The Lakes Community Health Center

I did some more work this week for the good people at the Lakes Community Health Center. These shoots are always great. Nice people to work with, interesting settings. But the challenge is always the same: working in a really small room. Dental and medical exam rooms are not really designed for photography. They're small and they're full of really shiny surfaces that glare and bounce light in all the wrong ways. These rooms are designed for medicine, which makes sense since that's what they're used for 99.72% of the time, but that means that the .28% of the time that I'm working in them is pretty tricky. I usually end up cramming myself into one corner, filling another corner with lighting equipment, and then telling people "just act natural." Not exactly easy to do when your in a room full of blinking lights and there's a strange man cowering the corner brandishing a camera. Still, we always come away with some great images. Watch for more as the winter goes on.

More from Marvin.

I've really been getting into this new technique over the last week or so. Here are a few more images from Marvin, the 1949 Kodak Dualflex II. I've been honing this style a little, figuring out which configurations of equipment and settings seem to be working the best. I've even been making some custom pieces for the camera to block out unwanted light. I'm sure I look relatively insane trying to use this two camera contraption, but I don't care. The results are worth it.  There's still more tweaking to be done, but, for the most part, I think I have it figured out. Now I just need some people for a few photos; models if you will. But not the prima-donna "I simply won't work without a bowl of peeled grapes and bottle of san pellegrino" kind. I need the northwoodsy, down to earth kind. Potentially, the kind that come with their own massive beard and shotgun accessory package. I have a couple ideas. Also, anyone have a classic three piece suit? Send me an e-mail and we'll set up a time. ((**WARNING: If no one volunteers, I will be forced to continue posting random images of myself and other inanimate objects. And nobody wants that, people. No body.**))

Redesign.

It's 2012. And that means it's time for some changes. Especially here on hiredlens.com. Like shaving off the itchy, frazzled whiskers of an overgrown beard, we've trimmed down to a cleaner, more streamlined, and, I dare say, more handsome version of the same, good-old site. Wielding HTML like a fresh razor and Adobe Flash like warm shaving cream, we've managed to scrape away the superfluous chaff to get down to what really matters. But much like shaving off an unsettling large amount of facial hair, you're bound to miss a little here and there, so bear with us as we find and remove those last few scraggly wisps of the old design. And keep checking back to see what's new in 2012. In the mean time, keep it real out there, people.

Orchid.

Senior Portraits-Kylie

Had a great senior portrait shoot this past Wednesday in Ashland with Kylie. It was a fairly chilly out, but we still got some really nice things outside and Kylie did an awesome job looking warm and happy on a cold day. Then, after we lost the sun, we headed indoors for some more formal portraits. This was probably my last senior session of the season, and it was a great way to wrap up a busy year. It seems like everyone's images are due into the yearbook in the next week or two, so if you had a session with me earlier in the season and still need to choose an image to touched up for submission, let me know ASAP.