Lighting workshop!!!!!!

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Get it in before the New Year Begins {{Dump #1}}

Well the New Year is Rapidly approaching, in about 20 mins. So i figured i'd dump a bunch of recent and older work i've got lying around.

Just so you know, i'm going to try and blog a lot more this year, and also once a month im going to do this Dumping thing, where i just Dump work thats not going to make it on my site, but stuff I still like that i've taken, also i plan on spot lighting some other local (Atlanta) photographers whose work I think is amazing, or insightful in some shape or form, so without further ado

The Watcher!

"I always feel like...Somebodies watching me"

A few months ago, I was flown to NY to do a project with an Artist. During my time there, we went from one concept to another, hunting for something to really capture a specific emotion. In our quest to accomplish that, i found myself walking too slow. I was absorbing my surroundings and making sure I didn't miss an angle we could take. Whatever my reason, I always found myself trailing behind, and it hit me.

When you're a Leader, you're always being followed or even watched. You may not know by who, or even when or where you're being followed, but there is always someone there.






















I would absolutely love some feedback!!

12/17/09 Do I Do Commerical work?

So often am i asked about this illusive 'commercial work', if i do it and if I can show some of it. I absolutely love photography! I believe in its 'powers' <--yes powers! Call me crazy if you must...whatever the case, i love every facet of it. Here's a shot of a friend of mine named Dawn Montgomery She is an amazing person/model/mom/writer/what have you!

She and I have worked together on numerous projects but most have been focused around some type of fashion work, and this was the first 'commercial' shoot we did together.

It was certainly fun...as far as the set up goes...I used one light on the subject (softbox) with a reflector(silver reflector) right above her bust line....and i had a bare bulb on the background, just to make sure that the paper was clean white, with no gradation in tone.

There was make up involved in both shots...which was done by an amazing make up artist located in Atlanta named Parra! If you'd like more information on her, let me know and i'll post it up!

The image on the left: The soap was actually dish detergent, we used hand soap and face soap but none gave us a large enough amount of bubbles to really have a good effect. Then we placed it where we wanted it on her face, then went to town!

Image on the right: Just poured water down her face!


I've done some work for some restaurant PR firms and been blessed with some amazing free food! One place i went was Kozmo Gastropub in Alpharetta, GA



I don't drink at all <--personal choice, but im told they had some amazing drinks! If you check it out, tell them Allen sent you :) Cheers!


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An ongoing client i've had for about 2 years now is flyjane.net

Flyjane is a website that sells women's shoes, handbags, and other accessories for affordable prices but strives to retain a certain level of quality and bosts a pretty good price point also.

Whatever the case.....as of lately both flyjane( or Donna (CEO of Flyjane.net)) and I have decided to do was push the envelop just slightly with the website at first. We both feel that it will be more appealing to the patrons that casually go by the website on a regular to see a slight breath of fresh air

so when they may be getting use to

this


or even



and no i didn't take either of these pictures....

We'd like them to begin to expect things like this








All of which have already been put in advertising rotation.

So be on the look out for what Flyjane.net has to offer....and just like Kozmo's, tell her Allen sent you!

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So the most amazing job all Year, and it came at the end of the year (kind of Nov 28th)

I had to take a flight to Chicago! I was referred for a job that involved both Preston Bailey and the most amazing Jennifer Hudson

Here is one pic from the job :)



Just know that it was amazing! She is amazing, and if you click on Preston Bailey's name, you will soon see that he is also AMAZING!!!!!


OK THATS IT FOR TONIGHT


AND NEXT POST BE READY TO SEE SOME

<- CUTE KIDS!!



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Reco Chapple

In earlier posts I’ve expressed who Reco Chapple is. Some of you may remember him from Bravo televisions “The Fashion Show”. Whatever the case may be, I’ve worked with him a million times now, and every time I do, he consistently brings me something to shoot that excites me all over again. Recently we shot a collection of his that he had on the runway about two weeks prior. Needless to say in “House of Chapple” fashion the work was beautiful and the craftsman ship was what you’d expect from a meticulous mastermind such as Mr. Chapple. Whatever the case here are a few shots from the collection.









on to the next....

Kontrol Magazine!!

So today, I begin another blog post with me apologizing for a long over due update. I then go in on how busy I’ve been, and how im going to try harder to stay on top of it. So if you would just please apply all of that now, then I can move straight into the new info.

::WHATS NEW::

Recently I shot the cover of a new and upcoming magazine called Kontrol Magazine.
It’s a web based magazine, and is garnering some pretty decent exposure in a relatively short period of time.

For the issue that I shot I was blessed with the opportunity to shoot
Kandi who is one of the former members of a female singing group called Xscape and also one of the current ladies featured on Bravo’s television show “The Real Housewives of Atlanta”

Here’s The Cover ::pow::





also here’s another



The shoot went really well, Kandi is an amazing person. She has an equally amazing spirit, it was a pleasure and an honor working with her. From the looks of it, I believe we’ll be working together again.

What Kontrol is known for doing, is having two covers, one generally being a fashion cover and the other being a celebrity cover. I was actually contacted initially to just do the fashion spread, and the fashion cover, but something happened with the celebrity cover photographer. That situation led me into having to fill both positions, which I was delighted to do!

Here’s one of the shots from the fashion spread



But you can always go onto the website and check it out for all the photos used in the issue

Kontrol Magazine Website

OK on to the next…

Donald Allen Cooley Sr. 1/13/1962-10/25/2002

Dear Dad,

Didn't know where to start, so i figured I'd just say hey. It's certainly been a whiled since we've talked and even longer since we've seen each other but a lot of people tell me you're watching over me, and for the most part i believe it. So just in case you don't know, Nikki is doing well, I'm sure she could argue that she would be doing much better if you were still here and i wouldn't blame her. Mom is doing well, she's really strong dad. She fights through every situation like a soldier, she finds a way to make it all work, and i know she didn't think she'd make it this far when you passed. We were all so lost as to how we went on from that moment, and although i was ripped apart inside, I've been trying harder and harder to stay focused, and mom has really held it down so well since you've been gone. You'd really be proud of her. The doctors diagnosed her with Multiple sclerosis and i can't lie dad i really thought the Lord was playing a cruel joke and he was going to take her from me to, and i couldn't even think straight for days, so i just buried myself deeper and deeper into my work, i think i got that from you. But it looks like she'll be OK, and I thank God for that.

There's been so much to happen, and i want to tell you all of it but i wont talk your ear off, cause i know you're probably up there working! hehe :) I get it now, really i do. When you were hear i never understood why you worked so hard, i mean i knew we needed the money, but that didn't seem like it was your focus. You'd work on cars all day and all night if you could, then come home with oil and grease under your fingernails, in your nose and ears, it was crazy! But i honestly get it now. I'm a photographer now and I think i love that as much as you loved fixing cars. Its almost my escape from any and everything, as well as where I go when I'm already happy. I remember when mom use to give you a hard time about working all the time, often it seemed like you didn't have time for much else, because you were so focused. That is me now. Even as I type this letter to you, I'm realizing how much of me is you. You can't believe how excited I am at this very moment. I've been so sad that unlike most other fathers you WERE there dad but taken away to soon. Yes you were there to help raise, instill morals and values, teach respect, but you were taken away before you could really teach me all the lessons i felt that i needed to become a man. But now things are becoming more clear, maybe a lot of those things you instilled in me, before you passed i just didn't know how to use them, so they've laid dormant until I was smart enough to apply them! I'm glad to know that your listening because you've been gone for over five years and I think that's the first time that's ever clicked to me. I wanted to take credit for the life lessons I've learned, and understanding how to deal with those things, but both you and mom have instilled so much in me, i can't wait until tomorrow, to see whats next.

We'll I've got so much more to tell you but I'll tell you later today...i think this is good for right now...hope when you read this you smile! You were a great man dad, and you left behind a young man that refuses to let you down!

Love
Allen