I like to plan my shoots in advance, meet with the portrait subject or model, discuss what they are looking to get from a shoot, what images and photographers they like, and what inspires them. This give me a great chance to hang out in my favorite New York cafes and to understand my subject, building an imagined world for them to inhabit.
Recently I got a chance to photograph some of the models from Hoboken based www.Drakebook.com for a modeling boot camp. This opportunity came out of the blue and I had 4 hours to photograph 12 subjects when usually I take an hour or two to photograph one.
I sat in on one of the talks by a international model video guy who was telling the young models some of the industries harsh truths and insights, I'm, guessing that a lot of it did not sink into the young models, but in time they will come to understand.
I did enjoy improvising whilst exploring a new environment seeing some new fresh faces and doing my first rooftop shoot and and I am happy with some of my results and learned some good lessons for the next time.
There was a boy and girl team shooting on film who “borrowed” my tripod during the shoot thinking it was the agencies. I would like to see their results.
