Tempast and I met up earlier this year to try and come together and create something interesting. The day of the shoot my MUA cancels on me and the hair stylist has fallen into some kind of black hole where cell reception is good, but alas voicemails are received and never returned. So throwing together everything we could we decided to make a day of the shoot with whatever we had at hand.

The last image, titled “Black Queen” (as in Chess) is the first of a two part series. It was one of the 3 prints I had at the Skin Two Atlanta Event a few weeks ago. I wasn’t feeling that well so I stayed in that night, but hung up my prints for display anyway, only to find out that someone stole it. They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but I think I’m going to have to go with theft-by-taking as the leader in my books. If you’d like a print of Black Queen (or any other prints) contact me through my form.

Needless to say, that may very well be the last Skin Two event I show at.

So last Summer, I was posting up some of my work at the time and I got a message from a model living in Hollywood, CA. She was planning on being in Atlanta that December to be a bridesmaid in her friend’s wedding who just happened to be a model I had worked with a couple of years ago. I believe Hollywood is the farthest anyone has traveled to work with me. Granted I wasn’t the only photographer she worked with while in Atlanta, but it’s a nice thought regardless.

She arrives on time, fresh and ready to get started. As the makeup artist is doing her thing, I start setting up and get to chatting with her. Turns out that aside from being a latex model for Fierce Couture, she is also the singer for a band called Satiate, and a horror movie screamer.

She does voice effects and screams for a lot of horror and action movies that have been out in theaters for the past few years. She said she lost count of how many she’s in. Turns out her agent just sells the samples to various production studios and cuts her a check whenever it gets used. I thought that was pretty cool, so being the YouTube addict that I am I show her the Wilhelm Scream Compilation. I told her that one day someone will make the TC Scream Compilation. If you’ve never seen it before, I guarantee that you’ll not only be able to hear, but also identify the Wilhelm Scream in almost every movie you see for the rest of your life. I’ve probably seen about 10+ movies that aren’t in the compilation that have the scream. The most recent film I saw that had it was Jumper.

I decide to use her in my Septem series. Unfortunately, the Septem shot she is in isn’t quite ready, but the rest of her shots are. =]

I believe all of the wardrobe she modeled came from Fierce Couture. Aside from her having the most brilliant hair I’ve seen on a model, I had a lot of fun retouching these shots because of the textured clothing.

I recently stumbled upon Carlynn portfolio and after sending her a message we decided to work together. Although this set is small, it’s because she is actually in my second Septem shot that I’ll be posting in a couple of weeks.

Full sized version are found in the Portfolio section, “2007 > Carlynn Taylor” folder.

Forgot I had finished retouching these. This is a set I did with Genevieve last Fall. She’s actually a blast to work with, and hang out with.

Full size versions are found in the Portfolio section, in the “2007 > Genevieve Rachel” folder.

First image of my newest series “Septem”.

Gula

You know, these Holiday cards are a lot more fun to send out when you make them yourself.

Happy New Year 2008 from Low Tek and Friends! Special thanks to Jennifer Denise for makeup. Fela Fray and Genevieve for enduring the cold studio. And to Jewels for being patient. =]

The version without the text will be posted here on New Years Day.

Stay safe everyone.

Excuse the mess. I’ve been meaning to redesign my site for a while, but I just now got some free time to do so. Some sections may or may not work completely. I am working on them.

In the mean time, please take a look at the New Portfolio section.

Earlier this Summer I was interviewed by email from one of the editors of People Magazine (Australia). As you can tell, People Magazine in Australia isn’t a tabloid. =]

I haven’t gotten any huge job or shoot offers yet, but I can hope.

(Click the thumbnails for a larger view)

Simona is a glamour model from Tampa who was willing to shoot just about anything, except glamour. In Florida, about 95% of the photographers there shoot Glamour. Its kind of sad really.

Anyway, she just happened to land some paying work in Atlanta and noticed my portfolio. So we scheduled a shoot and worked over a few ideas. It was funny, she worked with 2 other photographers in the area and said that I was by far the best she’s worked with. She’s already looking for more paying work up here to schedule another shoot with me. I seem to have a knack for spoiling models. =]

Fun Fact: Believe it or not, she’s actually a natural blonde Romanian. She dyes her hair.

I actually took the first shot of my next art project with Simona, but its not ready for public eyes yet. I think I’m gonna wait until I have the rest of the set shot and retouched before unveiling them.

Full Sized Versions in the Gallery

Thanks to my shitty luck this week I’ve got a ton of free time. I did a quick test shoot with a model last Sunday by the name of Tempast. When I answered the door she was wearing a grey wifebeater, grey shorts while carrying about 4 fantasy swords and 3 knives. All of them ranging from “Fucking Sharp” to “Please don’t point that at me”. Who needs an escort when you have a finely sharpened Ninja Straight Blade complete with a matching Tanto?

When I asked her where her wardrobe was, she says she didn’t bring any.

“Oh, well I guess that makes what we’re shooting today a lot easier to figure out.” Normally for test shoots the model brings along a few outfits or costumes to put on. Apparently, she didn’t have a problem not bringing clothes. Clothed or not, I still think I can take a good picture. =]

Full Sized Versions in the Gallery