nieces and nephews

I’ve been in Los Altos, California visiting my parents before they embark on a 3-year mission to Albania for the LDS church. All the family was here, and it was a great time for kid headshots! My nieces and nephews are the most fantastic, fun, intelligent, adorable little critters on the planet. I’ll be stoked if mine turn out half as well, when the time comes…

Grace, age 5 weeks:

Christopher, age 15 months:

Eliza (and Emily), age 18 months

Joshua, 3 years:

Andrew, 5 years:

Maren, 5 years:

Jack, 6 years:

We tried to get a group shot of my parents with all the grandkids… of course, they were getting tired and not all of them were cooperating, but we still got some fun shots out of it!

Thanks for taking pictures with me; I can’t wait to see you all again!

Keith! Headshots! Fun!

Keith and I hoofed it around downtown Culver City for an hour to get some bearded headshots before he went clean-faced again. He’s shaved now, but at least he’s got the pictures to fall back on for all the fond memories. Keith is an actor, writer, director, teacher, and all-around great guy.

This first shot is in my living room. It was actually just a “test” shot to check exposure, but I really like his look in this one. It seems to be a favorite of everyone I show these to.

The next four were in various locations around downtown Culver City.

The last two were shot back in my living room. We draped an old curtain against the wall, set up the lights and shot away. Naturally, Keith brought a pipe… A beard that distinctive screams for a pipe prop.

Headshots for Dave

A couple months ago I took some headshots for Dave Thompson, an actor, writer, and director living in Culver City. We set up in his living room since it had this great colored wall we wanted to use as a background. We used 2 lights with umbrellas and got a couple headshots I’m really happy with. After doing the headshots we decided to do a couple environmental portraits. Meaning, in Dave’s environment. Meaning sitting on a sofa in his living room dreaming of unicorns. Since that’s what Dave does most of the time. I’ve known Dave a while, and I’m pretty sure that’s his modus operandi. Dave played the part of Homeschool in the film project “Think Tank” I was involved in a few years ago. Maybe someday I’ll do a post with some behind-the-scenes photos I took of that production.

 

 

Devin Colvin, superstar

I was able to get some headshots of Devin Colvin during a break in his busy schedule… he dropped by my house sometime between laying out at the beach and going to the gym, if I recall… It was one of those awesome December days in LA where you can’t believe it’s December. I’ve known Devin for a few years, and was excited to get a few shots for him. We didn’t have much time, so we just pranced around my neighborhood for a few minutes. After the sun dropped, we pulled out an off-camera flash for some fun shots, although I don’t think they’ll work as actual “headshots”, per se. Devin does all sorts of fun stuff, most recently having produced the indie feature film “Coyote”, which I was lucky enough to see at the San Diego film festival last year. It’s a really great film, and will be playing the LA film festival in June!

We took this first shot in the alley behind my house – a series of garages is behind him. They’re really quite ugly, but at this angle and out of focus, I think they look fine, and I like the way the pattern of the lines leads to his face.

In this shot, I think Devin looks like a magician. What spell did he cast on me? I don’t know. I hope it was the one where I am to become fabulously wealthy. Or at least the one where if I concentrate hard enough I can make new cameras and lenses appear in my hands… let’s see…. nope. It wasn’t that one.