Once again, I had the honor of shooting some more head shots for PhD Econ students at Harvard University! Meet even more of the economic leaders of tomorrow! Like what you see? Hit me up and let's make an awesome headshot for you!
-Duncan
Once again, I had the honor of shooting some more head shots for PhD Econ students at Harvard University! Meet even more of the economic leaders of tomorrow! Like what you see? Hit me up and let's make an awesome headshot for you!
-Duncan
We're doing a "Two For" this week at DWJ Creative. Mainly because we skipped last week due to Thanksgiving traveling AND because I made a lot of pictures that I'm loving from those travels. These are two images I made on a cruise I took with my wife. The images are of the San Francisco Bay at twilight. Enjoy!
-Duncan
Meet the economic leaders of tomorrow! These beautiful people are graduating PhD students at Harvard University. I had a great time working with them to create some killer head shots. That being said, NEED A HEAD SHOT? HIRE ME!
See you out there,
Duncan
In one of the greatest movies of all time, Better Off Dead, Lane Myers (played by John Cusack) and French foreign exchange student Monique (played by Diane Franklin) bring Lane's Camaro back to life. In the background is the song, "I'd Love To Get To Know You Well" by this guy! Howard Jones, the British synth pop musician. I photographed Howard last week at Johnny D's for Cringe Productions. Great night! I made a ton of pictures that night.
-Duncan
World, meet Tabitha. She's my cousin's daughter. I made this picture last summer at a family party. I love how silly she is in this picture.
-Duncan
This week's picture of the week is... A VIDEO! Donna Mae is a children's book author and a friend of the family. She approached me on making a video for her book MARSHMELLOWS GALORE. I liked the idea, especially since I never made a children's video before. So we shot all of her ideas with a ton of kids, did multiple takes of her and her granddaughter reading the book, I wrote and recorded some music for it, and animated parts of the book. BAM! Here it is.
-Duncan
I've been shooting quite a lot for Boston College lately. For which, I am very thankful. At these BC events, there's all these dance crews who throw down! Last week, I showed one of my pictures of Sexual Chocolate. This week, we have Pasion Latina from Suffolk University, who performed at BC. Unlike the other dance crews who do more of a STOMP! based style, Pasion Latina were more traditional. This being an event to celebrate the closing ceremony of Hispanic Month, Pasion Latina were an excellent choice.
Enjoy!
Duncan
Ladies and Gentlemen, meet Sexual Chocolate, "Stomp-esc" dance crew from Boston College. I was on assignment last week for BC's Family Day and these guys were performing. Really impressive stuff! Check 'em out if you can!
-Duncan
This was a fun shoot! I have a soft spot in my heart for Mass Art. I went there as a young guy. Their alumni crew invited me to shoot their 80's reunion the other week. They held it at Boynton Yards in Somerville where they brew Slumbrew beer. Super fun! These are the organizers of the event: Rich L., Max Aznow, Darlene Gillan, and Patrick Luteran.
Last week I got a call from fellow photographer Dave Ward. He had a client who needed some special photoshop needs. I met with Dave's client and heard her grand plan. In selling this real estate property, she wanted to give her perspective buyers a remodeling idea. "Open this up. Take this out. Add french doors. So when you walk in to the house, you have a sense of openness and light streaming in," she said. On initial inspection, it sounded like a lot and I wasn't sure I could pull it off. I took a lot of pictures and when I got back to my studio I created an image of a room that wasn't really there. Once I had a room, I made adjustments to the perspective of the walls, floor, and ceiling. Then I needed french doors. Everything I saw on the internet was lo-res and didn't look like what the client wanted. So, I trekked out to Central Mass where my parents live because they had the french doors that I thought would look good. I set up lights and shot another 20 or so images. Then, back at the studio, I plopped the doors in. Looked okay, but not real enough. Adjustment layers in Photoshop, burning, dodging, layering, adding cast light where there was none, and WHA-LA! An open room with french doors and light streaming in, just like she wanted. I emailed her and asked for her thoughts, expecting there to be a lot of revisions. "That's exactly what I was thinking in my head!" she said. THIS NEVER HAPPENS ON THE FIRST TRY, but I did it. What I liked about this job (besides pleasing the client on the first attempt), was that I not only used my photography and photoshop skills, but a lot of this was based in drawing and painting from my Art education. To know where light and shadow fall, one must draw and paint from life quite a lot. So thanks Art school! We saved the day!
Until next time,
Duncan
What a gig! Last week I was hired by Boston College to photograph their health and wellness event HEALTHAPALOOSA. It was really great! I learned about proper fire extinguisher use, CPR, meditation, and ton of other stuff! This is a picture of three students at the event. Nothing wrong with promoting wellness. Boom!
-Duncan
I'm not a fan of The Alarm. I don't think they suck or anything, it's just not music that really spoke to me. That being said, I was hired last week to shoot Mike Peters from The Alarm doing a solo set at Johnny D's in Somerville, MA. The openers, Kenny Chambers and Jimmy Weeks, were no slouches. Damn good songs! Then, this Welsh dude gets on stage and everyone is there to see him. Hooting and hollering and what-have-you. So, I start shooting away and dang? The songs are pretty good! I went back and listened to some Alarm recordings and realized that it wasn't the songs themselves that I didn't like. It was the way they were produced. Again, not bad, just not something that spoke to me. In between the songs, Mike told Alarm stories and I am always a sucker for rock stories. This particular picture is of Mike telling one of those stories. I love the way his hands are in this picture. He's totally connecting with the audience here. I also love the darkness in this picture. Proper rock club, ya know?
In Photo,
Duncan
Happy Labah Day! (As they say here in Boston). Speaking of labor, this is a picture I made of my father's garden about 12 years ago. My dad is a laborer, through and through. Working class New Englander, carpenter, the dude loves to work with his hands and build things, typically gardens. This is one of several gardens on a piece of property in my hometown, which has been in my dad's family since the 1800's. In fact, it was on this particular property that I promised to spend the rest of my life with my wife Jessica. So, in honor of my dad's labor, and the labor of all laborers, I give you this piece of my own labor and the opening post of my new photography blog.
Until next time,
Duncan