8 Lounge

Another fun shoot with the Dallas E-Model group and my friend Sheena Lee. We shot at the 8 Lounge in downtown Dallas.

I had just finished 3 hours of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, with 3 hours of sleep before that...after a 10 hour night shift...and the shoot ended right before my next shift started! Yes, if you can do the math, there wasn't much sleep those few days! It's all good, just drive through it all. I'm pretty good at handling issues, problems or whatever else life may throw my way!

I digress, please check out some of the GORGEOUS women below. They were both awesome! Life is easy as a photographer when your partner in crime is easy to work with.

(remember..you can always click on the images for the bigger version..highly recommended!)

"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious - the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science." -Einstein

"Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth."
-Picasso

"Creativity takes courage. "
- Matisse

"Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one"
-Adler

"The chief enemy of creativity is good sense."
-Picasso

"Life isn't a support system for art. It's the other way around."
-King

"Poetry and art and knowledge are sacred and pure."
-Eliot

"We have art to save ourselves from the truth."
-Nietzsche

_PLAY_
MArk

Boom....drip!

Boooooom.....




Drip.......


Drip.......

-Plya

MArk!

More FollowAModel

Doh! I hit enter and posted 1/10000th of my blog post! how stupid is that... sorry if you're RSS reader sees two posts... I'm stupid I guess...

Anyways, the most important thing is pictures. Images of some new friends, great girls. They were all professional and fun models doing their best on the runway. The fashion shoot was at Club Sting in Dallas. These shots were in support of the TV show FollowAModel. TV camera crews and lighting rigs were all over the place. I was in the video camera shots quite a bit as some sort of prop :) I hope they got my good side!

Enjoy!









-戏剧!!!
Makr

Follow A Model

Teaser shots until I can process them all later today!
For now enjoy!



alPy!
-MAark

Marquis of Vaudeville

Dragging my buddy Dave to exotic and crazy places is as entertaining as the actual event. Last night we spent all night shooting The Marquis of Vaudeville performance and band at the Curtain Club. Patrons were dressed whimsically, complete with tophats, suits and dresses...right in line with the 1800's.

A performance act of interpretive dance, and freaky fire breathing were in order. Along with a fantastic rock violinst!

Image if a rock band existed in the 1830's and they put on a show for the locals. Bubbles filled the air as the band played; the crowed waved gigantic sunflowers passed out by the band. I swear the chicks behind me were intentionally smacking me in the head with theirs! I gave them a nice dose of full strength flash, right in the eyes for their insolence ;)

Anyways, here's a few shots from the night! (click for bigger versions)

As always...play!

-Mark

36 Frames

...that's all you get Dave! Each compact flash card is equal to one roll of film. Huh? I get a few weird glances from Dave and his friend Jessica. They're out just to take some pics at the local Dallas Heritage Museum. You know, take some snaps, giggle and pretty much be a camera whimp. :)

Not for me today atleast. I wanted a challenge, I wanted something tough to force me into thinking. I also wanted to push Dave a bit into his uncomfortable zone! Today's exercise was like trying to tie your shoes with no fingers, in the dark, with cockroaches and alligators crawling around!

Here were the rules:
1. Each memory card is 36 shots.
2. You may not CHIMP (look at your screen). I actually put a card over our displays, cut so that only the shot count would show.
3. Manual focus only.
4. Manual shutter speed, and aperture.
5. Pick one ISO before we start and stick with it!

No machine gun shooting! No rapid fire blasting away! No deleting! No cheating by looking at the display! It was going to suck! This is how we used to do it during the film days. You had to work for your shot...no slop allowed!

Let's look at the bright side. There were only going to be a handful of shots to post process, not the thousands we were used to.

I shot a roll and a half. Which means about 45 shots. I got 5 worth mentioning. The rest...pretty much blew chunks! This stuff is hard, it makes you think, and study your environment. You have a limited set of shots with which to capture your story....

I'm babbling, here's some shots!

The old blacksmith, pounding out some iron.

Leading lines at the blacksmith shop.

1st generation electric lamp and desk.

19th century breakfast nook.

Funny cat kept chasing us!

I'm sure Dave is still cursing my name into the 4th ring of Hades!
But it was still fun to be out taking snaps, giggling and being a camera whimp....no longer :)

PLay!

MArk!

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