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Fun with Hats

earl — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:59:20 +0000

This past weekend I shot some cool hats with my good friend Rachel and some new friends, photographer Naf Visser and makeup artist Michelle Poor. Rach makes any hat look good… even the invisible one in the image below.

She can turn a minimalist hat elegant or whimsical.

And she’s dead sexy, even when you can see just the barest hint of her face.

Valentines Fun

earl — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:00:53 +0000

Every couple of months, ShootStyle, an association of New England wedding photographers I belong to runs an assignment series asking photographers to creatively illustrate a concept. In honor of valentine’s day, the most recent assignment was to illustrate the concept of ‘Done Me Wrong.” Thanks to my wife for playing along!

Sadly, after shooting she went away for a few days and when she returned, the oversized box of candy used as the prop was more the half gone. She had to throw out the rest to save me from myself!

ShootStyle in Mystic Connecticut

earl — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:31:33 +0000

Me and my fellow ShootStylers organized a model shoot this past weekend just before the Mystic 5 photography conference. Here are a few of my favorite shots from the model I worked with:

You can see more of the group’s shots on the ShootStyle blog.

Mountain Workshops in Murray, Kentucky

earl — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:08:58 +0000

I just got back from The Mountain Workshops, a intense week-long workshop down in Murray, Kentucky. Every year since 1976, Western Kentucky University’s photojournalism department has selected one town in Kentucky and created a workshop that documented a week in it’s life as a means of training participants to be better photojournalists. Though not a photojournalist myself, I attended the Mountain Workshops to learn from and be inspired by some of the top photojournalists in the country.

Today I discovered that our work attracted some national attention. A number of the best images from the workshop were displayed on the front page of MSNBC.com.

The image above is a photo from my assignment on the girls high school basketball coach. More great photos from Murray, KY can be seen here on MSNBC.

Fort Taber State Park – and a bit of Trash the Dress

earl — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:07:14 +0000

When my ShootStyle friends and I do group shoots, we often recruit models from Model Mayhem, a site that connects models, photographers, makeup artists, stylists and others. This past weekend a number of folks from that site got together for a BBQ at Fort Taber State Park in New Bedford. I was looking forward to chowing down on some pulled pork and meeting some great photographers who I only knew through their portfolios work. I did take my camera, but only took a handful of shots. Here’s a few that I liked…

First Heather, who beat the heat in the shallows…

Next, the lovely Mulan who explored the graffiti covered underground ruins…

Off-Beat Back Bay Engagement Sessions á la ShootStyle

earl — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:03:58 +0000

Me and five other members of ShootStyle team (Stacey Doyle, Jamie Wexler, Michelle Turner, Zofia Waig, and Andree Kehn) got together to try something a little different. We’ve been shooting a lot of fabulous women in fashionable wedding dresses, but we realized we’ve neglected the guys. So for our latest shoot, we grabbed a bunch of couples and headed downtown for a shoot that was part engagement session and part “trash the dress.”

Below are some of my favorite shots from the day. To see more amazing work, jump over to the Shoot Style fan page on FaceBook and peruse the other ShootStyler’s blogs!

The first couple I worked with, Jackie & David, were up for anything I asked them to do, and often took things a bit farther. They were a riot!

I only enough time to do a couple of setups with Rachel & Adam. Rachel, you might have noticed, is a ShootStyle alumni, having modeled for us on our Elm Bank shoot. Adam was a great sport! Cheers you two!

Color by Shoot Style: Elm Bank Reservation, Wellesley MA

earl — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:31:32 +0000

Sometimes I can’t believe the talent I’m surrounded by here in the Northeast. That notion was super clear last week when I joined the six other members of ShootStyle for the most recent in our series of color themed wedding fashion shoots.

Elm Bank Reservation in Wellesley MA provided a cool and colorful backdrop for the gowns which were custom designed for us by dress designer Julia Anne Ebel, of Celtic Dragon Dress Designs. Stacey also showed her mad sewing skillz by re-purposing some older gowns by adding colorful tulle flourishes.

Below are some of my favorite shots from the day. To see more amazing work, jump over to the Shoot Style fan page on FaceBook and peruse the other ShootStyler’s blogs!

The rest of the ShootStyle gang includes:

Stacey Doyle, Jamie Wexler, Michelle Turner, Alicia Williams, Zofia Waig, and Kristin Cioffi.

Make-up by Jenny DiMucci and Jane Sincere. Hair by Christina Squier Salon