Friday, March 27, 2009

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?

Sunday, March 22, 2009

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.

Sunday, March 8, 2009

totally forgot to mention that my website is live!

www.taylorjonephotography.com

book mark it kid!

Saturday, March 7, 2009

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.