"The Truth Guy"

    His tattoo was across his chest and it was the word "TRUTH". It was easy to light, and easy to shoot. I thought that the shadow fell quite nicely while leaving the tattoo readable and sharp. My only question is, with or without the bottom of his chin. I'd like to hear from my silent majority out there. I was hoping for some comment on all my photos on this blog, but...

Half-sleeve

His tattoo was black and white, with great shading. It was simple, yet complex. It wrapped, for the most completely around his shoulder and upper arm. I did not think I could do the tattoo justice by trying to photograph the entire thing. So I tried concentrating on the dragon, which was mostly in front and a little on the side. I took a photo of the dragon's head and neck. Then a photo of the dragon's body and tail. Then merged them in photoshop. It turned out quite well.

Elbow's are tough

I told my model that I wanted to photograph the tattoo around her elbow. Because I've never seen one there before and I thought it would be cool. She said that was because "they f***'n hurt like hell!" It was such a odd shape and location that photographing all of it in one shot would have not looked that great, so I lit half of it and photographed it that way. The colors turned out true, They were darker and the wrinkles in her elbow don't bother me as much as I thought they would.

"I dig the shin"

This tattoo was on the shin. I wanted to show that location, so I have a highlight falling on her other leg. I think it works nicely. The color of the tattoo shows up quite nicely. But that may be because she had very fair skin, so the colors of all her tattoos show up great in any light. She said that she told her tattoo artist that she wanted a tattoo that would make her laugh every time she looked at it. she was very pleased that I wanted to shoot her buddha because she say'd "I just love the little guy!"

"THE ARTIST"

     Yesterday I went and saw the movie "The Artist". It was unlike any movie I've seen before. It was silent. No talking. It was also in black and white. The fact that there was no talking made you pay close attention to what was going on. Also, Since it was black and white the sets seemed to be more simple, yet more grand, because you noticed all the elements of art and the principles of design in each shot. I could realate to the main character because he was a silent film star that rejected the new "talkies" movies and later had to adapt to them. I rejected "digital" photography at first, but now am adapting to it.