Verosky: XReel #6.

Imagery, music, and cinema from our childhood often reemerge as nostalgic symbols later in life.  And rather than just re-consume them, we often love to recreate some of that nostalgia in our own work. I remember Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino talking about how they were inspired by old exploitation movies, which brought about their [...]

Private, do-it-yourself, pin-up photos have always been around.   Today’s naughty cell phone pic, yesterday’s set of Polaroids, a bygone era’s personal snapshots.  All with the same purpose in mind, to capture and share a little sexiness for yourself and someone else. Here’s our  pseudo historical rendition of a 1960′s selfie session (pictured). Of course, [...]

Seen on Austinist.com (Anonymous Tip feed) today: Enough with the Lomo/Fisheye bullshit already. You’re a fucking hipster with a $80 shit-for-camera. We got it. Go away now, please. And… Someone is jealous of the lomo/fisheye complainer! You’re a boring ass lemming and are sad that you think the person that took that picture is awesome [...]

We’ve worked together several times.  Last night, a friend helped me with a new project I’m working on.  Of course, we had to do some portraits, too.   Here are a couple of favorites:

She’d been going without sleep for more than 24 hours. But, still looked great. Managed some nice pictures at a park near my house. I really liked the shots I found between the shots, if you know what I mean.  This is one of those.

Sometimes that’s all you need for a nice portrait.  Start with a comfortable, natural pose.  Then connect with the eyes.  Magic.