Dallas

Orange County Photographer Greg Garcia shoots Dallas in Jimmy Camp's Back Yard!

These images are from the Maid Rite shoot that was posted earlier.  The shot with the bubbles was shot a little later in the day and our daylight is just about gone.  Dallas was just having some fun with the bubbles when I snapped this shot.

Maggie

Maggie shot with shoe flash in a parking garage in Santa Ana

Ashlee

Ashlee and I have worked together before and she is a joy to work with. This was no exception. She had been wanting to update her images but had been carrying a busy schedule and not able to book a session. Finally, she had a clearing in her schedule, and contacted me the evening before, to shoot. We both had a small window in the afternoon so we scheduled a shoot in a near by park. We wanted to capture a loose outdoor feel for her shots. I knew of an area with high grass that would make a great location for her images but it was a little bit of a hike. Between our window of opportunity and also coordinating hair and makeup last minute, we found ourselves chasing daylight. The sun was low on the horizon and I knew we would never make it to the area I had intended for the shoot to get the results that I wanted. Ashlee being gracious said not to worry we can reschedule for another time. I agreed but why let this go to waste. Lets shoot! So we did. These images were taken on the side of the road on Parker St. in Orange. They were shot with the Canon 5D at 400 ASA f2.8 @ 1/30, hand held. The top image was one of the first frames shot. That warm edge of sunlight on her cheek was only there for a moment. That was the last kiss of sunlight before it was gone.

At this point, it was literally getting darker by the minute. I turned Ashlee around in the second image and got her out from under the trees to get more light on her. I was already shooting wide open and at 1/30 of a second hand held. I didn't want to shift my ASA any more because I didn't want to pick up anymore noise. With my Sekonic hand held light meter I moved out toward the street until I got my exposure back to 1/30. With the sun behind her and below the horizon, we got a really nice wrap around light and because the light still had direction, it gave her hair separation from that background. Placing Ashlee in front of the treeline gave me a nice edge in the shine of her hair. If she was placed with sky behind her, that highlight would've bled right into the sky. We shot until it was too dark and we couldn't take the mosquito attacks anymore, which didn't take long. It was a short and fun shoot and we were happy with the results.

Ashlee is great to work with and if you're interested in working with her you can contact her via:
http://www.modelmayhem.com/ashleenicolem 

Jodi

 

I shot Jodi in the high desert near Hesperia.  We just pulled off the road in this vacant area and played with posing and lighting as the sun went down.  This was a simple one light set up, set camera right, diffused with an umbrella.  The hair and rim light came from the sun as it was setting over the horizon.  Jodi is awesome to work with and is quite athletic.  At one point she told me that she loves motocross and considered doing that for a living.  Lucky for us that was a conflict of interest with the modeling and she chose to model.

To see more from this shoot, feel free to view my tumblr page.  http://greggarciaphoto.tumblr.com/

Dark Angel

Orange County Phtographer Greg Garcia Shoots Kymree as the Dark Angel
This was shot with the Canon 10D and Quantum Q Flash off Camera

This is Kymree. Obviously this is the Angel Motel on Bitterbush St. We shot this a little later than planned but the image still comes across. I was concerned that being on a major street we might cause a little commotion so I wanted to be in and out as quickly as possible to avoid any trouble. I parked up the street at a 7-11 where Kymree got ready in my truck. Meanwhile, I asked her to wait for my call to join the shoot while I metered and set up lighting. I walked up the sidewalk with my lighting assistant and we weren’t there 30 seconds when the cops showed up with their lights on me. We had just walked up and I had gotten on my side to compose the shot and my head was close to the curb and gutter. The police officer thought I had passed out or something. We had a chuckle about that and he let me carry on with what I was doing. I called up Kymree. We blasted through shots for ten or fifteen minutes and got out of there. Kymree was great to work with and we have continued to shoot together since.

Lighting for this we used a Quantum QFlash mounted on a mono pod powered by a Quantum Turbo Battery.