Self Portrait with Christmas Helpers

I had three photos of this, only this one had the bicyclist going through. But I liked that we all seemed to be looking at him, even the mannequins and the little santa. I met the cyclist later in the day, turns out he is a friend of my daughter's so it was another connection.

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Portrait of RM with Heat

The brilliance of the sun on her and the chair and the piercing nature of her look were so intense that not only was it hard for her to open her eyes, it was hard for me to not be blinded while taking the photo.

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Portrait with Wedding Ring

From a commissioned couples photo shoot. I jokingly suggested we go outside and do some shots among the leaves and bare trees, thinking she would say no due to the cold. But she was more than game and we came away with some fantastic shots of her.

November, 2008

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The Girls in the Garage

Our photo club was having a photo shoot in the auto repair garage that is attached to the photography studio where we meet. They had brought out all the lights and back drops into the garage to do a tutorial on studio lighting.

It was a bit too crowded to really hear what they were saying so I stole a few of the models and went to another part of the garage where I found a scaffold for them to get up on. I went up a ladder and got this shot, among others.

I had the camera on manual settings for a long exposure and then added the flash at the end to get the effect.

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Moves and Looks

Triptych of three studio shots with the Model A. From the first series with my new camera, the Panasonic G1.

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Composition with Dirty Work

From a shoot over the summer in a auto repair shop. I didn't particularly like this in color and didn't revisit it until November. I like the view from above in this one. It gives a combination of sexiness and dirty work that has the underlying question of what sort of work is dirty, is she the dirty one because of her outfit, or is the photo dirty, is the place dirty?

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The Racy Race Car Driver

Two days later the cheerleader was transformed into a race car driver.

I met her by accident elsewhere at the fair and stopped her to tell I had posted the photo of her as a cheerleader and the immediate response I got from a friend of hers who she went to high school with. She was very happy to hear it, saying it completely made her day.




We got into a conversation about how many costumes she has (about 150) and the amount of work she does traveling between Tulsa and Los Angeles.

She mentioned she needs to have photos taken of her in all her costumes to update her website and I, of course, offered my services to do the photo shoot.

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The Cheerleader at the State Fair at the Casino Display of the Creek Indians

You see a LOT of wild things at the fair, but for some reason this casino cheerleader really just topped them all today. She was very kind to pose for me with good cheer. September, 2008

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