Let's shoot! Seriously. Right now. What are you doing? Meet me at Starbucks.
Full-time retoucher (
http://www.modelmayhem.com/1152595), sometime photographer. You can also get a better idea what's wrong with me here:
http://twitter.com/sonofsamsa
What I shoot for myself is to art and fashion what comic books are to paintings and Vogue. What I shoot for you, on your dime, is whatever you see in your head and a bag of chips.
FOR HIRE
I shoot models, musicians, actors, sculptures, sculptors, catalog, engagement, executives, crazy people, hot babes, product, pinups, boudoir, long hallways, bridges, and rainy days. I don't tend to do much in the way of weddings, foot-fetish, or bikini glamor, not to say I
won't (I probably won't).
I'm sort of the Bob Newhart of rock stars of absent-minded professors.
I can be a team player or a team captain. I'm an OCD problem solver. Be straight with me about your budget and I'll find a way to make it work.
TF*
I love shooting. If I'm not working, I'd rather be shooting than not shooting, but I have rules. It has to benefit everyone involved. I take trade shoots as seriously as paid shoots. All we're walking away with are the photographs, so they better be great. The exception is if it sounds so fun I want to take the chance and don't care if it doesn't quite work.
If we set something up TF and you call last-minute to reschedule, we're not rescheduling, I'm deleting you from my phone forever. TF* doesn't mean free, it means trade: my time for pictures that benefit all involved. If I put you on the calendar, I'll be there; if you won't, please never contact me. Also, there's no point in emailing me if you're then going to disappear for a month.
That said, I've worked with, and even befriended, some fantastic people on this site.
I'm not the best shooter in L.A. by a couple or three notches, but if you like my Photoshop profile, posing for me is the easiest way to trick me into retouching you for free.
-Joel
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