Oh wow! I’ve missed some blogging. But what a great way to get caught up, then with this post! I recently taught a photographic workshop and created some very fun and fantastic images! Here are a few of them…
This first set of images was to teach and demonstrate how to photograph women, how to light them, how to position them, and how to get great expressions that are real and exciting.
I then showed everyone how to post-process the images with some of my custom-made effects and edges. I really liked this model. I specifically picked her because she was fun and flirty and had a great look. I loved her eyes and cheek bones. We really got some great images!
This image was a great one for demonstrating how to create a real and custom painting, using a photograph. I love how the dress and the background all work together. The texture in this is awesome up close!
This image demonstrates my new ‘Holga’ Photoshop effect. I wrote this effect to mimic the look that comes from using the old 120 plastic Holga camera. It even mimics light leaks and lens aberrations too! Very cool!
Same image but using another one of my custom-made effects.
For this next shoot I demonstrated making use of various types of experimental lighting. Lighting should always compliment the subject, and always be under control, no matter what you’re using: sun, flash, reflector, softbox, umbrella, etc… There’s never an excuse when you’re a professional. Light should always compliment and work for the image, and not just be there to create an exposure.
So for this shoot I showed that no matter what we used for light, even using new and experimental equipment, the results should always be the same!
We demonstrated all sorts of different lighting equipment, both inside and out. This image of her was taken outside using the hotel as a background.
This last photoshoot was done on the last night, very late at night after everything was over and done with. It was actually a non-official shoot that we did on our own. I wanted to do something down on the strip of Vegas, and found out that this model was LDS like me. We sort of bonded for that reason and she was cool coming with me and a few friends to the strip at about 1:00 am in the morning in the pouring rain for a few last images before we all quit.
We went to the Paris area because it had overhangs to block the rain and was also the least ‘cheap’ looking place in town.
This next image was shot down low using a very wide lens which elongated her legs, making her look taller.
These were taken just before we got kicked out of the area by casino security. Apparently we can take all the photos we want with dumb cameras, but when you have a good camera, some gear with you, and a bit of an entourage, it suddenly is forbidden. But that was fine. It was late, cold, rainy, and we were getting tired.
On the way back to the car, we grabbed a couple more images in front of the fake Eiffel Tower. This gal was a great model. She really seemed to gather a crowd while we were photographing on the street. We had a good time and had a great adventure.
Thanks to all these models for working with me, to all the photographers who came and supported the event, and thanks too to my friends for hanging with me and making the event so fun.
If you’re a photographer and would like to attend one of my events, please check out my speaking website for an updated schedule,BryCoxWORKSHOPS.com. Also, if a big event isn’t your style or if there aren’t any events in your area, you can host a small and intimate event at your place as long as at least 8 photographers attend. If you can get 8 or more there, you can attend for free! Call me for more details.
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I asked my “out-of-town-girl-buddy,” Angelina to come help me run my table, and I’m so glad I did — we were swamped. We ended up needing even more help, and other photographer friends that were there came and chipped in to help me fulfill all the orders. So thank you to Angelina, Travis, Troy and Teri for your much needed assistance. I wouldn’t have been able to do it without you all.
And one of Angelina doing a self-portrait with her camera phone for one of her personal art projects.
A day or two later, we went back out to the beach and just played, creating fun images again. Here’s a sampling of the images I created that day.
I actually spoke twice, doing a lighting demo at pre-convention and then later on the main stage during the main convention. The lighting demo was actually 3 classes repeated throughout the day. Then later that week I spoke on the main stage. Here’s a photo of the room looking from the main stage, as I was setting up.
I like this photo because it shows the incredible depth of the room. The brown podium and stage at the front of the room look so small and tiny from the back of the room, and here you can see all four projection screens.
On the national level, there can be more than one photographer of the year, and there are levels, bronze, silver, gold, and diamond. I won the silver. This is based on how well your images do in national competition. I’ve previously won 2 other national photographer of the year awards too, in the bronze catagory.
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I love creating custom collages, and this was the perfect fit for her children. It really gave me the ability to show off the little kid’s different personalities.
…another family portrait, with all the kids looking wonderful. Then when you open this flap, you get to see these cute portraits of just the kids.
This was on the inside. right flap. It’s the last image you see and is the card’s punch-line. I love how the tinniest girl has just had it, the older sister is pointing at her to tell me that she’s not cooperating, and the little brother is just watching. So funny!
Maybe you know this family and will be lucky enough to get one of these cards. But even if you don’t know them, you can’t help but laugh when you see these photographs.
And here is the final design. I love these collages. I design them to tell a story between the images and to show many different feelings and emotions in just one piece. This was created as a larger wall item and is going to look so great in their home.
And here is a glimpse of their wedding invitation. It is square, and this is the invitation folded out, looking at the front of the card (right) and the back of the card (left). It folds down the middle. This photograph made the perfect opening for the invite, because not only is it a great photo with a lot of punch, but if people open the invite and lay it flat, the leaves on the left make such a great transition to the back.
And here is the inside, folded out. I blocked out the names, locations and other personal info, but I just wanted you to see this. Again, it folds down the middle with the spacing of the image to the left making the perfect place for text. Here inside, the image is more dramatic and romantic, and the couple is not looking at the camera but are in a moment with each other. This image really works in the design because there is a juxtaposition with the image on the outside of the invite.
As you can see from their invitation, their wedding is this Thursday. I wish them well and a big congratulations for finding each other and hope that their day is wonderful!
Another photographer, my friend Lori, took this of me while I was photographing this pretty little baby girl. I love this!
And here’s one of the images I took of this little girl.
I also took some time to walk down to a local cemetery. All of the graves were above ground because of the water table, and it made a great place to explore and create some art images.
One of me at the cemetery which is fun, because I don’t usually get photographs of me when I travel.
A street portrait of some musicians on their way to a parade. Photographed with a shift lens (the blur is optical and not Photoshop).
