Monthly Archives: August 2008

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Courtney Brandt: Author Photo

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Courtney Brandt is the author of a book for young adults called The Line. It’s about the lives of some high school kids who happen to be in the marching band. A self-professed “band geek,” Courtney aimed to give a voice to fellow band geeks of the world through these stories of young love, high school drama and marching band mayhem. The follow-up, A Fine Line, will be available next month.

Courtney decided that her current author photo didn’t feel natural enough and wanted a new one taken for use on future books and all promo materials. Though she currently lives in Dubai, we met up for a shoot while she was in L.A. visiting friends. She wanted some casual shots that looked like her and were less stuffy than the studio shot she used before. I think we succeeded. Naturally, Courtney gets final pick and I can’t wait to see the one she chooses! My faves are below.

If you were ever in marching band or just enjoy reading about teen melodrama as much as I do, check out The Line or A Fine Line!

I think this one is probably my favorite from the day:

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Ninah: Work and Play

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Yesterday I spent some time with my new friend Ninah at Lemon Creek Park in Diamond Bar. For the past couple of years, Ninah has been expressing interest in acting and being in commercials, so her grandma asked me to take a few headshots so that she could put together a portfolio for her. I was happy to oblige, but I already had it in my head that I wasn’t going to make an eight-year-old spend a couple of hours at a park without getting some play-time in, so we got to work right away with some headshots, with a plan of finishing our time together with some rowdy fun. Here are a few of my favorite headshots:

Ninah was kind enough to let me indulge my artistic side with this one:

After getting those out of the way, we let loose a little. Ninah was all business up until I said it was okay to fool around–an activity she obviously takes very seriously:

She even recruited her cousin, who was hanging out behind the scenes, for some piggy back action:

And, of course, we got some jumping and running in. Wouldn’t be a trip to the park without those two activities! Note the Camp Rock outfit, which Ninah picked out special for our shoot. Jonas Brothers reprezent! (She thinks Nick’s the hot one, in case you were wondering):

I had a superfun time hanging out with Ninah. With a face like that and personality to boot, I know she’ll go far.

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Free to Succeed

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Well, it’s August already. Our one-month wedding anniversary came and went and we are settling into married life quite nicely. The month ahead seems to be quite a relaxed one with only a few photo shoots sprinkled here and there, but come September it is GO, GO, GO all of the time. I honestly can’t wait.

Tomorrow is a shoot with a beautiful young girl who needs headshots for her commercial portfolio as well as some nice portraits just because. We’ll have a fun day.

Tonight I plan to fill my head with knowledge at the Free to Succeed seminar, hosted by wedding photographer extraordinaries David Jay and Jasmine Star. I know I will learn a lot today and plan to put their sage advice to use in order to make my own photography business better and more successful. I’m looking forward to benefiting from this myself so that my clients may benefit, as well.

All in all a jam-packed couple of days! I shall return with images from tomorrow’s shoot!

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