Jamie

This was an impromptu shoot of a friend with his motorcycle. We shot this where he parked his bike at a local shopping center. Sb800 coming from camera left held by volunteer assistant Scott. I had a little trouble with one of my remote triggers so most of the shots the flash wouldn't fire when I shot. Switched out the remote, shot three frames and got this one. I would have like to have had more time with this shot as I don't like the store windows on the right but there is a mailbox just outside of the frame on the right preventing me from adjusting. He was really happy with it so I am too.

Saunders Travel Billboard

Clay (Mr. Dr. Kris) is one of my best friends that has started a travel company in the past year. We have been working together to help each others efforts grow. He took a much deeper plunge into entrepenuership than I did as he quit his full-time job to go it alone. This is his first billboard advertising and it seemed I was more excited about it than he was. When he told me when it was going to run I forced him out in the cold to get a shot of him in front of it. Shot with an SB800 to his right. We blocked a throughway in a parking lot to get the shot and only had to move everything once. Good luck Clay, I look forward to seeing your company bloom in the coming year.

Kris

I promised a friend of mine that I would take some photos of his wife since it had been so long since she had any taken of her. Well, he called me on it this past week. Clay and Kris came over Thursday night, a very cold night, so the garage was out as a place to shoot. I made do with a few areas of my house that seemed to have worked out nicely. Hope you enjoy the photos as much as Clay and Kris did. We did have some fun while shooting too. More photos on the flickr sites listed on the right.

Prom Promo Session

I spent the afternoon with two really beautiful and nice young women today. They are the daughters and granddaughters of two special friends of mine. I am working on a promo card for the upcoming prom season and the girls were nice enough to pull out their last year dresses so that I could get some photos. They were great to work with and I hope they had as much fun as I did. Check the flickr sites for lighting information.

Wes Jeans portrait

Wes Jeans started playing at age 15. Nine months later he placed second in the International Jimi Hendrix Competition. Around 97 I got to see Wes play in Hot Springs at the Ohio Club, a very small venue for music. I was impressed by this teenager and have been following his music since. Here are a few shots from him playing this past Saturday in Hot Springs, this time at Maxine’s on Central. Wes will be playing at Cajun’s in Little Rock on Feb. 20th so if you like really good electric blues come out and meet this amazing guitarist and good guy. You can buy cds, tshirts, goodies at http://www.wesjeans.com

Lighting Practice

I wanted to get some practice with some of the ideas from Stobist.com and needed a model. I had taken photos of Lisa before at kickball games and some parties, and we work at the same university. I asked her on Friday if she wanted to do some modeling for me and she was really excited, so much so that she suggested Saturday as a good time to do it. We both went out on the internet and gathered photos that we liked for one reason or another and broke them down for lighting and posing. What was supposed to be just a few setups and wardrobe changes turned into a marathon shoot of almost 7 hours. To Lisa's credit she performed great. Never got tired, last photo as fresh as the first. She had some really good ideas and has a good eye for a good shot too. She picked out the photo above after I had missed it on a quick edit in Adobe Bridge. It turned out to be one of the best shots. Thanks for all your hard work Lisa.

Happy New Year!!

Welcome to 2007! markpacephoto.com is back up with a temporary site. My server bit the dust early December and I havent had a chance to rebuild it yet. I am in the process now. Hopefully get it done before I have to go back to class next week. I have been shooting a lot lately, mainly photos for a friends calendar she is putting together. This has given me a chance to get back into the swing of things and try new strobist hints. If you are in the central Arkansas area and need a photographer please give me a call. I promise you will have a good time and get some really nice photos to go with it........Mark