Salon and the City

I love word of mouth advertising. It means a lot to find out that my clients, friends and family support my dreams everywhere they go. Word of mouth is how I got hired to shoot for this amazing beauty salon called Salon and the City.
I was meant to shoot the stylists and the the general shop, which I figured was going to be fine. Always be ready for the unexpected right? Well the day before my slave flash decided to "retire" and I was left without my "trusty" flash. Oh well. My mantra has always been "work with what you have, and the shoot turned out incredible!

Nyasia

This was an amazing photoshoot! And one of the quickest I've ever seen. Less than 45 minutes for the whole shoot. Originally we were trying to go for a "Breakfast at Tiffany's" concept and I had an idea for a hotel lobby as a backdrop. And I found a GREAT location. Unfortuntely, hotel management didn't agree with me about how great of a shoot this would be...Something about corporate espionage...I was not happy.

Grisselle

What an absolutely crazy shoot! It had everything! Stalkers! Police! Motorcycles! Seriously! We were going for an urban setting in this shoot and I figured Paterson would be the best place to go, since there is a very nice factory section called Bunker Hill there.

Natalie

This was fun. A lot of fun...too much fun! Such an amazing young lady. The concept we agreed to was a forest shoot. Very mellow, the last woman on earth kinda vibe. I think we did a good job. Besides the model and myself, we were accompanied by her brother (a videographer himself) and my assistant/wife (Greatest assistant ever!).

 

Sandy

This was a very interesting shoot. This was a Maternity shoot commissioned by Sandy's sister that needed to be done prior to her surprise Baby Shower. We arranged to shoot at her house, which turned out to be awesome, because when we got there she just finished preparing dinner...And what a dinner it was!  After being filled to capacity, it was finally time to get to work.

At The Park

So back to Jersey!

I was asked to shoot an up and coming model that was willing to fall victim,Ahem, I mean was willing for me to shoot her. She recommended Branchbrook Park, in Newark, NJ. I had no idea where it was at, but I figured the internet has Google maps for a reason!

So off to the park. She was an amazing shoot and I had an absolute blast. I got absolutely dirty! It had rained (of course) and the ground was completely saturated!

But she was a true sport and new how to be in front of that camera! She loved it and I had an absolute blast. I did end up looking like I was 5 years old with the grass stained jeans, but it was definitely worth it.

We're already scheduled to do another shoot later on this month, so we'll see how that goes. I can't wait. Obviously more to come.

To The Rooftops

Wow the month of April sucked! Well at least the weather did. But I still found plenty of time to shoot more and get some more shots.

So I finally convinced the significant other to let me shoot her. She's out in Queens,NY and it was a perfect day. The weather was just right and there a=was plenty of light for me to work with. So only place we could shoot with some kind of sense of freedom was the roof to her building.

So after some time for her to get dressed (women...:-p) we finally made it out there and started shooting. I had a ton of fun and I am very happy how the pictures came out.

If you look carefully you might be able to catch a glimpse of Citifield as well. I wonder how many more years will it take for me to convince her to shoot again? Honestly, I have no idea. But it might be a while...a very long while...very VERY long while. LOL. Have a good one guys. Happy Shooting.

Hi

Hello and welcome to BlackHill Photography!

What was my hobby is evolving into something so much more. Did I plan this to happen? Nope. Not at all. This was the last thing that I was expecting to happen. Anyway. This blog is meant to showcase some of my more favorite pictures. I'm not sure if I'm going to show exif info, but I'll make up my mind about that as this goes along.

Critiques and comments are always welcome. Seriously. One cannot grow if he does not know his mistakes. And I want to grow. Every picture I take is another chance to get better.

At the same time I am always looking for more people willing to let me shoot them. I am located in Northern NJ, but I can travel depending on the situation.

So I think every photographer does this at one point, so I figure "let me get it out of the way. So here is my self portrait.



I would like to point out that I am not that menacing by any means. I use whatever light is available to me to create a shot. This has no backdrop, and no professional lights. I was just bored and used whatever I had available. Can you take a guess what I used? I'll break down this picture on my next post.

Hope you guys enjoyed!