**Sorry - I've been inactive for 3 months because of an illness in my family - hope to be back shooting and retouching next week, does anybody know where I put my camera?**
"There are no rules for great photographs. Only great photographs." - Ansel Adams
Although there is nothing wrong with making a few bucks, I value making new friends and creating art more. I'm Gary Grimes, the photographer of Personality Imaging. Although I am working on CD covers, calendar projects, print ads, display prints, and other projects, the focus of my work is on modeling, acting, and dancing portfolios. I am particularly interested in fitness/sports/action shots, shots with pumped up female bodybuilders/fitness girls and outdoor fine art shots. Also really like to work with so called alternative models, but kind of hate the term. I also have some ideas for very humorous and slightly naughty shots if you want some fun stuff for your port. I've been shooting photos seriously for over 50 years, and it just keeps getting more fun every year. I've had two big transitions, from sheet film to roll film and from roll film to digital.
I usually prefer to shoot on location for more interesting shots even though I have the latest studio equipment with a nice seven light setup. I am occasionally doing some TFCD work so don't be afraid to ask. I mostly do portfolio shoots for models, dancers, actresses, and athletes, as well as ads, catalog, and magazine work. Most of the outfits in my photos are mine and I have ten times as many totally new unworn ones - mostly fetish, swimsuits, and lingerie. Making money is good, but so is making new friends and making creative art together. I like to help models communicate entire ideas, concepts, moods, etc., graphically with no words in ways that take a viewer on a special trip in a magical direction.
I like to work with all talented models, but often actresses, dancers, and fitness ladies are the most fun. I am limiting my shoots with juniors to those I have already shot with. Sorry male models, I'm sticking to the ladies. Although my shoots are always fun, I have the utmost respect for models and try hard to make everyone feel safe and comfortable during the shoots. I will shoot just about anything but flip-flops and women on toilets. If you want boring pictures those will be very expensive. I love both traditional glamour and fine art/fetish pictures in abandoned buildings, graveyards, etc. If you want pictures in jeans and a sweatshirt in the park you couldn't afford them.
I have tons of sexy swimsuits and fetish outfits because I realize that models generally want to have their picture taken in them once and have no further use for them. On the other hand if you have your own latex panties and locking ballerina boots, that's great.
I hire models for print ads, catalog, brochure work, etc. When a client pays me, I pay the model. I don't pay for mutual portfolio development, but generously share rights and images with models. Pay is simple, if I'm getting paid you do too, if you're getting paid then I do too. If neither of us is getting paid then we're just having fun.
I usually shoot with a female assistant to prevent major screw ups, either Marcie, Lucia, or Trina. The artistic director and Staff Model for Personality Imaging and is Marcie Battles.
I don't do TF anything with male models and musicians, and I don't do TF anything with stupid females. Usually the only way I can tell this if you are managed by another photographer on OMP or have some other kind of a pimp. Models represented by an agent are fine, no problem.
We also shoot high definition videos if you are interested.
For better or worse, this is an original portfolio, not a portfolio on training wheels taken at workshops. I also do all my own post work, although I'm certainly not against collaboration with models and others on this.
I always give models model credits on here and on other sites, unless they specifically don't want them.
I travel frequently to northern Colorado (Greeley) and love to shoot there.
I am an old retired Bell Labs scientist and retired university professor, but photography has always been my first love. I am not here for any prizes, awards, pics of the day, just to make friends and create some images we can be proud of.
I took 25 years off from shooting models and just started up again 3 years ago.
Personality Imaging is a creative operating division of Grimes Enterprises LLC of Las Vegas, NV.
Some random personal info on me is at
www.myspace.com/garygrimes. Some rambling blogs on modeling are also on this site. The
www.personalityimaging.com site is finally up and will soon be filled with lots of new photos and videos. For the typing challenged, it's also at
www.glamourpose.com. Personality Imaging, Images with Attitude, Visual Incantations, and Glamourpose are trademarks of Grimes Enterprises LLC. I'm 62 but can sit up most days. I have taught graduate level digital image processing and optics courses at a major university.
My current focus areas are fine art nudes, fetish nudes, high fashion nudes, special effects, and industrial lingerie.
take care,
Gary Grimes
gary.grimes at gmail.com
Add me on
www.myspace.com/garygrimes
PS - if you want to message me please do it here, my OMP page is going away soon and I never look at it. Also, I don't shoot TFCD with models who are managed by other photographers on OMP. Inquire for rates.
