Behind the Scenes :: Kids, Food and Fashion

I am currently on my second internship and I am working with the amazingly talented Norma Lopez Molina. While working with her, whenever we go on a photo shoot, I take my camera and take behind the scenes (bts) images for my blog and for her. This is sort of a combined post of some of the bts from a shoot for a children's catalogue, a food shoot, and from Miami Fashion week.

Don't get me wrong, I love kids. Kids, however, don't always do what they're told, especially when there are about 5 of them running around and playing with each other. Norma was very patient, and she worked with each kid's hyperness to get the shots that she wanted. The shoot went really good. Plus there was a dog that kept walking through the set, so that was cute. The top image is Norma being goofy, and the bottom was just me messing around with some camera settings.

These images are from a food shoot for a restaurant in a hotel in Orlando. The shoot was fabulous, and the best part? We got to eat all of the food when we were done. DELICIOUS! I had some fun with the toning on the top one, and the bottom is a before and after of our table.

These last ones are from Miami Fashion week. I would have had more, but everything was very chaotic and, there was an extreme lack of communication. Basically, I wasn't able to photograph the show with Norma like I was supposed to, so I got to sit in the back room with the equipment for the two hour show. The good news is that I did get to go look around the booths that they had. Plus Norma was taking individual shots of each of the outfits for one of the designers, so I at least got to see those. The bottom was just some fun that I had. I wanted to focus on the model's hands. It isn't all of the outfits, but they're the ones that I got.

Internship

Hey boys and girls! It's been a while since I've updated anything on my blog, so the next few posts are going to fill you in on some happenings.

Back in November I started my first internship with the amazingly talented Betsy Hansen in Orlando, Florida. It was a great experience. The first weekend I was there was the Winter Park Fashion Week Fashion Show. Betsy was asked to photograph it. I was asked to download the images throughout the show for Betsy and the other photographers. At first I was put right at the end of the runway, and I would be able to photograph if I wanted. Unfortunately lack of a power source made me move to the back corner of the room, behind the check in area, so my view was mostly blocked. Lower left is Betsy doing her
thing, and the lower right is the view from my station.

While I was working with Betsy, I was also able to go with her to the PDN Photo Expo in New York City. While there, Betsy photographed Diana Hardeman, owner and founder of MilkMade Ice Cream. Diana was very sweet ad great to work with. Here's some behind the scenes images

Composite

This is an assignment were we had to take a portrait of someone, and  a separate background image and put them together to make one image. I worked with the lovely Shana Jarrett, and this is what I ended up with, plus one 'cause we were having fun.

New River Gorge

Went to a family reunion in West Virginia this last weekend. On the way we stopped at the New River Gorge. Hopefully I got something to use for portfolio.

On the Road Again

Taking pictures of roads isn't exactly all that exciting, but we found a way to make it fun.