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Top 10 Photos of 2009

Brian — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:15:32 +0000

The past year was insane at work. The first five months were filled with work on G-Force, 10-12 hours a day, six days a week. After G-Force, I took a two week vacation and then jumped right into working on Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. I have been working 12 hour days, six days a week on Alice since September. All this work left me little time to shoot. I shot about half the amount that I did last year, and shot more spur of the moment type things rather than planning shoots.

Here are my top 10 photos of the year, in chronological order:

A friend asked me to shoot his Porsche 996 Turbo.

The Hollywood Sumer Tour – A group of young dancers who come to LA to learn how to be a professional dancer in Hollywood.

Pinar Eris – Winter Collection. I was shooting some catalog images and wanted to do some shots for myself as well.

From a band shoot for The Swellers who are big fans of Venture Brothers. I later shot them on tour with Paramore and Paper Route (pics here).

A shot of my brother from the same day as The Swellers shoot.

At the LA Zoo.

My friend Aaron at MotorSportLens.com took me to shoot some racing. It was a big learning experience.

What a way to end the year. One of the dancers from The Hollywood Summer Tour that I shot the previous year was in LA and I asked her to shoot. I was thinking some studio dance shots would be nice, but she wanted to do something sexy on the beach. Not a problem. More from this shoot here.

Top 10 Photos of 2008

Brian — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:13:31 +0000

My photography came a long way in 2008. I attribute it to the copious amount of time off from work which let me shoot during the week. I tried to shoot at least once a week, which led to me shooting more than ever before. This years Lightroom Catalog has close to 20,000 images in it ranging from landscapes to dance to fashion to artistic nudes. My gear got a significant upgrade this year as well. I upgraded from a 6MP D70 to a 12MP D300 and replaced my slow-focusing 80-200 2.8 lens with a sweet 80-200 2.8 AF-S.

Jim Goldstein over at his Landscape, Nature and Travel Photography blog posted a project to post your top 10 photos of the year. It was a tough pick, which left me with 45 best photos from 2008. I got it down to 10 photos with the help of my girlfriend and art director Kristin. I’ve also posted numbers 11-20 which didn’t make it to this list here.

My top 10 images from 2008 (in chronoligical order, I think):

Shot while doing a swimsuit shoot. I turned around and this is what it looked like. No retouching.

The great Lela Rae in Detroit. Natural light. One is on my fathers couch, the other on my mothers dining room table.

My friend Lindsay who came in last minute to model for Naked i Clothing.

Hollywood Summer Tour 2008:

Thankfully, this liquor store painted their building bright green:

Shot with 4′ fluorescent work lights:

Buy some of these images at Red Bubble:

Continue to my Top 11-20 Photos of 2008.

Hollywood Summer Tour Shoot

Brian — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:35:00 +0000

The Hollywood Summer Tour is a group of professional dancers who come to LA to start breaking in to the Hollywood dance scene. I was allowed to shoot them while the filmed a music video for Nicki Foxx. Here are some of the pictures:

Lots more here: http://flickr.com/photos/digitalkloc/sets/72157606521778794/