This past summer I bought a GoPro camera, which is a small waterproof camera designed for shooting action sports. I took it fishing a few times and diving with me once. The footage was just sitting on my hard drive so I decided to throw it all together. Shot in Ft. Pierce, FL and Matanilla Shoal, The Bahamas.
Shot and edited by me.
Music: "Here's to now" Ugly Casanova
This image was shot on a plain grey background and I was wearing a plain grey shirt. I found the pattern online and applied it to the background as well as on my shirt. This was an exercise for one of my classes, it turned out to be really fun and interesting. The inspiration was from the movie "Garden State" where there was a photo like this done to Zach Braff.
These are a start to a series of portraits I am shooting in the studio using the widest aperture as possible, these were shot at f/2.2. I did a lot of manipulation in photoshop to try and practice some new techniques. Overall I color corrected, enlarged eyes and mouths on all three photos, adjusted some aspects of the face and cleaned their overall face. I don't like manipulating photos but this was something I wanted to try. I am going to reshoot these with a ring-flash and now manipulate them.
This is one of my friends Nico Porcaro. His father, Jeff Porcaro, was a very famous session drummer in the 70's and 80's, playing drums in TOTO as well as touring with numerous other bands. Nico has been playing drums for the past few years and composes his own music and his trying to follow his fathers legacy. Jeff passed away when Nico was a baby so he never got to know him or really meet him but his father is still his biggest influence in his life.
These were actually shot as an assignment for my staged photo class. I decided to have a little fun with them and try a style I've never really shot before. Hopefully I get a few laughs out of them.
Went on a short fishing trip this summer to Grand Cay Bahama. We were only on land for an hour or so during the day. We left early the next morning in search of black fin tuna. I finally brought my film camera with me this trip and shot with Kodak Portra 160.
Over the summer I worked part time at a junkyard I used to work at in FT. Pierce, FL. We had the job of cleaning out am oil sifter. The oil and other liquids drained from cars collect in this pool where the pollutants separate from the water so they can be properly disposed of. Threw my camera in a few plastic bags and took shots until my hands were covered in too much oil to grab the camera.
