/Kala
We are back in the studio this week after traveling quite a bit of traveling for BioMarin. At the beginning of this month we took off to the Midwest to photograph a couple of amazing people with the rare disease called MPS-IV. The warm welcome into these people’s homes and spending time getting to know them is something that will stick with us for a while. It was incredibly rewarding to see into their lives and capture them as people, not as patients. Our First stop was Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Upon stepping into the airport we quickly realized that we had arrived at the peak of quail hunting season. We were greeted with a huge sign that read, “Welcome Hunters.” Being immersed in hunting culture from childhood, I had to get a selfie with some orange. 
The “shoot”went well. We had an amazing crew and walked away with some great images.
Next Stop: Fort Scott, Kansas. We got to explore acres of farmland and lose a few games of CLUE to our host and his siblings. The Farm was beautiful, we found a rad barn to photograph. It was so inspiring we had to go antiquing after the shoot and picked up a few things for The Ranch. 
Rad Barn: To see more pictures check out the Instagram.
All in all the Midwest treated us very well. We can’t wait to share from Bob’s recent trip to New York with this project. More to come.
More dancers – more movement
Early this week we brought back a hip hop dancer that we have photographed in the past. Staying in the outdoor studio and keeping the huge silks for our lighting, we moved around to get a more natural blue sky background. A little less studio feel, a little more natural – while still using beautiful big light sources.
Bob and I got to talking yesterday about this work – why dancers, why flying? It seems like he is drawn to this as a more pure form of the motion portraits he sees us doing in our fitness work. The dance images are still about photographing people, still a portrait, and the motion is still fitness. But working with these dancers, the project feels more like a study of form and movement.
This Oakland based dance teacher is great to work with and we hope to collaborate with her more. Using the blue sky felt more authentic and true to her as a performer. Here are a few from the shoot. We will keep putting these on Instagram and Twitter, so please check our feeds.
Enjoy. – Kala
Share this:
Facing Chemo
/Kala
This week we completed the framing of the latest Facing Chemo exhibit – Before & After. The show hung this past Wednesday at a corporate event at Genentech. We are looking forward to seeing the show hang again soon.
Share this:
Fun in the Midwest
/Kala
We are back in the studio this week after traveling quite a bit of traveling for BioMarin. At the beginning of this month we took off to the Midwest to photograph a couple of amazing people with the rare disease called MPS-IV. The warm welcome into these people’s homes and spending time getting to know them is something that will stick with us for a while. It was incredibly rewarding to see into their lives and capture them as people, not as patients. Our First stop was Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Upon stepping into the airport we quickly realized that we had arrived at the peak of quail hunting season. We were greeted with a huge sign that read, “Welcome Hunters.” Being immersed in hunting culture from childhood, I had to get a selfie with some orange.
The “shoot”went well. We had an amazing crew and walked away with some great images.
Next Stop: Fort Scott, Kansas. We got to explore acres of farmland and lose a few games of CLUE to our host and his siblings. The Farm was beautiful, we found a rad barn to photograph. It was so inspiring we had to go antiquing after the shoot and picked up a few things for The Ranch.
Rad Barn: To see more pictures check out the Instagram.
Share this:
Facing Chemo in NY
Seen at an opening in NY tonight at the Chelsea 27 artspace 617 West 27th
ASMP NY Image 14 winners
Share this:
Dance
Ballet. [Click the image to see it larger]
Share this:
Phase One IQ250
I recently did a dance shoot on the farm where we used the new IQ250 from Phase One. The new CMOS sensor made this possible as we were shooting outdoors using available light through numerous silks. We had the ASA up to 800 and 1600 for the shoot, firing off between 1/2500 and 1/3200 of a second around f5.6. The files were great, though focus was a challenge given our subject matter. Some behind the scenes shots with the camera.
Still diving into more of the files, but here’s a preview.
Share this:
Thanks Pro Photo Daily
Studio News/Kal
Check us out on the home page of Pro Photo Daily . Our Arial Dancer images are being featured. We are super stoked to be mentioned in the article. You can click here to see more images from that shoot.
Share this:
on location – Moab
Recently, we shot in Moab for Title Nine’s Fall Catalog – in a mailbox near you now.
The days began and 5am and ended after 8pm, but we had a great crew, great models, and you can’t ask for a more beautiful place to shoot.
Sunrise over the Slickrock Trail.
flying fruit – squash
A little ditty at sunset – she was awesome.
Share this:
T9 fall covers
Arriving to a mailbox near you. We shot most of this fall’s Title Nine catalogs on location in Moab. Always fun shooting with the T9 team.
Share this:
Facing Chemo – before and after
More diptychs from our Facing Chemo reunion. I think this might be a separate exhibit soon.
Share this: