I actually shot these pictures years ago with a friend of mine. Though i’ve probably only published at most 100 of my pictures, I have thousands of pictures in hard drives around the house. It’s been a real learning experience going back and putting up pictures that I either didn’t like the first time or was too busy to put the finishing touches on them.
It seems the entire net is gone filter crazy. It makes sense that now that every person in the modern world has a decent camera there are becoming smaller and smaller differences between the quality of shots. Case in point is the latest iPhone camera is absolutely stellar. iPhone 4 video quality alone is amazing for the fact that its your phone. But to my point, adding effects and filters to a photograph can definitely set the mood. I f0und this Polaroid filter on Deviant art. It actually works really well, if you are going for that retro look without the pain of film. I’m sure the purists will scoff and winge, but time, and variety I think will end up winning out.
You can grab the filter here… All you need to do is download the zip file which is an action script for photoshop and run it. I was amazed at how well it was put together.
In this shot I used the expired t600 film which was an interesting look.
So I have a lot more free time on my hands which means I have more time for looking through the archives. I found this one from earlier this years, howierd fair. It was just a quick snapshot of whats going on. I love the lens capabilities of the 14…
This is the latest photoshoot, in fact finished shooting last night at 2 in the morning! Samar is always so much fun to work with…
Some people just take off there clothes and let me take pictures of them. I’m lucky to be surrounded by such people.
Been a long time since i’ve added anything to my blog, but a couple of weeks ago a friend of mine Paul Nathan asked me to do a photoshoot with him. Paul has a Magic show called the I hate Children/ Children’s show. A show that actually adults can site through. Anyway, he and a couple of his Magic friends children got involved and this is what we put out.
It has been too long since I have updated my site or posted anything new. Work has taken me away from my photography and I need to make sure to spend more time on the things that I love. I have to say though this shoot with Samar is one of the best shoots yet in my career. It was fun to work with such a good group of people. Everyone did an amazing job pitching in to make this a success. The patience of our audience and the diligence of our piercers made this a very successful endeavour. Not to mention the ultimately brilliant and beautiful Samar that is always the star of the show.
Prints are available at http://danielriedelphoto.imagekind.com/samar
I’ve been spending more time working with lighting. Looking to get more dynamic elements and trying different things for different effects. My current setup is simple and inexpensive. I use Speedotron currently mainly becuase its one of the least expensive but reasonable quality lighting rigs that’s out there. Lights range from 100-200 dollars and the pack is around 1000 dollars.
However after borrowing my friends Prophoto rig I can see why some folks are will to drop almost a grand per light to get the flexibility and durablity of the equipment. Until, however, I am willing to drop over 8 grand on new lighting, Speedotron is for me.
Here are a couple shoots that I pulled together.
A few days ago, I just received some of my first prints from DPCprints. I have to say that I am very glad that I took the extra time to order my own prints just on the offhand that I missed something. Turned out that I had some glaring edits that I had missed when working on the piece on my computer. I would like to say that I’m usually pretty thorough in checking my files and going over the piece but often times its hard to see the whole picture at a resolution that will show the defects.
It may be more expensive and take some time to post, approve, print and check, however if someone ordered this piece I would have been so embarrised if either:
A. The customer saw the error and let me know in which case I would want them to get their money back which would not be an easy feat with a 3rd party printer.
B. I saw it hanging on someones wall and I saw the defect, I would have the instant urge to take down the piece and send them a new picture whilst cursing at myself.
Both options are not good. Take the time, take the extra money, be thorough, be good to your customers.
This shoot has gotten mixed reviews, either horror or wonder and very little in between. The shoot itself was the brainstorm of myself and Erik Dakota. Erik is a fantastic piercing artist in the Bay Area.
It is one of my most favorite shoots that I have done so far. It has encouraged me to get a print account set up and start offering my photography to others. It’s also where I have started to figure out what I am looking for in my art and photography. This shoot has evoked a reaction more than my other pieces. At first I wondered if I had made a mistake. After thinking about it, however, I realize I was dead on with what I wanted, envisioned and hoped for.
As Thomas Friedman says the world is flat. His concept was more of a socio-economic statement. Mine is more of a statement that people are truly different and enjoy so many different things. Though many will find horror with this piece, they may kringe they might have to look away, and they may shudder. I also hope they look at it and realize that we as humans can do the most amazing things.
I want to capture personality in my art, I want to capture a human, who they are, inside and outside, and express that to others. More of my work will probably drift around from edgy fetish, to comical, to just exploring the beauty of ourselves.
I also offer up the documentary that behindkink did about the piece. I invite you to watch.
