A Star is Born…
When on location conditions are not always optimal. For this shoot with the amazing Jennifer Roberts we where faced with a low ceiling, huge floor to ceiling windows and a narrow room. Because Jennifer is like 5’10″ and I wanted to upshoot her to create a bit of drama and a feeling of sitting in [...]
PHOTOSHOOT: Katelyn
I get a lot of questions about my lighting and many say they would love to use Profoto and my modifiers but they are just too expensive. Well for this video, I shot all the images with a basic strobitst kit – 2 flashes and two light stands. Beautiful light is not expensive Katelyn Kline [...]
TEST SHOOT: Shanice Watts
Test shoot with the lovely Shanice Watts in Benicia, CA More @ http://www.facebook.com/kandidzportraitsBlog @ http://www.wootenweb.com/
110 Wedding Shoot Video
Images and behind the scenes from the latest Team Phenom shoot at Brentwood, California’s Trilogy at the Vineyards.
Exotics
Last week’s shoot was a favor for a friend and brought us to San Francisco Sports Cars in San Bruno, CA. With the exception of a few supercars, they had just about every sports car I have driven or dreamed of driving. It was like Top Gear heaven. While I would have preferred to shot [...]
Linen
This is a high key portrait of the beautiful Kim Lefebvre in a linen and satin lace corset. As often happens this image came towards the tail end of the shoot and evolved as we began experimenting with poses and setups. The space we shot in was fairly small so a backdrop was out of [...]
2010 What a Year…
A year ago I started Kandidz with a vision and little more. 1,000 Facebook Fans, 1,100 Tweeters, 134,000 Flickr Viewers, 2,500 Blog Subscribers and 9,449 photos later I am a wiser and happier than I have ever been thanks to my supportive family, friends and team mates. Thank you all for a great first year. [...]
Playing with the new iMovie
Used footage from the Cherish Armour shoot to play around with the new iMovie ’11 from Apple.
Melissa in Autumn…
Melissa Sweeney is one of my favorite muses. So when we finally found a date that worked, I jumped on it. Our first shoot was a night session during a full moon in Berkeley. I used Canon Speedlites that evening but found the resulting images to be a bit grainy. So this time we decided [...]
PHOTO SHOOT: Ebony Camille
Model: Ebony Camille
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Producer & Photographer: David ‘Art’
Shot on location in Walnut Grove, CA
Traveling Lite
In preparation for my recent road trip to the Grand Canyon, Bryce, Zion and then Las Vegas, I toyed with the idea of bringing my studio lights. They weren’t that heavy right? How much would the airline overcharge me to bring them? Maybe I could ship them ahead of me via FedEx? Maybe I could rent them there? But after considering the effort, security of the places I would be staying and practicality I opted for my speedlites (4 x 580EX II) instead.
Perfecting My Craft
As stated earlier I am a bit compulsive. I was brought up to believe that you can learn anything if you apply yourself and that anything worth doing was worth doing right. So since beginning my pursuit of photography professionally a year ago I have tried to absorb every bit of knowledge on the subject [...]
CS5: QUANTUM Leap Forward
For the past 3 days I have been playing with the new Adobe Photoshop CS5 and it is BLOWING MY MIND. As a location photographer I am constantly challenged by my surroundings and making compromises. “What a beautiful scene if only for that light post, man, building, telephone wire, fence and on and on.” I [...]
Petite Models
The majority of models I work with are 5′10″ or taller and size 0 to 4. The reason being is that they photograph tall filling the frame and fit the sample sizes of the designers I work for with little to no adjustments. The majority are hard working, fairly humble and want to produce beautiful [...]
INTERNATIONAL WEDDING FESTIVAL
INTERNATIONAL WEDDING FESTIVAL San Carlos, CA Stylist: Mario B. Designer: Swati Photographer: David ‘Art’ MANY MORE images at: kandidz.com
SAY IT LOUD! 70′s Fashion Show
February 27, 2010 Oakland, CA by Mario B. Productions PHOTOS+MOTION=FUSION Fusion Video by David ‘Art’ Wooten
Sayra & Miguel Flores
I have what some (all my friends) would deem a compulsive personality. When I do something I DO IT and photography is no different than any other pursuit I have embarked on. I have read the manual for every piece of equipment I own. I attend 3 local users groups and dozens of seminars. I [...]
PHOTOSHOOT: MELISSA (MO)JO
Sometimes a single photo can move you to action. I was browsing the work of some models on Mayhem with little excitement as there were some nice photos but nothing that looked sincere, when I came upon the portfolio of Melissa Jo. She had some nice photos but one in particular gave me reason to [...]
PHOTOSHOOT: ROSALYN
In late December Rosalyn commented that she liked one of my photos on Model Mayhem. After reviewing her portfolio, I replied that I would like to work with her on creating some really compelling portraits. Rosalyn has great facial features with a wonderful neckline and shoulders. I envisioned using bikini strap dresses and tops along [...]
NEW 110 Magazine Out This Week!
This week will mark my second issue as 110 Magazine’s Chief Contributing Photographer. Though I got good feedback, I was not happy with the January issue at all. My images were not technically good, they lacked impact and were not on par with my peers at Diablo and San Francisco. So I vowed to raise [...]
Marie Elise
The day after Christmas while most of the planet was returning their broken electronics and holiday sweaters or redeeming a wallet full of gift cards I was searching Model Mayhem to schedule 2010 shoots. A lot of portfolios grabbed my eye but one in particular caught my attention. I write on my Mayhem page that [...]
Elease Williams
I found Elease on Model Mayhem. Her pictures were quite a hodge podge of images that lacked any real focus. Most disturbing was the fact that the images were typecasting her as a potential “men’s magazine” model though she lacked the ‘attributes’ that would make her a star in that industry. Conversely, Elease has the [...]
