Kristen Shoot

Kristen Shoot

A few years ago I was working as a network admin for a law firm called Adorno & Yoss. I have good memories from back then. One of the attorneys working there was Kristen. I always wanted to ask her for a shoot, but being an employee there I felt that asking one of the attorneys to pose for me may come off as...rude? So I never bothered.

A few years ago I was working as a network admin for a law firm called Adorno & Yoss. I have good memories from back then. One of the attorneys working there was Kristen. I…

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Golf Balls, Pretty Things, Snow Queen, and Blu

Golf Balls, Pretty Things, Snow Queen, and Blu

It has been a long time since I have shot with Katie. Too long in fact. We always have fun when we shoot. A shoot was due! Katie mentioned that her friend, Jenna, was coming…

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Lost Pants and Weird Mask

Lost Pants and Weird Mask

So Monika. I haven't shot her in years. We caught up again on Facebook and she told me about an idea she wanted to try. Me being open minded about concepts, agreed to try it…

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Shoot with Anonymous

Shoot with Anonymous

So two weekends ago I shot a model who asked me to remain anonymous. She did not want people knowing that she likes to model on the side...

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Diana Photo Shoot

Diana Photo Shoot

So two weekends ago I shot Diana. She had an interesting look which I generally look for in models. We went to Miami beach to try some test shots in swimwear, since swimwear is extremely…

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Melani Shoot

Melani Shoot

I know I am a little delayed in posting this, but better late than never right? This was a shoot I did when Elena and I visited New York. I posted a casting call for…

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John's Headshot

John's Headshot

So my friend John asked me for some head shots. I promised him I would so I did it this weekend. I needed a white background and decent lighting. Well, when I went to pick…

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Amanda Beach Shoot

Amanda Beach Shoot

Amanda loved the photographs I took of Jaribay. She contacted me shortly after and hired me to do something along those lines. You know, sunrise with nice colors in the back and such? Great! Time…

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Playing with Grain

Playing with Grain

I am always picky about quality. I always like shooting at ISO 100 to make sure I get crisp and clear photographs. Tonight I was playing with grain and wondering about whether or not it's…

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Truffle Swimwear Shoot

Truffle Swimwear Shoot

I was hired again by fashion designer/model Katie Eastman. She is the owner of Truffle, her fashion line. Originally I pitched to her the idea of a bikini shoot with lighting along the lines of…

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Karina Test Shoot

Karina Test Shoot

I recently blogged about my shoot with Sonju and Jessica. I mentioned that I was meeting a model that same day for additional test shoots. Karina is from Russia and like Jessica, is also extremely…

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Test shoot with Sonju & Jessica

Test shoot with Sonju & Jessica

Last weekend I had the pleasure of meeting Sonju of Sonju Photography. I have been following her work for almost two years now. Every now and then we would talk about photography but never met...until…

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Jaribay Beach Shoot

Jaribay Beach Shoot

About two weeks ago I wanted to try a beach shoot with someone that has a bikini figure. I asked Jaribay if she would be interested in shooting. She seemed excited and told me that…

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Death of a Mermaid

Death of a Mermaid

I was looking through some of my unpublished work the other day when I come across this shot. It was a bikini/swim wear sunrise photo shoot. The problem was that the clouds completely blocked off the sunrise and as such I was forced to try other things, other camera angles to try to salvage the morning. In this particular shot, I asked the model to lie down on the sand for some shots, when she recommended perhaps doing a topless concept, but being covered with sea weed. Winston, my assistant, was with me so I take a look at him. I felt a bit shy about the notion since there were people at the beach and I'm not used to shooting implied in public places. I said go for it.

I was looking through some of my unpublished work the other day when I come across this shot. It was a bikini/swim wear sunrise photo shoot. The problem was that the clouds completely blocked off the…

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Amy Training

Amy Training

Amy is a co-worker with a background in graphic design. Often times, when I used to work in her office, she would come along and show me and another IT Co-Worker some of her work. Never failing to impress us, she one day showed me her photographic work using a point-n-shoot camera. Since then I have encouraged her to purchase a DSLR for her photography. She finds out later on that I shoot photographs for fun.

Amy is a co-worker with a background in graphic design. Often times, when I used to work in her office, she would come along and show me and another IT Co-Worker some of her work.…

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Katie Shoot

Katie Shoot

I had the honor of photographing a lead clothing designer in South Florida recently, Katie from www.ShopTruffle.com. The original intent of this shoot was to shoot simple shots with a white background to add to a web catalog. Nothing fancy was required. I did go ahead and did the simple white background thing, but while editing I noticed how colorful her clothing line was, so it sparked an idea. Why not make the background a bit more interesting and augment the colors she is wearing in the shots? Paint! I have also been experimenting with a different editing technique on the skin. Keep in mind, she made the clothing herself. Enjoy.

I had the honor of photographing a lead clothing designer in South Florida recently, Katie from www.ShopTruffle.com. The original intent of this shoot was to shoot simple shots with a white background to add…

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www.ricardosevilla.com Personal Blog Day 1 Training with MojoKiss

Day 1 Training with MojoKiss

 

Today marks the first day I received training from one of my favorite photographers, MojoKiss. We were unable to get the right lighting gear we originally planned to get, so we had to resort to renting the equipment. Who'd of thought that renting lighting equipment would be so expensive? >_<

The rental places closed today at noon. Due to the fact that MojoKiss is a late sleeper, I drove to a rental place at around 10:00am. I called up Mojo and he spoke with the person in charge of getting me equipment that I will need. This consisted of two simple lights, some stands, an umbrella and a portable battery pack to power the equipment.

This day we also had difficulty finding available models. As a results, I decided to get one of my fav little models (who's currently on bad terms with me, so she was lucky I even chose to bring her along) for testing purposes.

Starting to shoot at around 6:00pm, MojoKiss explained some VERY important concepts about lighting. I was simply amazed and awestruck by how fluidly MojoKiss controlled the set and the environment, not to mention his ability to quickly determine the proper settings for the right shot.

I learned a new term today. The term is "chimping". This means that photographer just tries settings over and over again, until he gets it right. Similarly to how a chimp will EVENTUALLY get something right with enough trial and error. I guess you can say, I am a "chimper". Hopefully not for long.

Above is an unedited sample of one of the shots I took during today's training.

Tomorrow the plan seems to be to try some Bikini Beach shots with two models. This will be interesting.

 

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0 #2 Ricardo Sevilla 2010-04-25 01:18
Quoting Liz moreno:
:lol: OMG!!! I can't wait to see the other ones.

Soon enough Liz. Soon enough :)
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0 #1 Liz moreno 2010-04-25 01:02
OMG!!! I can't wait to see the other ones.
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