Good news! I had the opportunity of sharing in the 8 x 10 competition for WPPI
and came home with 1 first place winner, and three 2nd place winners! The print that won is the photo of the photo of the girl wearing the red dress running down the path.
I thought I would let you know about a really cool charity event that is going to take place on August 4th in San Diego. The first annual Barbecue Smackdown. This event will feature the barbecuing skills of world renouned Barbecuer and celebrity, Skip Cohen of Rangefinder Publishing. (Carey Schumacher) will compete with Skip for the title, to which many of us agree there is no contest. The best part besides eating the barbecue, is that all of the money raised during this event will go to The Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep organization.www.nowilaymedowntosleep.com/ For full details, and voting rights, please go to www.bbqsmackdown.com All of my friends, please vote for the clear winner here, Skip Cohen.
I had the honor of attending the 2008 Microsoft Summit this week. There were some very stimulating photographers featured. Among those, one absolutely wonderful young woman. Her work was THE buzz of the show. http://missaniela.com/ If you wish to be inspired, go to her website and check out her truly amazing self portraits. This young woman is only 21 years old and is one of those "one in a million" truly gifted people. It was great to see such a young girl making a mark in the industry.
Bambi
I had the honor of photographing an adorable newborn last week. I did the portrait session in the clients home using only the available light from a table lamp next to the bed. Remember Light is Light. I used the 50mm 1.2 lense at about 1.8. That lense is incredible. Using 1.8 minimized room clutter.
Bambam
Here are some of the images I shot yesterday for my newest clients Ryan and Jessica. All of them were done in and around my studio. All of them were lit with natural light and I used the 70-200mm lense at @2.8 as well as the 24mm lense
It is funny how things turn out. I moved into my new studio space, started on an educational tour in Europe, started working on the most exciting new project with three partners (If I told you about it I'd have to kill you) and the craziest thing happened. Each time I was in the pits of craziness, I would have a photo shoot to do. There is something about stress and art. The more stressed out I get, the more creative I become. Here is a photo shot I did yesterday. I feel it is one of my better ones. All of the images were done in and around my studio.
Bambam
The above image was shot by myself on Sunday in my studio. I have very sheer fabric hanging from my windows, and the wind was blowing the curtains around the room. I was photographing this gorgeous woman and decided to capture the wind around the subject.
I have been inspired by the many artist in my building, so much so that I am going to start taking a nude sketching class tonight. I really want to branch out and push myself a bit artisticly. I want to start creating images that are more than just literal photos. So step one.. take a drawing class. Step two, incorporate it into my photography..Hey, it keeps me out of trouble..
bambam
Wow! What a terrific weekend. We participated in open studio weekend for our art community this past weekend. What a terrific program. We had lots of visitors, some from the photo community, many from the surrounding areas. Yesterday we did portraits for anyone coming into the studio and as a result, we've made some new friends. I will post later today some of the terrific people we photographed, not to mention the fabulous dogs.
One of the artist's I met has invited me to participate in a drawing class on Tuesday evening. I am planning to attend. What a great way to expand my creativity by working in another media.
Bambam
Here are some photographs of my new Benicia studio space. We've finally finished the painting, and now are working on the decor.
Bambam
Today is a big day for Cantrell Portrait Design, Inc. We are participating in open studio day along with the other artist's in our community. We've finally finished all of the painting and have hung our sheers and all that is left is to hang some wall enlargements in our new studio space. Thanks to my Epson 9800 we've printed a number of very large prints (60 + inch) to hang. I will post some photos today of the finished (for now) studio. If you are in the SF Bay Area, come by. Our address is 940 Tyler Street. Benicia CA 94510 We will be open today from 10-5 and tomorrow 11-4.
Bambam
