Charlotte Bobcats v Washington Wizards 3/25/09

The wins have unfortunately been few and far between for the Washington Wizards this season, Last nights game was a very competitive game and a great results for the Wizards. Here is a small selection of some of my favourite shots from the game.




Strobist info;
Canon EOS 40D
24-70 f/2.8 L Lens
f/5.0 @ 1/250
ISO 320
4 Speedotron Strobes (Pack & Heads) in rafters

Headshots for Kristen...

I just finished a quick review of the images I shot of Kristen on Sunday. Kristen is getting back into acting after a brief hiatus whilst she was studying for her Masters Degree. She needed some new headshots ranging from (in her words) "girl next door" to "bitchy". We had the wonderful assistance of Melissa my talented make-up artist to help with the transition form good to bad girl. These 2 shots are a couple of my favourites from a brief look through of our shoot. Hardly any retouch on these, that's the great thing about having a MUA!



Strobist info;
Canon EOS 40D
24-70 f/2.8 L Lens
f/8 @ 1/200
ISO 100
Super White Seamless Background
AB1600 to camera left through 16x24 softbox
AB1600 to camera right through 24x36 softbox
2 x AB800 behind subject (left and right) aimed at background

Washington DC Headshot Photographer, Washington DC Professional Actor Headshots, http://www.goslingphoto.com/.

Surprise arrival today...

Last weekend I ordered some postcards from my new printer. To be honest I was expecting them to take about 2 weeks to print and ship (my business cards took a while, but there is extra time involved with rounding the corners on my business cards). To my surprise they arrived today! I am very happy with how they turned out. Now I just need to finish compiling my mailing list and get these sent out.

Headshot for Catherine...

Way back in January I took some headshots of Catherine. This evening I finally finished her retouch and emailed her files. I need to make sure I keep on top of this retouching!

Here is my favourite shot of the ones that Catherine selected...


Strobist info;
Canon EOS 40D
24-70 f/2.8 L Lens
f/8 @ 1/200
ISO 100
Super White Seamless Background
AB1600 to camera left through 16x24 softbox
AB1600 to camera right through 24x36 softbox
2 x AB800 behind subject (left and right) aimed at background

Washington DC Headshot Photographer, Washington DC Professional Actor Headshots, www.goslingphoto.com.

Headshot for Ariana...

When I first moved to DC and was getting my photography sorted out I shot some headshots for Ariana. She is a really fun model/actor from DC and incredibly easy to shoot! So, when I was doing some more headshots recently I invited her to come down to the studio and get some more done and thankfully she said yes. I called her last minute because another model had canceled on me and I didn't want to waste the shooting time.

I finally got her post production finished today. Here she is...

For more info about my headshots just shoot me an email; info@goslingphoto.com.

New Business Cards Arrived Today!

Yay! I ordered some new business cards lately from a new printing company I am giving a try. I was all excitied a few weeks ago when the first package arrived... And then... Bad. They looked dark and I was very dissapointed. However, what I did next is this; I called the printers and said "Hey, my cards arrived dark, whats going on?". They said "Go to your order info page after you log in on the site and create an error message". So I created an error message and the next day they called me and said "Yes, your images were dark, we looked at the sample we keep, investigated, and found that a plate was not working correctly, we'll print you some more" and then I said "Yay".

So a week later they have arrived and I am most happy. The colors are right and they are no longer too dark!

Thanks Ashley for having your mug on my cards!

New Blog Direction

Ok.

This entry is going to be a little different to previous entries. What I have been posting in my blog up to this point has been images from shoots that I have done and a little info about the shoot (very little info). After reading some articles in publications such as RANGEFINDER, AMERICAN PHOTO & STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHY and also the blogs of STROBIST & ZARIAS and also some other photographers locally; I have come to the realization that this blog as well as my work needs to be kicked up a notch.

First of all I need to ask my self a few questions;

What do I want to do?
What areas of photography do I want to focus on?
Which clients do I want to work for?

The Answer...

There are 2 areas of photography that I currently concentrate in, and would like to continue working in, but to a higher degree and amount;

a) Professional Headshots for Actors and Entertainers
b) Unique Portraits for varying clients (commercial, advertising, corporate)

Therefore starting now (in the planning stages at least) the following things need to be done in order for me to not only grow as a photographer but for my business to increase and for my work to progress;

1. Website - An incredibly positive step has already been taken in this category. My new (2 weeks old) LIVEBOOKS website is great! I am very happy with the custom design that I received from the web people over there. My front page needs a little work, which I am in the process of doing right now but overall I am very happy with the site.

2. Advertising/Marketing - I have been designing some new items for marketing materials. As part of creating a successful brand, it is important for things like my website, my blog and my advertising to be consistent. Now that I have my website sorted out (colors, fonts, logo, styling) I can implement these into my blog, my web galleries for clients and also any printed/non-printed advertising.
I am therefore in the midst of designing;
a) Business Cards
b) Postcard Mailers (for 2 different purposes - 1. Actor Headshots & 2. Advertising/Commercial Portraits)
c) Posters (for Actor Headshots)

As a photographer if you want to work on a freelance basis you have to get yourself out there. You have to get your marketing and portfolio in front of the people who have the power to hire you; Art Directors, Photo Editors, Marketing Managers etc...

So this is where I find myself. I'm in the process of gaining more clients and I am thinking of who I want those clients to be. Targeting people/organizations/companies/institutions specifically because I believe my work matches what they are looking for and because I want to create images for them.

As I get my designs ready and printed I will be posting images of them.

I hope people like the direction that my work progresses in!