Past Month's Activities

I know I'm very lame at updating my blog on a regular basis and I usually mention that I'll try to be better at updating but this time I really mean it!

I've done three shoots with local music group Basic Radio (listen to their song "Trans Fat" it's very catchy) who are currently in the process of getting out their yet to be titled full length. They gave me a chance to hear a couple tracks off the album and it is honestly some of the best tunes I've heard in awhile. So needless to say I'm stoked to work with these guys and wholeheartedly support them.

Here is a photo from our first session together:




Our second session:




And third session:




I'm super stoked for these guys to release their album and hope we do more shoots because they are wicked fun to work with!

The Film Doth Return

I've been considering devolving and shooting film for a while now and just recently made the leap.

In the days of big sensors and HD video and all that tech nonsense it just feels good, and oddly enough almost organic to shoot film. I haven't made the push to shooting color slide yet but it's in the works.

Currently I'm working my way through a few rolls of Kodak TRI-X 400. This is a great all purpose film, I personally really like it's high amount of grain (which looks awesome zoomed in 100% in Photoshop!) I just got the first roll of black and white I've shot in almost 5 years. I sent it out to North Coast Photographic Services in Carlsbad, CA to have it processed and scanned. It took about a 1.5wks to get it all the way back to Washington but it was worth it.

Here's an image with very minor adjustments:



Loving it.

P.S. I dropped my D300 the other day, the body, and lens survived but my battery/vertical grip needs to be sent in to Nikon for service :(

Update From Last Post

Finished editing the images from last week's shoot. Shot enough to have three different poses to work with. Took me about 3hrs to edit each collective image, lotsa clipping.

Anywho here's what I came up with:



I'm liking it.

How do you feel about it?

Photoshoot

Did a shoot with local band Ken Parker the other day. While going through the images from the shoot with the band I realized how sweet the images looked as a time lapse so I made one to post online.

I shot over 120 images for use in a composite I'm working on with the band. These are all of the source images pieced together as a video. Enjoy.


Ken Parker from Taylor Jones on Vimeo.

totally forgot to mention that my website is live!

www.taylorjonephotography.com

book mark it kid!

New Lights, New Goals

I haven't posted in awhile mainly due to the fact that I haven't been up to much photographically in the past month or two. Winter is pretty dark, and cold in Washington which makes for rather crappy shooting conditions.

Tax season is upon us and that means refund time. I don't make copious amounts of money professionally so I usually get a couple hundred smackeroos back every year, which I choose to spend on gear typically. This year my investment was new lights.

I chose to go with AlienBees for a few reasons. They are relatively cheap when compared with other manufacturers making comparable products (Hensel, Profoto, etc.) they are sturdy, they make great accessories and Paul C. Buff Inc. has excellent customer service and a great attitude towards satisfying the customer.

I bought the following items:

Alien Bees B800
47" Octabox
22" Beauty Dish
13' lightstand and boom w/11lbs counterweight
Vagabond II battery pack

I must I was completely blown away with how fast my order was processed, shipped and on my door resulting in me smiling like an idiot at all my new toys.

These new lights have given me a fresh outlook on my photography and make me strive to gain more shoots with more clients and really start building my business. I am currently seeking shoots and am in the process of setting up a few personal shoots with some models from around Seattle.

Also went out with my bud Trev earlier tonight and snapped a few shots with the new light rig. The following were shot with the B800 and the octabox:







I'm stoked, I love photography.

not much to report lately.

will post when something worth while happens.