Mario and Steve .:. International Supernoodles

Last week I was down in Denver shooting, schmoozing, and hanging out with friends.  I had all my gear with me and got the crazy idea to do a shoot for fun with my pro photographer friend and fellow DWF member Mario Masitti at an urban location near his place in Denver.  I’m excited for the off season to be here so that I’ll have some time to do some shoots for fun in the name of artistic development. I really like the color of this building that is right across the street from The Penthouse.

Then we just drove around for a while until we found somewhere cool. We liked the look of this graffiti encrusted building! I started out just taking some pictures using natural light.

Then I busted out my new portable beauty dish for some harder light.

For this final shot I just turned and took a shot in an opposite direction that what I intended. I really like the short lighting look in this case! Also, I used the tilt shift to make both of his eyes in focus with a shallow depth of field despite the fact that his head is turned away from me!

As part of the trade, we exchanged RAW files to compare editing styles of the same photos. It is really cool how the same photograph usually has a completely different look depending on who processes it. This is why the whole concept of ‘digital negatives’ in wedding photography is so inherently flawed. The photo isn’t done until it’s processed people!

So these next photos of me were all taken by Mario Masitti Studios.  I did the processing in my own style, thus my watermark on them.  But the pics are his, to be marginally clear   These shots are going to be the ‘before’ shots, before I go in for a haircut tomorrow!