Keep on playin'

Two posts within a week... what?? =)

Last year, I introduced my friend Nate to you all in the blog post "Dreamin' Big and Stepping Forward" (http://gzamoraphotographie.blogspot.com/2010/03/dreamin-big-and-stepping-forward.html.) He's currently working on a new album. He called me up again and asked me if I could come out to shoot a studio session. So I did.

I brought the flashes out, but I only used them half of the time. Most of the time we were in another room and I was too lazy to move my lights. Oh well. Bump up the ISO, open up the aperture and use longer than normal exposures and hope that none of them move for 1/30th of a second. Here's how some of them turned out.







I had fun that night... last night rather. It was quite interesting to see how an actual recording session worked. Needless to say that it was my first time in a recording studio, and I was amazed at the amount of work that goes into one song. We were there forever, but seeing my good friend Nate at work doing what he loves to do was well worth it. As far as the song, well, its stuck in my head, and I have a rough cut on my iPod on a loop. Nuff said. Great work buddy!

More to come from this session.

GZ

Workin' hard for the money

It has certainly been a while since my last post on here. Like I've previously stated, I have been real busy. The last post was when I was in the Philippines, and when I got back Stateside, well, work took over.

Last year, I was given the opportunity to shoot more for the magazine. I haven't put them up on here because what I shoot for the magazine is the property of the magazine, but after speaking with my boss, she said that there won't be any problems with me posting the photos I took on this blog. So here we go. =)

I'm posting photos in no particular order. First up are Anne and Sharon, two oncology nurses I shot for the 4th installment our Extraordinary Healer Book project–a book project about oncology nurses and the amazing things they do for their patients. This is an end of the year project for us involving 30 plus photographers (that I have to contact and line up for each shoot). This is an amazing project that allows me to speak with and learn from very talented photographers all over the United States.



This is the latest shoot that I did for CURE. Another reason why I love doing this is because I get to meet incredible people who battle this disease, and instead of letting it defeat them, they do something about it. From becoming advocates to signing up for ground breaking treatments so that oncologist can learn from their treatments so that they may better help others.

Betty is an advocate for caregivers. Her husband passed away from cancer. While she was caring for him, she realized that while cancer patients get all the help they can get, caregivers are often over-looked for the emotional struggles they go through while caring for a loved one with cancer. Look for her story on our Spring 2011 issue due out in March.


Photoshoots can be difficult when you show up to a place without knowing what it looks like. Making the best of each place by doing a quick survey to assess the best light and scenery can really improve an image. Normally one would take a few shots before he or she can have a workable image. In this case, I got "the shot" with the first click. Don is an incredibly nice guy, but I felt bad having a reflector in his face, blinding him so that I can get the best light for the photo. He told me after the shoot that he has new found respect for swimsuit models.



Jackie is another oncology nurse that I shot for the Extraordinary Healer Book. I had to drive to Houston for this shoot. A day on the road was worth it to meet this lady. A very kind and generous Extraordinary Healer.



Road trips for work?? Yeah, I love my job. I drove out to Nacogdoches, TX for this shot. When I got there, she had baked cookies and brewed me a pot of coffee. I enjoyed meeting Jane and her cute little grand daughter who was more than willing to help clear her toys off the floor so her granny could be photographed.



I photographed Patty for the same article that Jane was in. Both women had the exact same diagnosis, but they both took a different path of treatment. You can read this article here... http://curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/article.show/id/2/article_id/1540



Austin, TX was the stop for me for this shoot with Sandy–single mom of 2 and cancer survivor. This assignment is for our new microsite http://www.cancerbonehealth.com. Check out her story and video interview that I shot.



This is Sue from Grand Prairie, TX. Her article can be read here http://curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/article.show/id/2/article_id/1539.


No one can be more motivated than Teddy. A prostate cancer survivor who lost weight by running so that he may improve his quality of life. I photographed him over the course of 2 days. Once for this shoot, and the other while he ran a 5k. He runs every 5k he can find. I could barely keep up with this guy.



Now for all you folk saying that I've been lazy. Yeah, I'll admit that I have been lazy about posting blogs. As you can see, hopefully, that I have been busy shooting and working.

Stay tuned for more!

GZ