Shooting my good friend Jay is always a blast as no matter what the concept/style/theme of the shoot is, one thing is certain and that is I’ll be laughing my head off.  This night was no exception.  I thought I would try Jay for my alternative theme book that I am working on and happily he obliged.  Lots of laughs between shots and let me just say his portrayal of anger, sadness and loneliness was a tad different from what I was expecting.  Maybe the camera changes people’s expression or maybe I couldn’t get the story across of what I was looking for exactly as he was making me laugh too much.  Anyway, I think after about a hundred frames, the last dozen or so finally clicked (pardon the pun) and we got something that I can definitely use.  I’m split between the first and the third shot above.  Which do you prefer?

Soundtrack to the shoot was Soundgarden’s album Badmotorfinger and Alice in Chain’s album Dirt.

I finally was able to go to the studio after a short Christmas break and explore some fashion creatives once again.  If you have been following my blog you are well aware of my yet to be titled book of alternative fashion.  This night Tima, an aspiring model from Toronto, stepped up for the challenge and did she ever nail the shoot!  She knew what I was looking for as she did some research on my past shoots of this theme and was able to do her own hair and make up. These are the obligatory favourite five from the shoot and I definitely love Tima’s expression and pose on the last shot.  That would be the one for the book.

Hey Tima, have you learned to make a fist yet?  lol

Music for the shoot was Tricky’s Maxinquaye and Pre-Millenium Tension.