Yervant & Joe Buissink...

Hello All,

it's been a little while...but I have some info to share...I just got back from the most amazing seminar...
http://www.yervant.info/usacanada2008.html

These guys are great....and I learned so much...

I just snapped a few images from the part of the session where Joe and Yervant showed us how they would shoot a bride's portrait session....

The lovely model can be seen at www.myspace.com/KellyCampbell24

enjoy....

I also tried to do what Yervant did in the photoshop session....I still think I have some work to do....check it out:

until next time....

dartise

Umbrella

Hello all,

It's been a while but I'm back in action...I've been shooting, but haven't been posting...and I apologize for that...

I wanted to share a couple of images from my latest shoot on Easter Sunday...(a day before my 30th birthday)....Happy Birthday to me...

anyway,

My good friend Steve hooked me up with AJ telling me that she wanted some head shots...so AJ and I discussed a date over the phone and set it up on March 23rd before I knew that day was Easter...

On a side note, she called me when she found out and asked if I wanted to reschedule...I thought that was cool...but I told her no and that I'd see her Sunday Morning....

I did some experimenting with textures and here's an example of the first one...




I think she has a cool name...so I added that to the image...


I have what I call a portable studio...I have a couple of backdrops and I have met my clients at locations of their choice and set up and shot away...(click, click, click)



For AJ's shoot I met her in her apartment and moved some furniture around, set up my backdrop, my new shoot through umbrella and went to work....We had a blast...

Here's and another example of her posing...she was great....





there you go....

until next time....

show it fast...

Hey all,

I was just playin' around with a new program I bought...so I decided to post the first one on thedailydartise....

I hope you enjoy...there's more to come....

until next time....

Valentine's Day Special....

Hello again,

I posted a couple of ads on craigslist offering a Valentines Day special for portraits and weddings...(contact me for details)...Here's a few pics from my latest shoot....





Javier and Nikki answered my craigslist ad, we scheduled a time and a location, and then we were all set...We shot at navy pier here in Chicago....the place is a little different in the winter, but we made it work...They are engaged to be married this year....






Not to be chessy, but I love the couples I shoot...I really admire young love...not to reject "old love," but you know what I mean....They're at that stage where life is whimsical and joyous...and you can see it by the way they look at each other.....






I just try to let my couples enjoy each other....and try to forget that I'm there....

I'm wondering....

What does the last picture say to you? (please leave comment)

until next time,

dartise

film...

Happy Friday!!!!!!!

I'm sorry if it's not really your friday...but don't feel bad because it's not my friday either...I was looking forward to catching the train today because of this wonderful weather we're having (5-10 inches of snow), but now I have to drive...and did I tell you how much I LOVE chicago drivers...

Anyway,

I titled today's note film because I wanted to share with you some of the pics I shot on film...I learned a lot from shooting on my film camera....it's nothing exciting just a Pentax PZ-70...I have a couple of lenses...But film gets a little expensive to develop and scan for digital prints....It was fun for a while...but when I got my Canon, OMG....I fell in love....

So I drove around town, or walked, depending on where I was...and just looked for some interesting things to shoot....I took my camera to work one day and just walked around downtown Chicago after my shift was over....and here are a couple of those shots....






The invisible man, as I like to call it is one of my favorites...I just wanted a shot of the steps headed up to the train...but this man ran down the steps to quick and got in my shot....I didn't have the shutter on high so his foot gives a cool effect as he's running through the frame....So when I got this shot developed I wasn't as frustrated...A great shot by accident...you can't ask for anything else (well I can, but I won't today)...

Have a great Weekend

until next time....

past shoot...

Hey, I decided to share my first backdrop shoot with you guys...




I met Aisha at a concert I shot...I was just looking to get some more shooting experience with the hope that I could make some contacts...Well I did...I handed out many business cards and Aisha gave me a call...she said she wanted some portraits...So we set up a time... she said she was a student and didn't have much money...but I told her we'd work something out...(please don't take that the wrong way)...Anyway, I went to her apartment building and set up my backdrop in the lobby of her building and we began shooting...It's always a bit slow at first...but she warmed up and so did I...and I think we got some great images out of it...

until next time....

dvd slideshow....

Hello my friends,
So after much working and learning and dvd burning ( yes that rhymes). I'm finally finished with the dvd slideshow for the most recent wedding I shot...
So I was talking to a very good friend of mine and she recommended that I take pictures of products so of course I decided to share them with you....








Thanks for the compliments on my lovely ironing board...I need to get one of those fancy light boxes that people shoot ebay items on...

My photography mentor recomended this company called jewelboxing. I think they're great...they sent me the items I ordered the next day , but I did pay an arm and half a leg for them so I guess one day shipping was included in the price although they didn't say...
Anyway, I had a lot of fun putting this package together....and there are many more to come...I'm going to start doing this for portraits soon...and yes it may cost just a little more...but I promise....YOU'LL LOVE IT....

until next time....