There Are No Rules for the Decentralized Photographer

Hey Steemians and People of the Decentralized Network,

Today I bring to you weird portraits and 'what was I thinking?' when I took that moments. For those of you who follow me, you know that I'm not your average photographer. I take pictures of people from around the world and I do not conform to the rules. I am your friendly 'Decentralized Photographer'

In my reality, there are no rules when it comes to photography

It's a good thing I never went to photo school because I would have been kicked out. I like to over-expose, use old crusty gear, mega-pixels suck, motion blur is beautiful, moire rocks and planning things out in advance suppress my creativity.

I am the ultimate MacGyver of photography. Give me a shitty situation and I'll create compelling images out of nothing. My lights aren't working, not a problem: siphon some gas from the car and set something on fire, "the orange glow from that flame will do...don't get too close to my model numb-nuts!"

Let's dive into the images I have chosen for today and I'll give the back story of each image (like always):

I had a shoot at the W Hotel in West Hollywood and my assistant forgot to bring the battery for triggers. But I was armed with a projector and a hotel lamp. This is what happened. The model likes red butterflies and she had painted one; so we projected the art onto her; a little bit of lamp light for rim and WAAAALAAAAA!

Who doesn't love a blown out highlight on the face with a beautiful model? Downtown LA looks amazing in this shot.

This is Chiara, an Italian actress. She was late for the sunset shoot so I decided some long exposures would work. I used a cell phone for the light on her face. This is one image taken at 25 seconds. I had her move into different poses and lit her with the phone. This is what happens. She loved it!

Setting a new standard in headshots for LA actors.

Remember the projector technique from earlier. Here's another one; I love this technique so much it's a reoccurring theme.

Projection in conjunction with flash. It works! And she's was a fun to work with as well...really got into the creative side of things because I think outside the box.

This portrait looks somewhat normal except that I included the gear in the shot. I like gear shots or what is often referred to as "setup shots."

This was pitch black when I shot this. But a long exposure using the full moon as a light source, combined with painting light during a 30 second exposure. It worked! My first time doing a portrait this way.

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Photo on the right. I said to my self, "Let me shoot through this piece of dirty plastic and see what happens"

A stand in model with a gun. Yes, we were playing with a gun found on set. The guy in the image is Hive account@zenithwombat and he was helping out by being my stand in. I was playing with light before shooting the actual subject. Some of the best moments are captured by totally fucking off.

This image is in here for no reason. It's a perfectly good shot.

Project on your amazing model. She won't mind.

Just cut off her head. It will be okay and she will love it.

Sometimes I get to shoot celebrities but they don't want to be seen. So have them pose like this.

I was using a beauty dish and managed to flag the light by accident so only a part of her is lit with the light. But I liked it so much I decided this one was better than the one where she was completely lit properly. Rock the mistake!

I love the contrast of properly lit and overexposed. It rocks.