live! new! girls!

i often hear the phrase, "you should shoot more women." this little ditty of encouragement or plea for gender diversity is typically something my single male friends voice to me; however, it is not restricted to them.

"do you shoot women?" is just as popular, but i usually only hear that from the ladies.

so right now i'm going to reveal a deep, dark secret about my photography. are you ready? here goes . . .

women don't book me as much as men do :) i welcome anyone and everyone to schedule a photoshoot with me, but i mostly get appointments from the guys. ladies are more than welcome to step in front of my camera, so whenever you are ready ... here i am.

i recently worked with two lovely women - stephanie and aria.

stephanie came by to get her portfolio started and we worked on a few studio shots. i have to say she has excellent bone structure that commands the camera. she was also in for a different shoot than what i usually do because parts of the shoot were being videotaped by jared nattress (budding videographer and filmmaker) for a school project. you can view the video here: Jared's Video

and here are a few shots of stephanie:




aria, on the other hand, had a more challenging shoot. i had a headcold at the time and so did she. we sniffled and blah'd here and there, but she was a trooper and pulled through quite well. her eyes are certainly camera-magnetic and they pull you into any image we took that day. and i definitely do not see a headcold in these shots (good job, aria):




so there you have it. the ladies might not outnumber the men, but they are here and i enjoy shooting them the same as anyone else. until next time...thanks for keeping up with the blog and my photography in general.

- me