Gallery Show and Video coming soon....

So right after we moved to Hollywood a few weeks ago I decided I needed another project to break up the insanity of self employment and the eternal search for my next meal ticket...... I came up with a series of Helmut Newton inspired shoots and a video installation. Now don't be confused with the Helmut Newton reference. He was a fantastic photographer....no question don't get me wrong....BUT this is only an inspired shoot.....I love the B/W, high contrast, fashion mixed with nudity. So I decided to start my own series. I actually started a few months back with a less defined vision and created some fantastic images....but I felt I needed to start over and see what I could create.
So I shot the first model at the new place in Hollywood out in the hallway of my new apartment and in the public laundry room...it was awesome! And of course I made the first of probably six video clips that will all be combined at the end. Then I shot a fantastic couple...male and female model at their place in Hollywood. I LOVE the results! Then we moved on to a couple of female models in my kitchen and finally I just shot a fabulous model at her house in Orange county. So far the results are out of this world! I'm super excited about them!
In the end I hope to have a gallery showing downtown LA and a video installation as well. So things are exciting for sure! I will most likely shoot 2 more of these in the series. I have a dancer that I am shooting and filming in an empty house next week. Should be great! She is an amazing dancer, so I should get some really good stuff! So below are a couple of samples of the beginning of this project.......the very beginning....not the recent reincarnation of the project.....did that make sense? I hope not.... those are yet to be revealed......soon

Sarah





Dominique and Dragan

Jess Sherrie from NY

This is Jess Sherrie from NY. Another client that came down to Long Beach at the loft a few weeks ago. We did three looks in the studio. She is really cool, great personality. I thought these had some originality. If you click on the pics you can see all of them. There were so many great shots, but I had to choose a few to post....I hate choosing. So many photos have something to offer equally to me. We had a great celebrity hair/Mua....Lettie Mix.... she rocks!

Samantha from the U.K.

So this is Samantha one of my clients that we shot a couple of days ago in Hollywood. She is a new model from the U.K. and this was her first time to the U.S. The hair/mua that she had hired canceled so she had to resort to doing her own makeup, so she improvised. We only did two looks but as usual I love to play with light and see how creative I can get. Im always pushing myself whether it is one of my projects or a paid shoot like this. I thought these came out great so here you are.....random shoot....

In the beginning....

From small town dysfunction to living a new life in Hollywood as a professional photographer.....this is not everyone's story. Oh sure we have all been through the storms that brought us to where we are today,.....but this is my story. Its all true, sometimes painful.....sometimes very triumphant.....but it is all my life. The good, the sad, the amazing events that shape who we are and where we are going.
This is also my first blog so you will have to learn little by little the bizarre things that make me who I am. Like everyone, I can sometimes be so full of adventure and excitement and so high on life that no one can bring me down.....and at other times I want to disappear and go so far down that no one would ever be able to find me again.
Lets face it, life is a crazy roller coaster. It can be such a fantastic journey and it really is what we make of it! So stick around and if you feel inclined leave some feedback.... I love people.....AND hate them..... but am always willing to listen and learn.

And in case you are wondering.....I have a strange sense of humor. I'm not ever as serious as I may appear at times....I'm just a deep thinker, I like to debate and love to create! I'm a nerd, I'm a guy, I'm a knight in shining armor, I have an Irish temper....... I love to think outside of the box and hate labels. I prefer to walk to the beat of a different drum. I'm easy and I'm so complex....I am Lloyd Rosen....but at the same time.....I'm actually not......