This was my taken during my third shoot. Not too shabby huh? I was at this giant loft in Downtown LA. It was like living in a parking garage, wall to wall concrete with a hand full of windows. Ariel was known as Ariel Carmine back then. I found her on a model networking site. I found out later that she was ready to quit the business, she accredits me to her sticking around and making it a full time career. Which is immensely flattering, and i’d have to say that if i didn’t have her as one of my first models, i may not have progressed or continued to be inspired the way i was. Shes just simply gorgeous and her look was what i had always wanted to capture. You wouldn’t know it by looking at this photograph, but Ariel is like a sex predator. She’s worse than most dudes. Anyhow, i love this shot. The way her skin town matched the sheet of wood behind her. I put this print up at one of my first gallery shows and it sold immediately to a lesbian who i recognized as some actress from the television.

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-kelly

After shooting with hot lights for so long, being forced to shoot at low f stops, i moved onto strobes where i had the freedom to make all my shots super crisp using higher fstops. Unfortunately, i lost depth along the way. I sorta swing back and forth between my interests. Overcompensating sometimes, if only to understand that form of photographic communication better. Well depth is back in my life and here to stay. This is a tiny example. Ive got loads more work I’ve shot that adds much more depth, but this was the beginning of a new era.