Fire Drill Friday - The last shoot of 2019

I had the pleasure of . accompanying Ai-Jen Poo of NDWA to capture Jane Fonda’s “Fire Drill Friday”a push for climate change. We started off at the church, went over the days itinerary and hit the road running. There was a group of powerful women, security protecting them and about 40 people walking in front to grab a photograph of them. I was able to capture this image after the 3rd time we shopped for a group picture after the rally and before . the civil disobedience . What I love about being a photographer is the knowledge gained from the projects I work on, It brings greater purpose to my work.

Jovanna

Testing out some creative filters with Jovanna.

#YOUTUBEBLACK Creator Summit 2019

I had the amazing opportunity to shoot my second YouTube black creator summit. The most interesting part of this job is the amount of time I get with each creator and the dope images to come out of it. Last year when we shot the creative's we had a whole afternoon planned for just portraits. I was able to use one large soft box To give a very soft and even light across each creator. This time around was a little bit different, we did not have an 8 foot soft box available to us and we change the background depending on what the creators wanted. A beauty dish is a very soft yet hard light, so when you are adjusting you have to be very specific. In my case , we didnt Have much space to shoot the photographs so the subject had to be close to the background. This means that the main light will be casting a shadow on the background and I had to choose how I wanted that to look.

Lighting

2 x Profoto B1

1 x Beauty Dish

1 x Umbrella

YOUTUBE BLACK ‘18