Surveillance

As part of my Photojournalism class at school, one of the assignments was to create an entry for the World Photo Organisation's Student Focus Competition. The guidelines for the competition were that your image should draw on themes explored within the Tate Modern’s Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera exhibition. I chose to focus my image around surveillance. My idea was to capture the moment of a girl walking in an alleyway clutching her purse as she notices she is being followed. This is definitely one of those times were I visualized what I wanted in my head and was able to create it pretty spot on to what I imagined. It feels good when you can put something together in your head and execute it to a t. While I wanted it to be lit nicely I still wanted to keep the mood of an alleyway at night. Here is my final image.

Here are some others from the night. The model is Kiersten Wallace  

BTS with Michael Raveney for Aspex Easy Clip

Here are some behind the scenes photos from Michael Raveney's shoot for Aspex Eyewear.

Juan Carlos: Professional Eye Roller

7 For All Mankind 10th Anniversary at the Lincoln Road Store for GQ Magazine

I got the assignment to cover 7 For All Mankind's 10th Anniversary event at their Lincoln Road store last Thursday for GQ Magazine. Champagne and hors d'oeuvre were served, DJ Mike Kruz was spinning all night, and customers even received a free IPod Shuffle with purchases of more then $150. 

DJ Mike Kruz

Colin Stark of GQ & Ryan Dziadul of 7 For All Mankind

 Ryan Dziadul of 7 For All Mankind

 Emily Geis, Ryan Plumeau, & Natalia Coto  

Nicole Poff

A Pinker Shade of Green at the Crossroads Financial 3rd Annual Golf Tournament

Crossroads Financial, LLC, donated more than $3,000 to The Connie J. Goodale Breast Cancer Foundation after the company’s third annual golf fundraiser held at Boca Raton's prestigious Broken Sound Golf and Country Club.

Held Friday, Nov. 12, golfers dined on a gourmet lunch assortment before hitting the green, where they networked and golfed on the Five Star Platinum Club of America course. Golfers enjoyed the clear November weather and kept cool with plenty of Budweiser and Michelob Ultra, plus tastings by the Blue Martini girls.

Later in the evening, auctioneer David Weiss led the live auction, raising excitement for exclusive items and experiences. Sport buffs bid on an autographed Muhammad Ali photo and a Mickey Mantle-signed baseball bat, both courtesy of sports Immortals, and a chance to see Lebron, Wade and Bosh at any Heat game of the year with four eighth-row tix.

Amazing experience packages entitled bidders to fighter pilot training, private surfing lessons, fishing trips out of Islamorada, and a day behind the wheel of a NASCAR race car. There were plenty of golfer getaways, including a golf foursome at the Boca Resort & Club and a luxe stay at the Omphoy (yes, please!).

Bidders doing some holiday shopping chose from a Fender guitar signed by all members of Creed (complete with backstage passes), premium Italian scooters, necklaces from celebrity jeweler Jennifer Zeuner, and a trio of adorable puppies from Love My Puppy in Mizner Park.

Our always-fabulous sponsors helped make the event a success, with hot cars from Millenium International and cool cocktails from 4 Orange Premium Vodka (the world’s first and only vodka created from pure oranges!). Sobieski, Mamajuama Rum, Budweiser, Michelob Ultra, and Blue Martini also gave generous alcohol contributions, and renowned restaurant establishments, including the just-launched Deck 84, Il Bacio Delray and RA Sushi Bar Restaurant, supported the cause with gift certificates.

Proceeds exclusively benefitted The Connie J. Goodale Breast Cancer Foundation, the only 501 (c)3 organization in South Florida that provides direct financial assistance to breast cancer patients who qualify. For more information, visit http://www.conniefoundation.org/.  

Crossroads Financial, LLC, http://www.crossroadsfc.com/, provides a combination of products unique to the finance industry. By providing both inventory and purchase order funding, Crossroads Financial offers a one-stop shop for client prospect to maximize their growth and working capital availability.

See you next year at the 4th Annual Crossroads Golf Tournament!



BTS Last week with Michael Raveney

Last week for my internship with Michael Raveney, I got the chance to assist on two different shoots. The first shoot was for furniture company Source Outdoor.  It was a non stop action super thrilling type of shoot..... not so much. We set up the lighting and switched out furniture on the white backdrop all day. Here's an idea of the working space.

The second shoot was an editorial for Palm Beach Illustrated. We got to shoot at a great house right on the beach in West Palm. The outside courtyard of the house was set to be a dinner party scene with everyone enjoying their food and drinks. I was a little jealous with everyone enjoying themselves in style as I worked.

Cemetery Shoot

A fellow student, Jackie Dawson, who is putting the finishing touches on her Fashion Merchandising portfolio, asked me to do a shoot at the Coconut Grove Cemetery. We were able to get permission for the location and brought out a generator to power the kick ass fog machine. Her influence was from a lot of the vampire shows and movies coming out recently. I really wanted to give the images the atmosphere of a creepy cemetery. Our model was Sarah Schossow.