Topic: Recent Professional Works (Read 1797442 times)

Thank You.

Shot with discontinued Broncolor HMI's (the blue ones), discontinued P21+ (the fast one), discontinued Contax 645 (the good one).

IMO

BC

fredjeang · « **Reply #3187 on:** October 07, 2011, 12:53:48 pm »

Quote from: TH_Alpa on October 07, 2011, 06:47:57 am

Beautiful, wonderful tonalities.

Thierry

Yes, great tones as always. (I have a collection of Cooter's images in a folder call "case studdies" where I collect imagery I consider important to learn from. This one will go into it)

Ps: Coot is still doing stills?

Willow Photography · « **Reply #3188 on:** October 07, 2011, 12:56:28 pm »

But absolutly not a discontinued photographer.
Great shot, James!

Kirk Gittings · « **Reply #3189 on:** October 07, 2011, 01:03:26 pm »

nice work!

FWIW (probably not much) most of the women the fashion photographers here photograph would scare the crap out of me! Give me a building any day!

cunim · « **Reply #3190 on:** October 08, 2011, 10:12:17 am »

Quote from: Kirk Gittings on October 07, 2011, 01:03:26 pm

nice work!

FWIW (probably not much) most of the women the fashion photographers here photograph would scare the crap out of me! Give me a building any day!

Got to agree. I would be really worried for my early-twenties sons if I didn't believe that women's personalities rarely echo the way they look. Once you peel them, they're pretty much as evolution designed them.

feppe · « **Reply #3191 on:** October 08, 2011, 10:14:23 am »

Quote from: cunim on October 08, 2011, 10:12:17 am

Got to agree. I would be really worried for my early-twenties sons if I didn't believe that women's personalities rarely echo the way they look. Once you peel them, they're pretty much as evolution designed them.

Hannibal Lecter would approve of this statement

bcooter · « **Reply #3192 on:** October 08, 2011, 05:50:46 pm »

Quote from: Kirk Gittings on October 07, 2011, 01:03:26 pm

nice work!

FWIW (probably not much) most of the women the fashion photographers here photograph would scare the crap out of me! Give me a building any day!

I don't know if companies are people, but I do know that models are people.

I've never understood when a client asks can you shoot "real" people because last time I checked professional on camera talent, eat, sleep, pay their bills, catch a cold and can be just a susceptible to the attitude in the room as any "real" person.

We just came off two projects, one with professional talent, one with "real" people, though both were close to the same creative brief, which required styling, makeup, dialog, stills and motion imagery, for print (well I mean web) and broadcast (well I mean web).

The difference to me was non existent because every subject gives up what it gives up. Me and my crew's job is just to make everything better, but in the end moving imagery, still imagery, real people, professional talent, it's all just subject, light, background and creative brief.

When I look at these images and what I was thinking going into the project my thought process was always the same. The subjects may be different, the creative brief may be changed, but it's all the same to me.

The committees I deal with are much more challenging than any person or subject we shoot on the day.

Our industry has changed . . . my role has changed and on set for the last 7 or so years client's mention our "team" and we do have a team approach, though in my case 70% of our team is in house and 100% of my team I have a deep history with, even if it cost me on the bottom line.

So without writing a book, all I can say is shooting a beautiful woman or a field worker is the same as long as we have a plan and we keep the "team" moving in the right direction.

Given this, the only real constant we have is to have high respect of any subject we shoot and to always be ready to adapt.

With that thought it all gets pretty easy.

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This image is from an editorial still session with a secondary brief of adding motion. We have motion imagery, though we have designed the video to be constructed out of stills, title effects and voice over.

It's in post production now and when it's finished I will post a link.

IMO

BC

fredjeang · « **Reply #3193 on:** October 09, 2011, 06:01:11 am »

I think that what you just said aren't empty words but the truth concerning Cooter's work.

One of the things I noticed from the beginning and I really apreciate (and think that it is a strengh) is that Jame's imagery is consistant and teated with the same seriousness whatever the subject might be. This is important IMO.

I've seen many times superb photographic works with models and then the imagery was falling appart when "real people" where involved, a little bit like the model had to have a special treatment and the rest was done without the same care. In the end, it's all about the same.

Consistency in the book is not easy to get but probably one of the most important factor of success. Consistency in the quality and in the look, whatever the subjects might be, and whatever the medium is (still or motion).

SecondFocus · « **Reply #3194 on:** October 11, 2011, 11:11:03 pm »

Sasha Brown is a champion figure competitor in bodybuilding and fitness. I have photographed her often for magazine features, print ads, huge banners hanging in gyms etc. She also happens to be just a beautiful girl. Photographed with a Mamiya DM33, Profoto lighting. Processed in Leaf Capture.