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I did this shoot for a client who owns a hair salon. She had each stylist who participated find their own model and style the models hair. I shot them all against the same blue background. The stylists did a great job on model selection and props. I’ll be posting a couple more from this shoot in the next couple of weeks.
Free Photo Shoot Contest Details
It’s really simple to enter the contest. Follow the steps below:
1. Become a fan of Lucky Pinup on Facebook and you could win a free pinup shoot worth $350.
2. After you become a fan, write something on our wall about why you deserve/want a pinup shoot. Before you submit, click on attach photo under the text box and upload a picture.
4.The picture can be anything from a cell phone picture to professional.
5. Then submit your comment and photo.
You can make up to one submission a day. All entries must be in by July 12th. Judging is completely at the discretion of Lucky Pinup. Must be 18 or older to enter.
I’m in Colorado about to be the best man at my brother’s wedding in just a few hours. Still trying to figure out what I’m going to say for the toast. Google has let me down so I guess I’ll wing it.
On my trip I’ve had a chance to take some really amazing photos. You can view and purchase them all here. The first nine were taken this week in Silverthorne Colorado, one of the most beautiful places on earth.
The Youth Photography Project will be honored at the “Opening Doors to Homeless Youth” luncheon on June 24 at the Loudermilk Center at 40 Courtland Street, Atlanta, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in “The Voice of Homelessness” category.
Read the original post and much more info about how you can participate at Art Relish
“I have walked this earth for 30 years and out of gratitude want to leave some souvenir” – Vincent Van Gogh
In my case it’s been 38 years as of today. Since I heard this quote about a week ago I’ve been thinking about it.
I am grateful for my life. It hasn’t always been easy and still isn’t at times. And to be perfectly honest I’ve felt less than grateful lately which is one of the reasons I’m writing this today.
I have a beautiful daughter who is wise beyond her years. I have a mother that embodies unconditional love. I create art and on good days I don’t care what anyone thinks about it. I’ve experienced more than my fair share of amazing people in my life. I’ve lived much longer than I ever thought I would. The upside to being me far outweighs the down.
So what do I leave? I don’t know really. Maybe it is a masterpiece. Maybe it’s small things like teaching my daughter through examples, good and flawed. Being kind to someone that doesn’t receive a lot of kindness. Whatever it is, I’m more open than I’ve ever been to what life has in store.
All the best,
Brent
I was looking at Lucky Pinup about a week ago and discovered that the site I once loved I now didn’t like anymore at all. Part of it is because I see it constantly but part is an evolution. All businesses that thrive go through it. What once was perfectly kitchy and fun had grown old and tired.
It needed a face lift and so last weekend in the midst of being pretty well booked I redesigned it. It’s taken me a week or so to get the kinks worked out but finally here it is.
Drum roll please!
Hopefully a much better user experience all around and a better way to present my work. Check it out here
I resisted the urge to get involved in yet another form of social networking but since all the cool kids are doing it I figured what the hell. I’ve been on Twitter for about 10 days now and I’m hooked. It’s a great way to get quick bits of info from friends, other people I follow (mostly related to art and photography.)It also helps me get the word out about deals. events, shows or really anything. A great little tool!
So… join me on Twitter. I’d love to hear what you have to say in 140 characters or less.
Saw this on Richard Renaldi’s Blog. Unique face mask designs from the streets of Mexico. We may all get to design our own masks soon. I already have a pretty fierce design in mind that involves a flying pig so back off, that one’s taken 
View all the images here.
Photographer David Knox, Durham, North Carolina, 2000
David Knox, fine arts photographer and teacher, is presently showing “The World Below” at the Opal Gallery in Little Five Points. I had the pleasure of taking one of classes years ago. Not only a great artist but all around good guy. I’ll be checking it out tonight.
The World Below Description:
Knox’s most recent project is the result of an six-year exploration of New Orleans, Louisiana in the years following hurricane Katrina. Using a make-shift studio in a flooded servant’s quarters of a nineteenth century Canal Street home, Knox captures images of New Orlean-ians who remained.
Portraits in the Era of Katrina
Photographs by David Knox
April 9th- June 2nd, 2009
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 9th, 6-9p
© 2009 Ged Murray
I came across and now subscribe to a blog by Pete Brook called simply “Prison Photography”. The blog features photos from many different sources, obviously with a focus on the prison system.
With more than 2.3 million people behind bars, the United States leads the world in both the number and percentage of residents it incarcerates.
Prison reform has always been a hot button issue for me. Our current system locks people up for absurd amounts of time in some cases. We have absolutely NO focus on rehabilitation in most prison systems. A typical scenario may go like this:
1. A person is an addict and perpetrates a crime to support their addiction.
2. We lock them up for their crime and do not do anything in the way of helping them overcome their addiction.
3. We send them back to the same environment they came from in a worse state than when they arrived in prison.
4. They re-offend and we give them more time.
And we’re surprised by the phenomenon of repeat offenders? As a society we set ourselves up for convicts to fail. Part of this is just laziness and part of it is the culture in our country of seeing in absolutes, black and white, instead of shades of gray.
I’ve met good men who carried around the label of murderer. And I’ve seen preachers who routinely and legally steal money from the less fortunate in the name of God. Things aren’t “good vs. evil” like so many believe and until we realize that we are ALL part of the same whole… then we’ll continue to build more prisons and hold the title of having more of our citizens behind bars than any place in the world.
Now that I got that out… Check it out if this is a subject you’re interested in. Some pretty cool work on Pete’s blog for sure.
Come join us at Hot Summer Nights in Rome Ga. May 2nd at 5 PM. Get Pinup pictures for as little as $20. See the info below and let me know if you have questions. Hope to see you there!
We are going to have a fantastic event! We have some beautiful cars coming, Atomic Boogie is so much fun! Our boys at Allied Ink can REALLY cook so the BBQ will be wonderful. Art Racer is the most amazing Classic Car artist I have seen in a long time. He will have prints and paintings for sale. Lucky Pin-up will be here with his booth taking pictures and this is good for you because Holly and our wonderful HairStory Artistic team will be doing hair and make-up for the whole event so if you want to get a sweet pin-up or greaser doo you can go visit Brent and get your picture made for a special event price!! We also have shirts by Lucky 13, SourPuss and Save the Tatas, Prints and art from local artists, a $100 gift certificate for Lucky Pinup Photography, gift cards for HairStory, tattoos at Allied Ink and various other prizes from local vendors that you can purchase raffle tickets for! This is going to be amazing! Join us! You can purchase tickets by calling Shea Dale at 706-235-0072!! Thanks!!
In my blog reading recently I came across this video on A Photo Editor Blog. William Eggleston (born July 27, 1939 in Memphis, Tennessee. He is widely credited with securing recognition for color photography as a legitimate artistic medium to display in art galleries.
If you can’t see the video below go to http://blip.tv/play/zEDd9XOK6hA
This recollection by his son is moving to me.
“I don’t think dad is a normal person. He has his own way of dealing with things. I’ve never met anyone like him.” — Winston Eggleston
Like any great artist, he sees something spectacular in the norm and brings it to reality for the rest of us.
Occasionally I come across a photographer who blows me away. I get that feeling every time I go back and look at Phil Borges work.
Borges has been a humanitarian photographer since the 1970s with his notable works being photographs of Tibetans who fled to Nepal, including the Dalai Lama. He found inspiration from Ron Zak who encouraged central themes through ‘bodies of work’. This led to Phil Borges’s signature style of black and white portraits with the subject’s skin toned in. His largest influences were Irving Penn and Edward Curtis.
Everyone looking for ideas for your Lucky Pinup shoot, here you go. Some good old school classic pinup all still as beautiful today as ever.
Or… Google Gil Elvgren. My personal favorite.
Brent
info@luckypinup.com
Congratulations to Lucky Pinup girl, Debbie Dagger, who just won her spot in the 2010 Kitten Koffin calendar.
I came across an interesting video via my subscription to the Horse Think Blog about distorted body image due to models being retouched to death in Photoshop. It’s becoming such an issue that there are countries like France that are trying to pass laws against it or require disclaimers.
Obviously, as someone with a pinup photography business, I do a lot of retouching to make women look better than they normally look. On the flip side I have a 12 year old daughter and see what it’s like for girls to try to live up to that image. I’d love to see us as a society move away from this unreal image of women. It’s healthier and in my opinion honesty IS beautiful.
What do you think?
I love raw and real photography. I’ve always been more drawn to it. And a lot of what I do is about that. Of course the pinup work I shoot is about “pretty” but even that has more of an edge to it than the typical pinup style.
I came across Clayton Patterson today. He’s been shooting on the Lower East Side of Manhattan since the early 80′s. A pretty amazing body of work of real people.
I went to an opening at Jackson Fine Art in Buckhead Friday night and saw two excellent exhibits.
I really went to see Vee Speers, “The Birthday Party” exhibit and it was as impressive as I’d hoped. The big surprise for me was the work by Richard Rinaldi. His “Fall River Boys” series is definitely worth the trip alone.
The two artist’s work couldn’t have been more different. And they both inspired me to get moving on a couple of projects that I’ve been putting off for a while. More to come on that.
Of all the shoots I’ve done, this one with sisters Jessica and Allison is still one of my favorites. It’s normal to go for a while before the models really get into it. Not with these two. They got exactly what I was going for and nailed it.
Too many good shots to choose from so these are a handful that I’ve never published. Enjoy!
I tend to over think shoots sometimes. For 3 days before this shoot I was beating my head against the wall trying to get the set just right. The final day it dawned on me that most of my favorite images (mine and other photogs) were simple for the most part.
I then watched a documentary about Gregory Crewdson, a photographer who orchestrates extremely complex shoots. I love his work but it made me realize that I was attempting to put together a set as detailed as some of his. He has a crew of around 40 and I… have a wonderful assistant, a terrific makeup artist and me.
So… the lesson for me is when in doubt, go back to simple and focus on perfection of the subject and the few elements that will be in the image.
