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But this time I really liked it

I was assisting Dell senior photographer, Brian Kuntz, on a shoot, doing corporate profile shots in the Executive Briefing Center, and we were setting up the lighting for a shot after lunch.  Once the location was to Brians liking, I was the stand-in model (to enable Bryan to shoot and make sure the lighting was to his liking before the real subject arrived).

For this shoot, Bryan was shooting with the Canon 1DS Mark II, which was tethered to his Dell Precision Notebook.

Because he was tethered, I was able to see the images appear on the notebook screen as he took them, and when I saw this one, I actually liked it enough to get a copy for myself.  It’s a little uncommon for me to get a shot of myself that I like.

Voila!

Back in March of 08, Los Bad Apples came into the studio to shoot the cover for their debut album.  We had to shoot within a day of meeting because the band was to play at SXSW where they were opening for Ludacris, and needed enough time to duplicate & print the album to be handed out at the event.

The same photograph was also used on the Armed Forces Entertainment poster hanging in bases across the Middle East to advertise Los Bad Apples upcoming tour in February 09.

In my studio today, as the title indicates, I was not doing a fashion shoot. Instead, I was doing lighting for the interviews with documentary film maker Lisa Kaselek and the band members of Los Bad Apples.

Over the course of the interviews, we began to learn about the background of each band member and some of their expectations and fears regarding the trip.  We also learnt a little about their thoughts on soldiers, pursuing dreams and the place where both meet.

Due to schedule conflicts, not every member of the band was able to make it to the interviews, and the remaining interviews with Aldo Ramón and Greg Jones will be taking place on another day.

Ryan

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Lisa