trying to find my favorite image is a hard task for me, because around the time I finish retouching an image i usually hate it. even if i felt good about it before. i'm never very content with my work. almost all of what i do are portraits, very set up and always using strobes. and i'm excited to work in a journalistic style for eddie adams. i like breaking out of my little photographic box. this image can be my favorite image i've shot for now. they were shooting LL Cool J's video for the single off his new album, and i was there to get promo portraits of him. i ended up shooting while they were filming as well, and came up with this while they were in the gym, i think they had just finished a take. i have a weird feeling about this photograph because i didn't light it myself, i used the lighting from the film shoot. something about that seems weird to me because i'm used to meticulously setting everything up, so it kinda feels like i cheated making this image. but all cheating aside, i still like this image. so yeah. favorite photo i've taken. for now. it'll probably change in the next few months. but shouldn't it?
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It's funny that you would feel like you're cheating when you don't use your own lights. I feel like I'm cheating when I light portraits.
I much prefer to find the good light than make it.
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