Podcast: Interview With Me - 1 Hour Photo On ArmadaFM
I was honored to be invited live on the air with 1 Hour Photo on www.ArmadaFM.com last week. I was on live with the group last Wednesday (March 7th). We talked mostly about retouching industry in general.
You can listen to the entire podcast below! Enjoy!
In case it doesn’t work, you can also follow this link:
http://1hourphoto.podomatic.com/entry/2012-03-07T12_44_06-08_00
New Work: FACTICE Magazine March 2012 - Intimates Rock
Be sure to click on each image for a larger view.
FACTICE MAGAZINE March 2012 - Intimates Rock - Team:
http://www.facticemagazine.com/magazine/numero11/issue11.php
Photographer: Michelle Fennel Photography http://www.michellefennel.de/ (Facebook: Link)
Model: Carolin G. NEXThttp://www.nextmodels.com/#/ficheEast west models http://www.eastwestmodels.de/models/carolinStylist: Jenniger Mertens http://www.jennifermertens.com/Make-up: Jamie Flynn http://www.jamie-flynn.com/Retouch: Pratik Naik http://solsticeretouch.com/Assistant: Karsten Buch http://karsten-buch.com/
New Work: Lara Jade - The Observer Magazine (Cover)
Check out some of our recent work with my friend and colleague, Lara Jade, for The Observer Magazine (Fashion Week special (2012)). For all our friends across the pond in the UK, you may have seen this already.
Everything about the styling, photography, and modeling had great chemistry. Even the small details like the hair styling, with loosely tied up hair, matched the feel of the whole shoot.
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Photography: http://www.larajade.co.uk
Retouching: http://www.solsticeretouch.com
Photo Assistant: http://www.smread.com
Photo Assistant: http://www.philhewittphotography.com
New Work: Fstoppers with the Pocket Wizards Plus III
Check out our new work with Fstoppers for the retouching we did for the composite piece for the review on the new Pocket Wizards Plus III (http://fstoppers.com/plusiii)
Photo by Patrick Hall
The color matching was the most challenging aspect.
You can check out the behind the scenes in the review video within the fstoppers link above.
Retouching Session: Teaching in Milwaukee Pictures
I had a fantastic time this past weekend teaching a private retouching session with Tegan, who is a photographer, and retoucher at Kohl’s, and with Aaron who is a fashion and beauty photographer.
Before our 2 day session began (which you can read about here in case you’re interested in one: details), we went around Milwaukee for a day to see the city. Aaron and Tegan were two of the most humble people I have ever met. Both great in character and in talent! We immediately got along right away as if we’d known each other forever.
It had just snowed so aside from eating, we primarily spent the day at the amazing and beautiful Milwaukee art museum which is where most of my pictures are from. They had an amazing array of breweries in the city which we went to at night.
A great way to evolve your craft is to study art history (as I have when I was younger) and how the greats crafted each of their own pieces. Within each painting holds secrets that are free for the taking. You can literally see each layered brush stroke that combined to make the final piece. You can study that and see how they contoured and defined areas. Each artist has a completely different method that is apparent when looking at them in the utmost detail. That is the DNA of the painting, so to speak. You get to see their interpretation of light, the intricacies of skin, fabric, and texture detail. You see their soul come through.
You learn so much that you can apply to your own work. After all, the application is similar. Inspiration shouldn’t have limitations.
Here are some shots from the trip. You can see most of them in the gallery here:
http://pratiknaik.smugmug.com/Other/Teaching-in-Milwaukee-January/21204676_BXMW8S#!i=1687470047&k=2gs5dt9
It was the first time I had gotten to play and see snow to this extent (Yeah! Snow, woohoo!). So I felt like a kid all over again. As cold as it was, amidst great company and warm smiles around the city, it felt great.
(Layover in Tampa Bay)
Back home.
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You can see the rest of the gallery here.
You can learn more about private sessions here.
New Work: DEP Magazine
Here’s some new retouching work for DEP Magazine for their beauty cover.
This work came in from award winning international stylist Phuong My.
Check out her incredible work.
Styling Portfolio:
http://phuongmystyling.com/
Designs:
http://phuongmys.com/#/?g=8
