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This is Shannon. She came to my studio for a pin-up session recently and we created some awesome portraits!! This one though, stood out as one of my favorites.
She had an idea for a good girl / bad girl, and I ran with it.
All images on this site are © Mike Long 2011. Considerable time, effort and skill was spent creating these artworks…please do not steal my work.
Yup – waiting for a client again recently I had another go at a self portrait. This then, is the chief cook and bottle washer, head honcho, and general dogsbody at Katchlight and Portland Pin-Ups. Yours truly….
Regular readers will know that I LOVE Animoto – and I also have a little history with the company. In 2009 I shot Sandy Puc for an ad for Animoto, and they have also supported my Pinned-Up workshops!
Recently, the Animoto crew asked for a portrait of me, in my very own Animoto shirt, for use in their promo…
I *HATE* being in front of the camera…so this was fairly tortuous! While in Australia, I asked my friend Natalie Howe to do the honors and shoot my portrait…but jet lag and overwork meant I was just too damn tired! So while in Denver recently, I asked Sandy Puc to trip the shutter. I then set to work creating the final portrait for Animoto…and here it is!!
Mike Long Animoto
Another shot working with the great and awesome Sandy Puc’! This is for a promo for SmugMug. It was tough hanging on to my camera while plummeting to Earth at terminal velocity…
Ok – so that’s not how we did this! Sandy went to SkyVenture Colorado with her crew, and under my instruction shot the base images needed for this. I then spent the whole weekend chained to my Mac to piece it all together! This final image will be used for SmugMug promotion and should be on display at WPPI in a giant backlit display!
My updates have been very few and far between this year – sorry folks! I’ve been a busy boy in December… You may remember that last year I was flown to Denver to shoot the awesome Sandy Puc’ for her Animoto ad, and also for her 2010 tour posters…the pirate shot below. I also shot her 2011 tour poster for the upcoming show with Jerry Ghionis.
A couple of weeks ago I was invited back to Sandy’s studio in Denver for a two day marathon shoot where we started the process of creating a few new tour posters. This was great fun and her staff broadcast the whole thing live on the net! We shot Jared Abrams for his 2011 tour, Jack Davis for his 2012 tour. These posters will be released soon!! Finally, we shot ME!! For MY 2011 tour which is scheduled for September and October. I’m going to be presenting ‘Pin-Up-Alooza’… a fun extravaganza of live pin-up shoots, post production and marketing..coming to a city near you! Tickets go on sale soon, and the website for that will be live early January. The poster is finished, but you can’t see it yet. Here’s a sneak peak at me in make-up though!
Me, dressed, make up and ready to rock….
Sandy Puc’s 2010 Animoto ad, shot and retouched by Mike Long
Sandy Puc’ 2010 Tour poster, shot and retouched by Mike Long
Sandy Puc’ and Jerry Ghionis 2011 Tour poster, shot and retouched by Mike Long
This year, my Pinned-Up workshops have taken me to Canada 3 times, to Chicago, LA, New York….and now, to Australia!
I recently flew down-under for to present a couple of workshops, one in Melbourne and one in Sydney! It was a whirlwind trip with virtually no time to enjoy the great country, but all the people I met were awesome!
Melbourne was the first stop, and I had all of one afternoon to explore the city – complete with massive jetlag! After a great workshop, it was off to Sydney where my friend, and great photographer, Natalie Howe and her family took me on a whistlestop tour of downtown, before heading a little further out. The workshop was back in Sydney but again, not really anytime to explore.
Here are a couple of quick videos of my time there, and some of the images so far…not many of the models worked yet…
I’ve been a bad blogger! It’s been ages since I posted and I have tons of catch up to do…
First up – some fun from my recent pin-up seminar in Albany, New York!
This was a great workshop, and the attendees were all great fun!
My friend, Dino Petrocelli, opened his fantastic studio for us to play in. He’s a great photographer and specializes in bike photography.
My models this time were Bridget and Coco – both awesome fun!
Day one was shooting day, and everyone had a blast posing both girls! Day two was post-production.
Here’s the group shot of everyone, a shot of Bridget that I had in my head as soon as I saw her outfit and the tiny chair in Dino’s prop closet, and a couple of quick videos!
Next stop – Melbourne!!!
Ok folks, it’s been way too long since I last posted…trying to catch up!! Lots of news coming – I’ve been busy!
Been to Canada and New York teaching pin-up photography, shot a ton of awesome weddings for some wonderful people…and now into the end of summer with some more weddings, more pin-ups, and coming October 23rd…Mad Dogs and Englishmen!
Hello dog lovers! and welcome to Katchlight Photography’s “Dog Day” – or as we call it around here, “Mad Dog’s and Englishmen”!! Please take the time to read through all the info on this page, your best friend will really appreciate it, and so will I.
This studio day is dedicated to our doggy friends big and small, and even though I don’t personally have a dog, I love them and wanted to create something special for Portland’s pooches! Taking a few clues from a photographer friend of mine in Canada, James Hodgins, Mad Dogs was my way of giving dog owners an amazing way to capture their loved one, and also to benefit the Oregon Humane Society. My session fees for the Dog Day have been reduced and $10 from each one will go to the OHS, and you also have to bring along a bag of dry dog food that will also go to OHS.
There are only 20 openings for Mad Dogs, so you need to call the studio to secure your space.
Mad Dogs is October 23rd. (by appointment)
Viewing day is October 27th, (by appointment)
Mad Dogs session fee is $59 plus a large bag of dry dog food (see specs below)
$10 of each session fee and the dog food will go to OHS.
Mad Dogs is not your typical, run of the mill photo shoot. I plan on capturing the life and soul of each dog and getting their personality to shine. This often happens within a few clicks of the shutter, sometimes it takes a little longer. For this special day, I will be focussing on each dog, and not the background or props or colors. As you can see by the promo images of Mazy on this page, by making the portraits simple and black and white, your eyes are drawn right into the personality of the dog.
Sessions will be approximately 20 minutes each. I try to capture the winning shots in the first 5 minutes so we don’t stess the dogs out, making them breathe heavy with tongues sticking out (sometimes a good thing!).
More details of how to sign up here:
www.katchlight.com/maddogs.html
A good friend of mine, Jim Arnal, has started an amazing service for Portland – www.portlandoregon.com.
He explains it better than me…from the website:
“PortlandOregon.com was created to help our community find and share information in an effort to enrich community interaction and promote the support of local businesses.”
He asked if I could provide some product photography for their new ad campaigns and I was glad to help! Here are the iPad, iPhone and laptop he had me shoot for them.
The website is an awesome resource for Portlanders – you can find me on there too!!
Photographers HATE having their picture taken. That’s why most of us became photographers so we could hide behind a camera!!
But the time has come for a new headshot…and being bored waiting for some products for a shoot to arrive the other day I had a quick go at a self portrait….I think it turned out rather well….
