Film Noir

I've learned that it's hard to put together a shoot when you are 1300 miles away. Between texts, emials, and phoone calls, it got put together. There were times I wasn't sure. Esp when 2 hours before the shoot, the mua called in sick. I was like ahhhhh. But it worked out. The replacement MUA did a fabulous job. The model looked stunning. In the midst of my dad's very messy house, we managed to do a 100% natural light shoot. Using windows and doors as light sources. Thanks to my low light lens. I think we got some fabulous photos. Watching really bad 80's movies (ie. jaw: revenge and 3 o'clock high), we put together a film noir shoot. I've never done that before and it turned out to be fun. Just the whole look came together fabulous. I can't wait to see the finished results, you know, once I actually go through the photos and start to edit them. So until then, stay tuned. =)

As always I'm putting together more shoots. Follow on Facebook for more up to date updates.

Cullinan vs cullen park

Imagine 100 degree heat filled with humidity. Imagine walking out of your car to start sweating on a few minutes later. Imagine looking out over swamp land to not see a swamp. Just dry and cracked dirt and bugs. That was the scene of my photo shoot two days ago. Needless to say, we didn't shoot for very long. I was almost as wet from sweat that I was when I was being rained upon in New York. I want to thank the model for being a good sport and not complaining. Photos coming in the next few weeks. I promise.

Dom

Posting a few photos from a last minute shoot I did on Sunday. Styling and directing was done by Joshua Bryon. Model: Dominic. MUA: Kylie. Photos taken in the beautiful downtown. Josh and I sneaked up this hotel to the top floor to see if we could find roof access. It was so pretty up there. The view. The oldness. All of it. We couldn't get up on top though. So here are the photos.

Sophia

Model: Sophia Jolie
MUA: Esme Enriquez Velasco

The funny faces of Vanessa aka What would Stevie do.

Imagine standing outside on a side walk, staring at three doors, trying to figure out which one is the right one. When I see the famous photo. Then I'm like duh. So I walk in. There's the model. A mixture of nervousness and excitement. She says, I want to do a shoot inspired by Stevie Wonder. Which in her world means wearing sparkly clothes and sunglasses. We walked around town with one motto, what would stevie do, and then mostly did the opposite. There are only so many poses a blind man who plays the piano can do. Sometimes she was a secret agent, other times she was a california girl. All in all, she did well for her first photo shoot.

Little story to tell: So there I was taking photos of Vanessa in a partially empty parking lot with these really cool graffiti walls in Hipster ville. Vanessa was wearing her brother's lime green jacket and his girl friend's sparkly skirt. This dude comes up to us with a video camera. He's like hey, would it be cool if I filmed you. We were like okay. Later on, I asked him what it was for. He said he was doing a horror movie about Hispters who get murdered for being Hipsters. Haha. So maybe we'll be in a little short film. Either way, it's a pretty cool story to tell.

A sunny sunday

Some days start off cloudy, and before you know it, you are awashed in the sun. You sit on a bench, eating a lemon cupcake from Crumbs, one block from the busy Hollywood blvd, waiting for the model and Mua to arrive. This shoot was inspired from a shoot I did a few months ago on a lovely model named Libby. The mua loved the shoot and wanted to do something similiar. I said cool. This was a marilyn monroe inspired shoot. But don't let that fool you. Each shoot takes up a mind of it's own. So in the mist of tons of police officiers on bikes and in cars, us 3 ladies walked around the heart of hollywood taking photos and avoiding the smells of urine. Here's a little sneak peak. More will be coming I promise. =)

Texas

LordAsh Photography will be trekking over to the great state of Texas soon. First though, I'm doing several shoots this weekend. There should be updates soon!

Elias!

Me: Hey, come look at this.

E: Oh yeah poison oak.

Me: Huh? No..... Elias, the car.

As I tell my clients over and over, two people can be looking at the same thing and see something totally different. I was all excited b/c I found this old car we could use as a prop. Elias was focused on the poison oak. I guess that shows where our minds were. Needless to say, we both agreed that we wanted fabulous pictures. This was our first venture into the wilderness. But prolly not our last. This makes 7 shoots! Whoohoo! so here are some of the finished products. And yeah, I know the car didn't make it in any of the photos. But trust me, it was cool.

Vinyl Art

If there are three things I love, it's music, photography, and art. So here's a little mix of all of that put together. This was spurred by the art I saw at Venice beach yesterday. I have more on my facebook and more in progress. It's a great way to express my love of my favorite bands, by showcasing them as art.

Chris

Headshots. Do his eyes pop?