RovingEyePhoto

NOTICE ~ (9/15/11) Flickr sets currently in-process of uploading are of Sophie, Sarah, Erin, Darlene, Ina, Morgan, Karishma, Marjhel, Alyssa, Jamie, Meghann, and Julia; plus both indoor and outdoor sets of Michelle; plus a duo set of Erin and Cristina.  Flickr link is to right of my avatar at top of this profile.  Also underway are reprocessings of several earlier sets, tightening crops and some redoing of contrast/toning, eventually to be uploaded as replacements of original Flickr versions.  New sets not yet begun Flickr upload are of Trisha, Karley, Desire, Colleen, Kamilla, a second set of Rose, a third set of Michelle, Sidney, and Allison.  Preliminary sample albums of these latest shoots are or shortly will be uploaded onto my FB networking page, "Stan Rovingeyephoto". Typical procedure for uploading to Flickr is to start with an initial 10-15 shots, then add five additional every few weeks, keeps new looks popping up over an extended period, increases mod exposure.

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My life for several decades had been 80% career/20% photography.  I'm now at that happy place where day-job retirement is at hand, so have adopted the RovingEye moniker, and am devoting full time to the art.  I'm presently in Chicago, but could end up anywhere.  Wherever I land, photography will remain my dragon.   

After shooting landscapes/flowers/bugs/architecture/structure and just about everything else for years, I've alighted on something I call modeled-street.  The genre involves placing a heat-turning mod, you, throwing tack-sharp cute/flirt/tease/girlie amidst the blur and movement of candid urban hustle-bustle all around.  We're talking public-arena, not in-studio, so the look is real/alive/invigorating, anything but static.  I coach for exaggerated expressiveness and body language, a little Hollywood in the make-up, a magnified version of you standing out from the crowd, an expanded world of mod individuality.  No nude or even implied, just sassy/cute/flirt/tease/leggy/girlie, lots of suggestive, lots of fem.  You'll be positioned and posed for purposeful modeled effect, everyone loves showbiz, our living surround will interact and respond.  That's the blur/movement we want, human interaction that connects and titillates.  The idea is to project a feminine "I'm a head-turning gal modeling cute/flirt/tease right here amongst you, and I know that you know I know it!"  There's a sexual challenge in that, a bold confidence, the kind of purposeful fem that grabs and won't let go.

Modeled-street requires patience/imagination/prevision/curiosity, showbiz-sexuality.  The right surround is there in almost any urban scene, we just have to hunt/position for it without causing any kind of a riot lol.  No worries on that, I stage manage and socialize very well, did it in business, easily transfers to the mod/tog scene.  Some of our positioning is just flow and ebb, some downright tricky, but nothing outlandish, no harm no foul, we get our shots,  Random chance is a big part of this: quick-look/quick-pose/quick-catch, then quietly move on.  Kind of a compositional fem sneak attack, a sensual jar to what otherwise are work-a-day buttoned-up sensibilities of all those around us.

The genre's loaded with uncontrollables.  Results are nowhere as predictable as in-studio, auto-react is an essential ingredient.  Unless you're a monkish introvert (no mod is, lol), cute/flirt/tease is a natural inclination.  I'll be coaching/coaxing/cajoling all the way, you'll develop your own uniquely personal style on-the-fly.  Yes, some mods are intimidated by the genre's wide-open look-at-me style.  But even the most sensitive quickly succumb to lilting fun of the thing, fem power takes hold.  You're never alone, never just "out there", I shoot close-up and wide, always only a few feet distant.  You'll particularly enjoy my demonstrations, can't help it, my body follows my mouth, they obviously look silly on me, on you they'll look great!  The trick in all this is to concentrate solely on me and the lens and what every part of your body and expression are doing, all else will fade, you'll be in the groove.  It's my job to deal with the "all else", have faith, I'm on it.

We'll evaluate shots on the camera's screen as we go, do everything within YOUR BOUNDS and MY CAPABILITIES to resolve shortcomings.  You'll find the partnership aspects of modeled-street similar to in-studio, just more intense, more intuitive, more of-the-moment.  Our compositional world is in constant flux, we keep-up with each moment.  We'll conjure together on what each scene offers, quietly move in, quickly pose, quickly catch, and quietly move on.  My close-up/wide style coupled with pro gear's high-tech allows for this, catches the prominent "you" while at the same time encompassing the candid blur of our living/emoting surround.  This isn't like pretty fem being shot by a long-tele from 20' away, it's totally first-person personal.  The goal is for you to look/feel immersed, not just in front of something, an intertwining that produces startle/mood/plot.  Our public-arena canvas is an endless parade, we merely copy/paste emotion from within it.  Our shooting will draw a rare rebuff (I'm good at handling those), a lot of sociable/comic give-and-take.  We'll mourn over near-misses, rejoice at our winners.  Assuming we're on the same page and bring our "A" games, we'll finish the shoot fatigued but happy, 400-600 snaps in the box, a goodly number of keepers, a treasured number of bull's-eyes.

A typical modeled-street shoot goes through several clothing changes, every clean/safe ladies' room we walk by serving as dressing rooms.  Some things we'll change on the spot, jewelry/footware/headware/hair-style, all flexible, meeting the needs of the moment.  Costuming is very individual, will depend on what you have and how you wear it.  Given the complexities of outdoor-urban natural light sources/reflections/glare, clothing colors, especially in the large pic real estate on top, is vitally important.  I ultimately process every shot to your true skin tone, keep it real and lovely, all else just naturally falling in place.  It's in this "all else falling in place" where we have to be careful, don't want to lose shape/texture/drape/fold, don't want burnt-out light tones or blocked-out darks.  So we'll go for mid-tone/bright in costuming, especially in tops which dominate much of modeled-street pic real estate.  Bottoms generally involve area, mostly just hips and behind, so here a dark punch, even black, might be welcome.  We'll spend a lot of time prepping costuming, it's a big part of the show.  Likewise for make-up, another major player.

We'll shoot literally hundreds of poses, haggle some, laugh a lot.  At the end of the day, it's modeled-street's qualities of random opportunity and quirkiness, the genre's spur-of-the-moment creativity and on-the-fly uncertainty, that make each keeper greater than the sum of its parts.  That's part of the goal, the often undefinable "startle" that advances good images to great.

When crowds aren't available, we'll shoot more set poses, anything that tickles either of our fancies.  Settings are everywhere: park benches, shaggy/classy storefronts, gallery windows, flower beds, iron gates/fences, tree-lined walkways, brownstone stoops, L structures, subway stations, moody alleyways, pocket parks, the lakefront, cityscapes, anything and everything.  We'll go for the same brand of beauty/interest/pop inherent in all modeled-street, just replacing the blur of living surround with that of urban grit/shape/reality.  You'll find sample shots dispersed throughout my Flickr sets.  They convey their own uniqueness and girlie-girlie when shot with modeled-street imagination and prevision, that's how we'll go after them. 

I bring decades of experience to the table, plus typically a solid man-week of eye-tearing processing to each shoot, so am not big on the subject of comp.  I no longer charge for for shoots, don't need the income, so so the idea of paying comp is particularly jarring.  That said, I'm open to discussion with mods who bring something very special to the table, but never more than token in amount, a bow to standout fem/beauty/ability.  Experience counts, but so does inexperience, all depends on the kinds of habits a mod brings with her.  I appreciate the presumed practiced expressiveness experience teaches, but also the blank slate of a willing fresh face.  So you be the judge, my Flickr sets tell all, comp is an issue only if you raise it, but don't expect much.  As for out-of-pocket expenses, I cover all the in-city costs of the shoot: transport, on-the-run snacks/meals/drinks, whatever it takes to get us to where we're going and keep you fresh/energetic.  In the same spirit, I'll be the one carrying your change/make-up bag, not you, keeping you fresh/energetic again dictates.  Even the slightest droop in your throws/demeanor will show in every shot.

I don't actively market from stock, although license stock packages when approached.  Mods of course can use images for any purpose they see fit, but not for further processing (JPEGs too pixel-lean for that anyway), and only so long as I'm attributed.  Modeled-street involves major effort at both ends of the lens.  If the weather gods cooperate and we each do our jobs, we'll both walk away with the accolades.

You typically can expect 75-150+ finished JPEGs from a shoot, optimized for the web at 300- 600k depending on crop and content.  There will be similarities in an album this large, my philosophy being that you're your own best critic, so you should make the final cuts.

Feel free to check me out.  Most mods throughout my port and Flickr sets are still active here at MM.  As for my confidence in you, I'll query prior togs, examine your work as closely as I expect you will mine, we'll communicate, I'll judge.  Once satisfied with each other, we'll exchange phone numbers, and be on our way.

I put-up standing casting calls for each season, plus interim calls, watch for updates ...