Glass Photography

All credit in this shoot goes to Stephenie Falcone. A New York transplant of 8 years to Fort Collins – and a new mother – she was craving a reason to pull out her New York fashion and look sexy for a day.

With three other mothers we spent an afternoon photographing in Suburbia. The point . . . you can be a Mom, have a child, and still be sexy.

Thanks again Stephenie!

~SMG

Sex and The Suburbs

Sex and The Suburbs

This was a freaking fabulous fashion shoot. Harlot Wear is a super awesome cycling clothing company . . .  and no they don’t make lame spandex-stuff that no one wants to actually wear in public. They actually make cycling clothing that you’d be happy to wear out and about

The name Harlot? A little racy isn’t it? If you look back to the history and women that first road bicycles they were not looked upon fondly.

Please enjoy this historic yet unbelievable text from Harlot Wear’s website:

Critics warned that the“unfettered liberty of bicycling would intoxicate women to immoral acts” and that the bicycle “promoted immodesty in women”. As Clare S. Simpson noted,  “The independent mobility of cyclists raised genuine alarm for their physical, if not moral, safety; simply put, the bicycle could easily take women to unsavory places where they might be endangered physically … or morally.  Drawing on previous knowledge of the kinds of women who deliberately made themselves conspicuous in public, that is, prostitutes, there would be a strong tendency to conclude that cycling women were far from respectable: not exactly prostitutes, perhaps, but possibly women of loose morals or with an undeveloped sense of propriety.”

So with this history that the name Harlot Wear was chosen.  So, the idea? Let’s show cool girls getting after it in Harlot Wear apparel, showing their strong sense of  style, sass and beauty.

"I'm not only a killer down hill rider, but I look good too."

Next idea . . . .

"How cool is that girl?" Uhm, answer way cool. Dudes dig 'er.

This past Thursday we shot a “test” shoot with Megan Richter for Diana Baldwin Talent of Denver Colorado.

We started at my home with large cups of coffee as we rubbed the sleep our of our eyes at 7am. As Megan’s hair and hair was prepped by Janie Rocek of JR Design,  my friend Zak Hassler and I headed to location to setup. Zak Hassler gripped for the day, holding the scrim to keep those nasty shadows off the eye-sockets and provide comic relief while I was focused on shutter speeds, f/stops and Watt Seconds.

We were planning on 5 looks, and a few days prior to the shoot we decided to do an extra one pushing it to six. We were trying to give a few different looks of the fashion world.

Warm weather greeted us for the first look. We called this fashion look “the girl next door look in the happy airy morning light. “

The next look I called the “Nicole Kidman in the outback of Australia.” In short, we were on a safari, and super model Megan Richter did one excellent job with the outfit. We did passes with her walking as she showed her safari fashion look to the camera. This was one of my favorite looks.

As well as a few of those,  “I’m thinking of a time and place that held my heart.” She must have been thinking . . . . “of Australia, or some boy.” okay, bad joke, but I love the shot. Go Megan!

By the time the third look rolled around it had REALY gotten cold with a brisk northwestern wind. Brrr .  . . .  Despite the cold she turned it on for us. I absolutely love this frame. She makes it look like it could be the middle of summer appearing in some glossy like Vogue or Vanity Fair. She looks fabulous.

This next fashion look morphed from our original hippy-elengant-grunge look (yeah I made up the term - I’m creative) to a . . . well different idea.  We changed the look since we were unable to find the clothing we originally wanted. This is what we got.  I think it’s awesome and I love the attitude! The purple skirt with the velvet like blouse is very chic.

Next, our business look. It’s FREEZING now . . . and on some of the frames (not this one) Megan’s hands are turning a purple blue. Yikes.

And no model shoot is complete without some sort of sporty fashion look . . . This was the sixth look we decided to shoot at the last minute. This could be anyone out at for a day at the park.

It was a great model shoot, and I think we creatd some fashion type images. I’m super impressed with our professional model Megan who kept wokring the poses even though weather was frigid - yup, it ended up snowing that evening.

~ Steve Glass

Photographer, Fort Collins, Colorado.

I photographed my first test shoot for Donna Baldwin Talent. I had the great fortune to photography Charles Pappas who is represented by Donna Baldwin. This was the  first male model I’d ever photographed. And if fact the first “real” (as in represented by an Agency) that’d I’d ever photographed. Charles was a great first to photography, because he a zillion poses and it was impossible to take a bad frame of him.

Our biggest challenge of the day was the wind. It was SUPER windy. I’d planned on using a few different lighteing scenarios, but the wind made us keep it super simple. My friend Zak Hassler gripped for the day. His work consisted mostly of holding the light stand so it wouldn’t blow away. Makeup was done by Janie Rocek of JR Design.

We started with a summer preppy look.

We then moved to a casual day in at the park.

& another park shot, hmm let’s use the bleachers.

Time to look semi-casual . . . Gotta love the Xterra.

And finally the Sport fitness look. And yes he looks like Hercules - even in person.

It was great shoot.

-SMG

We had so much fun with Cassaundra on our first model shoot, we asked her to do another one.  It was the same idea as the first one, light airy catalog type shots, and some edgy athletic shots. We started with the light and airy stuff first.

I wanted to play around with different backdrops. I normally composes very clean uncluttered shots, but thought a little “stuff” in the background might add more of a story to the photographs. So we had her standing in front a bunch of picnic tables, garbage cans, and grills . She had a few different outfits.

This was our original backdrop I had in mind, but the huge beams of the picnic area were too visually distracting . . . . and I was already on the second to top rung of my 6 foot latter. I couldn’t quite cut out the beams . . .

Forget the picnic area . . . we picked up some trees and other cool background stuff.

Now on to a more edgy athletic look. Yup, super athlete Cassaundra.

This is the “epic” pose. Go Cassaundra! Go!

Fun day at the park.

~SMG

Steve has a secret goal of shooting for Victoria’s Secret one day…well I guess it’s not secret anymore since I’m posting it here. Of course, he’d be way too embarrassed to ask any non-paid model to pose in lingerie but he found a gal, Kirsten, who was excited to collaborate. It was a very professional setting - our living room. We had to move furniture around and deal with light bouncing all over the place which meant I was enlisted to “hold this paper to flag the light” at times. Kirsten was a very outgoing girl, totally comfortable and professional, and actually gave us a few pointers on the subject.  Once Steve got over his own embarrassment, the shoot went great! Now, Tuscan wasn’t shy - he was flirting with Kirsten the whole time!

The Three Yamauchi Sisters

Steve, aways excited to take cool photos, got the three of us (Tawni, Carly and I) to dress up and take “model” photos. I’m no good at posing for the camera, but Tawni hammed it up and Carly is just cute.

Tawni Hamming It Up

Our "Serious" Model Poses

My mom’s garden is in a bit of disarray. But the foliage everywhere made a wonderful backdrop for the “models”.

Tuscan Giving His Best Model Look

Tuscan wanted to try the model thing. Or maybe he just wanted mom to pick him up!

Carly A Natural Model

Carly Having Some Fun