A few days ago I had a shoot up in Maine for a fantastic musician by the name of Matt Cusson. Haven't heard of him yet? Just wait. Currently he's the keys player for Brian McKnight - and the dude can seriously play the ivory - but he's getting pretty big in his own right thanks, no doubt, to his ridiculous voice. Go have a listen at his myspace page and judge for yourself.
This was one of those shoots that I spent some serious time planning, going over lighting diagrams, running over setups again and again... then I get to the shoot and throw it all out the window and do something else. True story. I had this great space to shoot in, went in, set up about a bajillion lights, tested and tested. He walked into the space and I shut everything off and lit it with a bare light bulb. Yup. Just felt right. Guess just goes to show that you can do all the planning and scheming that you want but when you actually get to the shoot, you have to go with what feels right. And in this case it was a light bulb attached to some hideous lamp from the 70's.
much.love goes out to Christina Elfar for styling and for Shyla for coming and helping me out and putting up with my crazy ideas even when they might not have made any sense.
seek the joy of music
eric
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Thought it might be fun to share a few film scans from some recent outings. Yes, I shoot film. I can't really say that I STILL shoot film because my first camera was actually digital. When I started shooting medium format it made me realize how lazy I was being - not caring if my exposure was a half stop off here or there - hey I can fix it in post, right? eeeehhhhhhhhh boooooo. I have since mended my ways and shoot everything 100% perfect and dead on in camera whether I am shooting digital or film... :] No. Of course not. I do, however aim for everything looking exactly how I want it to look - underexposed, over exposed, tight crop, wide crop, motion, crisp, grainy, color, black and white - straight from the camera... yeah, I can photoshop. But lots of people can photoshop. Far fewer can get it looking the way they want it straight out of the box. I'd rather be the latter.
Hope all is going well in your worlds!!!
seek the joy
eric
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You're shooting medium format film now? Very cool. Mamiya? Hasselblad? Rollei? I'd love to hear the details.
All the best to you.
I love the combo of the curtain and waterfall. beautiful symmetry :)
(05.29.09 @ 04:12 PM)Right there with you bro! Keep it real...nail it in camera:) Great post and pics!
(06.03.09 @ 10:31 AM)Glad to see I'm not the only one that feels this way...maybe i'll shoot a few rolls of film this week... its been a while!
(06.16.09 @ 06:18 PM)
oh my goodness.... these are ahhhhhmazing- LOVE them!! so creative and different and... well, just plain awesome!
(05.30.09 @ 08:39 PM)I love these pictures. My fav is the 2nd one down. Matt you totally rocked it out. Shyla it was great to have you with us for this shoot. Eric, such a pleasure to work with you. I would most definitely recommend Eric's services for any personality - this guy does it all - a true artist.
(06.02.09 @ 02:20 PM)really love the feeling of these images. good call to go with your gut- it's almost never wrong :) hope you are well
(06.08.09 @ 10:20 PM)