Tiny Assistants

 These are from a shoot I did at the end of May. I was looking back over them yesterday and realized I needed to give a shoutout to my very helpful and eager photo assistants.

Theo stands in with dynamic poses while I balance lighting.

Soren has a very hands-on approach to color matching skin tones.

Art directors can be so uptight sometimes.

V Day assist

I may be a cover girl but I still enjoy assisting. We photographers have a somewhat insular trade and assisting offers me exposure to different methods and styles. 

Spent Valentine's Day with NYC photographer Julia Baum and the incredibly fine folks (and not-so-far neighbors) over at Myth Busters. Adam is to be featured in her upcoming book on redheads.

SF Weekly: The Naked Guys

SF Weekly put me on Lauren Smiley's feature story covering the 'naked guys' in the Castro, whom (if you live in San Francisco) you may have seen socializing in the public area at Market and Castro streets where the F Train ends. Fun fact: public nudity in San Francisco is not a crime.

I shot my unclad subjects in the Castro a couple of times for the story but art director, Andrew Nilsen, came up with an idea for  the cover that we executed in the studio with a paper set that mimiced the Castro. We were both really happy with the results and I think it's a testimony to what you can still do with paper and tape.

It was late when we were done with the shoot and going over the images; Andrew started choreographing the review to the latest Scissor Sisters album I had playing on set. In this day and age of multimedia it made it onto SF Weekly's website, and is maybe one of favorite parts of the story. It's not work safe as there is nudity, of course.



More interviews and BTS:

Model shoot out

Model shoot out
Originally uploaded by Lady K

I did some photographs on Easter of two very lovely models that I'm going to do a lot of compositing work with. I haven't found the right pastry chef to work with so I've finally decided to do it myself. I'll post my efforts here this week - it should be entertaining.

This is Fernanda in both photographs, she is a spirited young photographer who shot an assignment for her class of me shooting her. You know how I love the Canon girls! 

Make-up is by Mother Joseph and hair is by Sarah Walker.

BTS Grilled fruit shoot with Terry Heffernan

BTS Grilled fruit shoot with Terry Heffernan
Originally uploaded by Lady K

I assisted Terry Heffernan on Tuesday with an editorial shoot of grilled fruit. If you must be inside most of the day when it's beautiful and sunny you can't beat having a table full of every kind of fruit available in the free world scenting your work space.

BTS: Joseph and Raven

BTS: Joseph and Raven
Originally uploaded by Lady K

Sometimes you've got to go with color. This BTS shot was from our shoot on Monday.