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Like a doctor who smokes, or a mechanic who has the worst kept car – photographers are notorious for not getting portraits of their own family, and I’m very guilty of that! So – I made a decision recently to get my youngest son, George, into the studio for some cool new portraits!
Father’s Day is coming soon, and I had a great client in recently who wanted some awesome portraits of him and his boys. Here’s Darin, Finn and Beck!! Look great don’t they?
This got me thinking – there must be tons of Daddys out there who only have quick snapshots of them with their loved ones, and surely every Father deserves to have a portrait to cherish? So – Daddy and Me day was born. This will be a single day Limited Edition event at the studio. Watch this blog for more details soon!!
Meet the lovely Katrina – she came to me wanting some great pin-ups for her Navy husband…of course!!
Here are the final 11 images that Sandy Puc and her team will be using to promote her 2010 tour! This was a great project to work on as it not only involved shooting and post-production, but also working with a large team of amazing professionals. I can’t wait to see these images on the final products. For those of you in Portland, she hits town on February 22nd..book your tickets now!
The post-production on these images used a mix of Pindora’s Box (From Mama Shan and myself!) and Design House From the great Andy Armstrong.
I’m often asked – how much Photoshop can you / do you do to my pin-up images? When clients see the first round of proofs to choose their selections for final retouching, they sometimes think…”THAT doesn’t look like the images on his website”.
So – here is a before and after. The image on the left is what we leave the studio with. It’s the perfect base point to get started. The one on the right has had my full Photoshop Lovin’. Each pin-up is unique and special…book yours today!
More from my Halloween shoot with Mandy Apple:
Quick 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!
My 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!
More 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.
Regular 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:
