Don't Spill the Beans

Here is the second of my "cliche" shots that I was able to shoot with CC a couple of weeks ago. Our first cliche ("Hear no Evil, Speak no Evil, See no Evil") turned out great. Our second cliche was "Don't Spill the Beans". Unfortunately, we weren't able to shoot my original idea because I had problems getting a couple of props so when she showed up to shoot, I wasn't totally sure what we were going to do. We started just trying out a couple of ideas, not really sure what we would end up with. When I got home and got to looking through the shots though, I realized that we might actually have something kinda cool. It wasn't my original intention to show the progression of her spilling the beans, but it just kinda worked out that way, and I have to say, I really like the final result.

You can the rest of the shots from both of our cliches by checking out my Flickr.

Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, See No Evil

I met CC right after moving to Colorado on Model Mayhem. We decided to try out my latest idea, a series of cliches. The two that we decided to shoot were "Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, See No Evil" and "Don't Spill the Beans". Here you can see "Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, See No Evil". The weather was supposed to have been very nice that day but when I got up to Boulder to shoot (my first time up there by the way), it was extremely windy and a mix of sun and clouds as a storm was getting ready to move in.

I showed up about an hour early to try and scout out some locations and wasn't having a lot of luck. I knew for this shot, I wanted something a little more grungy or industrial. It got to the point where I thought the best I was going to do was a couple of dirt piles or maybe a loading dock. Just as I was walking back to my car after looking at another location that didn't fit the bill, I looked across the street and saw a panel of about 10 air conditioning compressors lined up. They weren't running, but the wind outside was causing their fans to spin. I saw and thought that this was perfect.

When CC showed up, I showed her my location and we were both ready to go. I think you can agree that the results here actually came out really good and I couldn't be happier with the final product.  You can see a few more by checking out my Flick

Linda and Rebbeca

I had the pleasure of going out and shooting with Linda this weekend (my first shoot since moving to Colorado Springs).  I found here a couple of months ago on Model Mayhem when I was first starting to scout out models in the area.  After we setup her shoot, she asked me if I would mind her bringing along her cousin Rebecca along.  Rebecca is a great girl who is just starting out modeling.

We decided to meet in the middle of downtown Colorado Springs on a Sunday afternoon.  It was a little brighter outside then I would have prefered (the day before was a nice overcast day, but with 30 MPH winds, just wasn't going to work) but I think we made it work pretty good.  This was the first time any of us had shot fashion which made it kinda fun.  The girls definately got some looks walking around the streets but I think the results were well worth it all.

Take a look at these few shots and check out the rest of the shoot on my Flickr page.