Vodka and Caviar

So.....everybody take a guess at who this is....I bet you won't get it. It's Sarah Enfiedjian! For those of you who do not know Sarah, you will probably never see her wearing lipstick, big earrings, and nail polish again. Thank you so much for being my model Sarah!

This shot was done for James' class. He had us find a tear sheet of a model advertising a product, and we had to try and recreate it exactly. I chose to do the ad for OPI nail color. The color is called Vodka and Caviar. It is part of their Russian Collection. I shot it using my Canon 30D with my 70-200 mm lens at an ISO of 100. I liked how it turned out, but printing it is another story!

Thalidomide

This was another shoot I was at that Ashley did. It was for a drug called Thalidomide, which now greatly extends the life of people age 70+ who have been diagnosed with blood cancer. Several years ago, the drug Thalidomide was used by women who were pregnant as a prenatal vitamin type thing, and in one batch of it, it caused all the children born to have stunted growth and stumpy arms. It had received a bad rep, but now it is back in action for a different ailment. Just remember, if you are on the drug, you are not supposed to operate machinery, so Ashley has run into a bit of a problem with having the client agree on a shot to use. It was fun to help with the shoots, because they involved going to a farm in Swindon to shoot a yellow Tiger Moth Airplane, then 2 days later we were in the studio shooting the models on a Harley Davidson, and also in a classic MG red convertible sports car. We were supposed to be shooting an additional day on James Bond's yacht, but it got cancelled.


oh, the joys of assisting...














I rigged this light contraption up!

Nadine and I went for a pretend ride on the Harley!









So many people go into every shoot we do, it is great to be seeing the whole process of a commercial photographer.

Don't Forget to Floss!

This was a redo for one of my self promos. I shot it with my canon 30d, on my kitchen counter. People should always floss for good dental health.