Last month I photographed the principals of ‘Champagne & Bacon,’ a Reno/Tahoe event production company. It was a fun shoot…nice folks, interesting location (the back of a downtown bar). The photos were for the cover story of this month’s Reno Passport magazine. Keep an eye out for it around town! Below is the cover shot.
Dave is an incredibly talented photographer. Unfortunately, he doesn’t have a website, so you’ll just have to take my word for it. My recent portrait of him, pictured above, will be incorporated into Dave’s bio in his upcoming book titled ‘Women.’
I should mention that Dave is also the owner of Davidson’s Distillery, my favorite bar in Reno and by far the best venue for bands. It’s where The Grannies play when they come to town, and The Flesh Hammers often perform there as well.
Well, post-production is finally complete. A lot went into these images as far as colour correction and dodging/burning/HDR techniques. I had a very specific idea of how the final images would contrast the colour of the garments with that of the desert landscape, and the end result is quite close to what I envisioned. These are the group photos…individual model shots to follow. More images after the jump.
The Reno News & Review, our local weekly paper, has a “Best Of” contest every year. Today, upon opening the paper, I was pleasantly surprised to see that I’ve received Best Filmmaker for the third year! Looks like I’d better get The Addict released soon…
There’s a good deal more to post from this project as I finish them up. My friend Fluffy put all this together with an eye towards making a calendar. We might not get a calendar made this year, but we got some nice pin-up shots and will be making posters for sale. Next year, we’ll try for a full calendar.
Miller’s is an amazing hot rod shop in the North Valleys. They make custom rat rods that are truly beautiful. I’m hoping to do more work with them in the future.
Erica Tavormina, the talented fashion designer responsible for the Fort Churchill project from a few posts ago, keeps coming up with great material to photograph. We took this photo at about 5 AM in order to have the location to ourselves (it’s a public spot right near Virginia Street in Reno). Lit with the same portable strobes that I used at Churchill.
