissa in the "Frozen" shot.




Model Beth goofing off before we start shooting.




Behind the Scenes look at me shooting "Flood"




Placing items on the set we built, then lit on fire for the "Fire" shoot.




Models Mindy and Ryan in place and setting up the shot for "Collapsed"




After Ryan and Mindy were lying on the floor with debris all over them.




Chris, Anya and myself in FREEZING COLD WATER!



Chris, Anya and myself warming up near the fire after that COLD SHOOT!

HOLY AMAZING!!!

So I came across this picture from a friend. Its a shooting location somewhere in the South I believe. ARE YOU KIDDING ME! THIS IS AMAZING!

So beautiful...

Its hard out there for a...Photographer!

SO, getting ready to do some upcoming shoots, I can't help but get so frustrated thinking about how hard it is to find a good location...
Don't get me wrong I have some cool locations for shooting...but its hard to find a good location you can shoot at, without getting kicked out, fined, or told you need a $10,000 Insurance fee!
ARE YOU KIDDING ME!
I would totally understand if I were shooting a 6 model, fashion spread with props, assistants, wardrobe and several people around...but I usually have only about 5 people max! INCLUDING ME!
I have found some cool locations and CHEAP places to do some amazing shoots. As far as everywhere else...I guess thats what they call Gorilla Style!
I have some pretty cool and amazing friends, who allow me to use their houses, pools, backyard etc. for shoots. However, to get the shot CRASH for my BEAUTIFUL DISASTERS Series, we had a total of 4 people (me, model, assistant and Hair and Makeup Artist), and we drove behind a grocery store, jumped out of our car, set up and grabbed the shots I needed in less than 15 minutes! I'm sure if anyone saw us, they would have asked us to leave.
Here's a behind the scenes shot of that shoot.
Enjoy!
-WS

Melissa, getting our model ready...quickly!



Beautiful Disasters

Last year with help of my friends, including Makeup Artist/Hair Stylist expert Melissa (follow Melissa's blog: http://makeupmelissa123.blogspot.com/) we created a series, called Beautiful Disasters. Here are the pics from that shoot.

Behind the scenes of Katy's Muddy photoshoot!

My model Katy made this video as we did her shoot. It came out great and will give you an idea of what goes on behind the scenes on one of my shoots. Enjoy!

WET...COLD...FREEZING PHOTOSHOOT!!!!

So the other night...I was in a freezing cold pool, at night, with some friends...all in the name of ART and PHOTOGRAPHY!
We ended up getting some cool shots.
Here are 2 numbing shots that was captured that night...
What do you think?
Enjoy.

-WS