Earlier this month I did a shoot for a local lawyer (which I will share in another post) and one of the images from that shoot is now displayed on a billboard in Pflugerville, Texas. Seriously. I can’t tell you how much I’ve wished to see an image of mine on a billboard. So I’ve gone and jinxed myself by sharing my next big wish. It’s something along the lines of going commercial and here’s a clip I watch over and over and over because it inspires me. I mean I love everything about it: the makeup artist at work, the model posing, the lighting, the final images. Hope you like it too.

So. Remember when I told you about my ingenious idea of changing the compact flash card from the 5d to the 30d for a speedy upload? Well, don’t. Your camera will not like it. Take my next advice and buy a card reader.

for NECY Designs

I’ve already posted images here of our master bath. These are more shots I did this time using a small flood light. I didn’t like using strobe to light this room as there were too many reflective surfaces that bounced light on places where I didn’t want it, not to mention what a strobe can do to a window. Natural lighting combined with a wide aperture tends to wash windows out but strobes tend to darken them and in some cases bring more attention to what’s outside the windows than one might want.

Images of our kitchen I shot last month for our interior designer. I thought I would give architectural photography (or interiors) a try. I can’t tell you how challenging interiors is to do. I did a number of shots at different times of the day over the course of a fortnight to test the lighting. In the end I resorted to using four flood lights in various locations in order to light up the rooms and walls where the light did not reach. Also, the lighting under the cupboards were installed by my husband during the building process and I found that the strength of the bulbs were so bright that it flooded the tiles underneath. Therefore I had to cover them with white tissue paper to diffuse the light which helped only slightly. But what I should had done was turn the lights off and use these. Imagine what a photographer would need to know (and have) in order to capture an interior successfully. And imagine the challenges they might face for each and every room and having to come up with solutions on the spot.