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FlickrOn Friday, I had Mike & The Perez Family. On Saturday I had Gio and on Sunday I had Krystal.
I have this journal that I keep of all the ideas that I have per person that I shoot. And I filled up two pages alone with Mike.
When I spoke to Mike on the phone the day before the photoshoot, I was already excited. He told me he used to be a tattoo artist and all these ideas started forming in my mental canvas. Instantly I wanted to see what he looked like tattooing somebody, so I knew I would capture that in my camera. He told me he was in the airforce, that he did martial arts, he was an artist, but most importantly, he was publishing a book. I was picturing him fighting, hopefully getting him to fight himself, I knew I has to capture his peaceful side, the artisic side of him. After the conversation finished, I seriously thought he was older. He seemed to have gone thru so much, and I was anxious, almost losing sleep with all these ideas that kept running thru my head.
Mike finally comes (early at that) and my first impression was "wow, this guy is well groomed and not an old guy. Nothing like what I expected." He walked into the studio, and told me exactly what picture he wanted, and that's how it started off. We then went to his artistic, martial arts, tattoos, and so many more. The more and more pictures we took, the more and more he started telling me about himself and the more I just wanted to take pictures. The 90 minutes definitely just flew by. Here's one of my favorite pictures of him
I had this other shoot with the Perez Family. I had actually done a photoshoot with them before, but of just the kids, this time, I promised that it would be mom, dad, brother and sister. When they came to book, we saw that we weren't available at a mutual time and I agreed to meet late night, so I scheduled them in, and it was extremely fun.
They bought a bunch of clothes and toys to play with. We did some playful shots, lovable shots, and family shots. I could tell they had so much fun. We actually just stayed here and started talking and getting to know each other on a deeper level and they started throwing ideas to me and the camera just kept clicking. They actually ended up staying here past midnight just doing photoshoots, changing clothes, and just talking and having fun. My Stomach hurt from laughing so much with them, especially the oldest son. He is the one in the head lock
On Saturday I had baby Gio. Two nights before I had. spoken to his mom, and the main point was to capture his first birthday. Now the thing with babies, is that they get overwhelmed with an all white studio. It's just what babies do! We got some great shots, some awesome things were bought in, and I really loved capturing him. But because I know how "on their own schedule" babies can be, we had to cut the session short. I rescheduled their appointment for that Monday coming, after the studio was closed, so I could have all the time with him. It's important to me that we get the shots we plan on getting so rescheduling is not an issue.Besides, I know that when he grows up he's gonna love these pictures, because seriously,..who doesn't love a laughing baby? Here's one picture I got on Saturday. I can't wait to see what Monday will bring. Isn't he a cute one?
On Sunday, Krystal came over to the studio. When we were discussing here photoshoot she had explained that she was thinking about getting a hair cut, and right there I knew that I wanted to do a before and after of Krystal. I knew at this point that long haired Krystal would be fighting with short haired Krystal. I told Krystal to come first thing Sunday with her long hair, we were going to do some poses and have fun with her long hair, then she'll get her hair cut and come back later that day to do a similar photoshoot. At first she was shocked that I even suggested it, but when I told her my ideas of having her fight herself, and having her face her alter-ego, she was really excited. I kept the whole day free just for her because I wanted to keep all my ideas for her fresh. Her mom participated in helping me as well. I know that they had a blast doing this shoot, because I did too. Here's a picture of Krystal with her alter-ego.
I had a crazy weekend with back-to-back photoshoots, but honestly? I really could wait to just sit down and start editing all these pictures. The thing I love most about my job, is when people look at my images and say in disbelief "Is that really me?" Because they never thought they could have so much fun in one session. My goal is to capture the real you, and if you're always smiling in real life, I want to capture that. If you're always listening to your music and your life revolves around your music, I want to capture that.
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Hope to capture you soon
Mr. Harts Ortiz
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