More from my Halloween shoot with Mandy Apple:
Archive for October, 2009
Happy Halloween part 2!
October 29, 2009Happy Halloween!
October 28, 2009Quick Halloween shoot with Mandy Apple today – got a ton of great, gory, bloody images to play with, here are two that stood out and demanded to be processed!
James Vs Reality
October 27, 2009My make-up artist, the fabulous Hollie Olsen (available for any make-up services including bridal: Celebrity Spa Services ) is also an actress. She’s staring in a terrific new short due next year, about a guy convinced he’s a super hero and can save the World.
Trailer here:
She asked if I could come to the set (an old abandoned hospital) and take a shot of the cast in character….I’d love to!! After we did the main group shot, I had each of them pose as singles again in character.
Here is the group, Hollie and ‘Rufus’ – the mad janitor! More to come, and this isn’t the final processing yet – just testing. The final DVD cover will probably be more fun!
Henry’s football photo
October 24, 2009Here’s Henry, resplendent in his new football outfit that Nana and Grandaddy brought over from the UK for him. It’s the Arsenal away strip, perfect for our boy as it’s because they used to have Thierry Henry play for them…so the grandparents found a uniform with ‘Henry’ on the back!! Awesome…
Looks the part, doesn’t he?!
Big things for Katchlight
October 23, 2009So – I’ve been a bad blogger again. Good reason though, I’ve been in bed sick for over a week with flu. Urgh. Rough.
No more complaining though! On with the good news…
As readers will know – (see post right below this one!) Pindora’s Box is ready for the public, and I’m as giddy as a schoolboy. It’s AWESOME. Mama Shan and I are really happy with the final product, and we think that pin-up photographers will love it. In fact, it’s suitable for other portrait photographers too. Our launch date is November 1st, and we’re ready!
In a week I’ll be heading to Nashville for the NoBS Inferno, where I’ll be speaking to over 100 photographers from around the country. My presentation this year will be a live pin-up shoot! The day before and the day after the Inferno I’ll also be presenting my own ‘Retouching Junction’ workshops with high end retouching on offer.
Next year I’m planning more workshops for photographers, stay tuned for news on that in the New Year.
I’m also deep into rebranding Katchlight here. People often ask ‘why Katchlight’? Well, when I first started out on my photographic adventure I did use my name, Mike Long, but it seems I wasn’t the first Mike Long in the world to take up photography, and someone already nabbed the domain name, so I searched for something that brought to mind photography…they were all taken. Katchlight – (the photographic term is catchlight) came to mind, and I’ve had it ever since. I often think of just being ‘Mike Long Photography’ but I don’t want to get clients confused with the other Mike Long, who also shoots weddings.
So until I can get that domain name, my brand will be Katchlight, and I’m going to be altering the branding over the winter, with new packaging products and maybe a new logo too.
Weddings for next year are booking at a furious pace – so if you, or someone you know, is getting hitched…don’t delay. I have a few select dates still open, but once booked…that’s it!
This week I had a web designer compliment me on my Portland Pin-Ups website, which is high praise indeed. It’s worth mentioning that I am available to design any website you need…with a focus on photographers of course!
That’s it for now – have a great weekend!
Pindora’s Box – coming soon!
October 11, 2009More info on the new Pindora’s Box that’s launching November 1st! I’ve been working hard on this with Mama Shan and we’re really excited to get this out there for our fellow photographers!
Mike Long and Mama Shan have teamed up to create Pindora’s Box – the very best training
and tools for masterfully crafting beautiful pin-up photographs and illustrations.
Pindora’s Box (Glamouring Edition) includes:
Pindora Flow Actions (130 actions)*
Pindora Bonus Pak (11 actions)*
Pindora’s Virtual Room Template
Custome Brushes, Wallpapers, Flooring
Over 10 hours of Video Training
Lighting Schematic
Camera Settings
….and more!
*Actions in this set were designed for Photoshop® CS2 through CS4 (Mac and Windows) only!
They will not work with Photoshop Elements®
Videos produced using Photoshop® CS4 interface
Requirements:
Photoshop® CS2-CS4. To view videos, Quicktime® Player or Windows Media Player® is recommended. Videos can be viewed only on computers with DVD drives.
Pindora’s Box teaser
October 6, 2009Regular readers will know that I’m working on a set of Photoshop actions and tools for pin-up photographers with my friend Mama Shan, from Nashville. We are ready for a November 1st release and are tying up the final details with our beta testers right now!
Here is a teaser using the Flow actions and Virtual Room:
