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Sometimes inspiration strikes without warning

arvin — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:29:50 +0000

This photo is certainly no exception. When I first started working on ideas for the shoot with SanCat I knew it was going to be something punky, and just a little edgy. Then when going through the photos she sent I noticed an ankh. That set things off and made me want to do do something inspired by Neil Gaiman’s Death from The Sandman comics. I hope to have a full series of these up soon (and moreso work with her again)

Enjoy!

Some atmosphere from a recent shoot

arvin — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:50:22 +0000

Sarah 2

arvin — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:20:19 +0000

Sarah asked me to post “one of the photos she really likes”. So I was happy to do so!

sarah 7/7/2010

arvin — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 14:20:33 +0000

I first met Sarah about 3 years ago at Apple. She and I hit it off instantly and became fast friends. Sarah in her own right is a fantastic artist and is as beautiful on the inside as she is out the outside. I was very excited when she finally agreed to allow me to shoot her. She thought she would be more comfortable shooting with somebody that she didn’t know rather than a person she was very close to. I really challenged her and forced her out of her comfort zone to get what are some of my recent favorite shots. I7ll probably post a few more later on in the week. For now enjoy this first photo from the set!

Experiment in selective focus

arvin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:31:11 +0000

Pittsburgh, PA 4/4/2010 Lensbaby Experiment

arvin — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:11:43 +0000

Pittsburgh PA 7/18/2010

arvin — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:44:04 +0000

Alice Fiend Pittsburgh 7-18-2010

arvin — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:00:04 +0000

I met this lovely young lass through a mutual friend. We had been trying to shoot together for about the last 8 months or so. Seemed like things were just not in the stars for us. When we finally were able to shoot everything worked out quite well. I love the simplicity of the shot. A friend of mine upon seeing it said that she loved the photo because it looks like I lit it, even though she knows I don’t do any lighting setups. This particular part of the building had yet been unexplored by me. When her husband described the third floor as looking like something out of Candyman I was of course obliged to take a gander. Enjoy!

Pittsburgh, PA 7/18/2010

arvin — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:38:24 +0000

Another one from that friend I made a few weeks ago

arvin — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:05:24 +0000