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July 3, 2013 / Southwest US
June 20, 2013 / Bay Area

Shanza (Before and After)

A while ago I joined the meetup.com ”Bay Area Model Photo Shooters” (BAMPS) group … the group hires models and several photographers sign up to split the price of the model. Each gets time with the model and it’s a great way to learn. Unfortunately the guy who organizes it has different opinions on models than I do: usually they’re not very pretty, look like whores (excuse my language, but it’s true!), don’t know how to pose, have awful make-up, or are hired strictly to be naked. Not my kind of thing.

Enter Shanza … when I saw the event to shoot with Shanza as the model it was the first time I thought to myself ”I want to sign up!” It sold out in 5 minutes. Oh well, I missed my chance. I began to follow Shanza on Facebook. She began to follow me back. One evening I got a message from her: ”I love your work. We should collaborate on a shoot sometime!” The first thing that went through my head was ”Shanza! No way she just emailed me! She wants a LANDSCAPE photographer to shoot her?!” Instead I replied ”when?!”

After way too long figuring out a free day we met up on Treasure Island and spent about 2 hours shooting. After playing in front of some old doors, sneaking into a steel structure area, playing in a trolley, and 3 costume changes we came home with a gazillion images.

May 8, 2013 / Land
April 30, 2013 / Bay Area

Back in March the weather conditions were perfect for low fog. After checking the conditions…

April 22, 2013 / Central California
March 25, 2013 / Bay Area
March 18, 2013 / Bay Area

I thought I would post something a little different … and perhaps surprising today. Despite…

March 12, 2013 / Land
February 25, 2013 / Land

Although Galen Rowell first photographed the Horsetail Falls ”Fire Falls” in 1973 it was only…

February 11, 2013 / Southwest US