Milk Tooth

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Last month the amazing Make Up Artist Amy Lynn Larwig http://www.amylynnlarwig.com/ set up a test shoot with the band Milk Tooth http://www.myspace.com/milktoothmusic. Here are a couple of the photos!

Amy Lynn was awesome for setting this shoot up.  This was a test shoot done for both of our portfolios. A lot of work went into getting this shoot together and Amy and her husband Mark were responsible for the majority of that work.  A big thank you to both of you!

Mark took video of the shoot for a promo for Amy I have embedded it below.


Amy Lynn Larwig, Makeup Artist. from Mark Brown on Vimeo.

Steeplechase Look Book

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This year I had the privilege of working with Michael Gomez on the 2010 Look Book for Steeplechase. I worked in my usual capacaty as a photo assistant. We spent two days at Winners Circle Farm in Leapers Fork, TN. Michael took some amazing photos for the Look Book. The Fashion Director for the shoot was Connie Cathcart-Richardson. I had the pleasure of taking a few photos with the models either before or after Michael had finished up. The photos I took are displayed above. You can pick up a copy of the publication in many Nashville stores.

Tweet The other day Wes Aldridge had a test shoot up at Studio Daylight with an amazing model Christina Crawford. I got the privilege of shooting Christina for a few minutes before I had to leave for a meeting. The above is the result of my quick 5 min shoot with Christina.

Client First

Tweet I have spent a lot of time as a photographer’s assistant. One of the things that I have noticed about photographer success is that photographers that have a “I'm the boss” attitude seem not to be as successful, while photographers that have a “clients first” approach seem to do very well. Photographers who listen to their clients and then take what the client says and offer their own advice do even better. It is not enough to only bring your creative juices to the table. Photographers have to listen to their clients, the wants of the client and the needs of the client. And not just pay those wants and needs lip service, but use them and put them into action on a daily basis. A photographer is not just a technician, but an engaged, creative professional that relies a great deal on the client in many different ways.

Katy Grace

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I had a great shoot last week with an amazing model Katy Grace.
Model: Kati Grace
MUA: Joel Green
Stylist: Brandon Hood

Step Back

Tweet In September I did a photo shoot and I showed no one except for my client the pictures. The client loved the images, but I thought they were sort of lack luster. The photos were beautifully light, had amazing models, and had great hair and make up, but I just had a blah feeling about them. Last week I happened to show another photographer these images and he loved them. Since then I have shown them to many people and had nothing but positive reactions. This is just to say that sometimes you have to step back from your own work.

2010

Tweet I have beens struggling to come up with a new blog post about the new year. What do you talk about? Resolutions? Success? Failures? I'm not really sure. I will say this 2009 was an amazing year. In 2009, I started this blog, my photography business greatly expanded, and I married the woman of my dreams.

May 2010 be as great as 2009.