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Last month I did a photo shoot with up an coming model Shea Short, who is....wait for it...
16
Yes...I know....two things you are thinking right now...
One....she does NOT look 16 to you (part of that is the shooting style)
Two...SEAN! That's not your Style! lol.
Yes...those of you who know me, and have seen my work, will tell you that this is a departure from my normal photographic style. Yes, LEIGH....I know what you are saying right now! (insert inside joke here)
Anyway...I was asked to do this shoot Shea to help her build her portfolio. The location is the Graffiti Bridge in Davis (also known as the Stephenson Bridge). It is a very old bridge in the middle of nowhere...that is covered (obviously!) in Graffiti. The effect is really cool. It looks like something out of so many movies I've seen in the past...old concrete bridge, so much graffiti.
It's fun to walk around and check out the graffiti...read what people wrote. I actually took some shots of just the graffite...who knows, I may do something with that in the futre.
Anyway....while it was fun doing the shoot...I have to admit that just shooting models...well...not as much fun as you would think.
I LOVE people...and capturing people. DUH! That's why I'm a "LIFESTYLE" photographer, right??
I guess the over posed stuff...well...I don't know. It's just not the same for me. I love capturing the essence of people in a picture....capturing their soul in motion. So that when people look at the picture later...they are moved by what they see.
I just don't get that same feeling from the posed shots.
That said...we will see what Art School brings....since I know I will have to do more posed shots during school...so I might learn to love it more.
In the meantime....BRING on the family portraits, the weddings, the photo shoots of little kids, of couples in love, of seniors at the highlight of their life. Bring me LIFE to photograph.
That is my passion! :)
Ok...enough ramblings of a crazy photographer for now!
Sean Thomas Bjers
Oh...for those who want to see the rest of the pictures from that shoot that have been finished...
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