Wish I could shoot in a gym like this everyday of my life. I love the gritty warehouse look with raw light coming through the windows.You can check out the set-up shot for this shoot here. No modifiers, no scrims, nothing. I wanted it as filthy as possible.And love the outcome. Really happy with some of these. Much different from the rest of my stuff with semi-soft directional light from big modifiers. And none of this was staged. Everything happening in each shot was captured as it was going on. Oh, on top of the lights in that BTS shot, there is also another bare light inside bouncing off a white...
Linked up with DeMel a few months ago in LA. He came out to get certified to train Olympic athletes. Long story short, DeMel is a beast. If your looking for a trainer, he is the guy. Extremely passionate and knowledgeable about the human body, fitness, health, and pushing your body to the limit. He will get you where you wanna go.
Mr. Tarver
TAGS: Fitness Photography, Fitness, Cross Fit, LAX Crossfit, Fitness Photography, Athlete, Sports, Strength, Power, Lifting, Training, Trainer, Personal Trainer, Muscle, Los Angeles, Rob Hammer Photography
For the past 6 months I have been walking by C.& D.Q. Welding. A really cool family owned company with an outdoor work area that was begging to be shot. So one day I walked in and asked the owner if he would mind me coming in and taking some pictures. He seemed skeptical, but said they would call when they had a big project come in. Time went by and I never heard from them. Stopped in again and got the same answer. More time went by and still no call. So late last week I had some free time and decided it needed to happen. Walked over and told them I wanted to come in "TODAY" to shoot. I guess after...
Good times down in Puerto Vallarta. Didn't shoot as mach as I would have liked, but there is always the next time. PV is a cool little town that is very easy to get around. We took the bus quite a bit. And had no problem until we fell asleep, missed our stop, and woke up somewhere very unfamiliar. Ha. The main streets are very similar to most Mexican tourist towns. If you look a little further though, it has a lot to offer. The thing that stood out the most to me is the texture. The whole town had tons of texture and tons of color. Fantastic street tacos too. My mouth is watering just thinking...
Throughout my life I've been lucky enough to visit some amazing places and spend time with some great people. Last week however, MIGHT have topped them all. Our backpacking trip into the Grand Canyon was just incredible. If you've never done it, add this trip to your bucket list. And then do it again every year! I certainly don't have writing skills to describe how amazing it was. Nor will my pictures ever do it justice. It's just something you have to see for yourself.
We left Sunday morning from San Diego and drove 8 hours into Arizona. Found a random field to pitch our tents in and met up with...
Went to Texas a few weeks ago for one shoot and only planned on staying a few days. That one shoot turned into three and we ended up staying a week. It was my first time in Texas, so I was happy having some extra time to check it out. Can't imagine I smelled too good by the end though. As I only brought enough close for three days. The first shoot was in Dallas, which I was not impressed with at all. We walked around a lot of the city and there was nothing that made it feel like Texas. On top of that it felt like a ghost town. Nobody was out in the streets. Not even a single person riding a bike....
Never know what you'll find on your way to lunch.......
TAGS: Car Photography, Classic Car, Cars, Old Cars, Automobile Photography, San Diego, California, Rob Hammer Photography
To see the dead fish images from my first trip click HERE
Had an itch that needed scratching, so I took a ride out to the Salton Sea again yesterday. Something about this place that I find very interesting. Certainly not a positive place to be or live, but great if you just feel like shooting. In an all honesty, it's a very depressing part of the country. However, something everybody should see at least once. A lot of the day was spent driving around the little towns scattered around the sea shore. I've been to a lot of shitty places and this is without a doubt the poorest of them all. Bombay...
Just got back from a week in Texas and trying to get caught up on the blog. Have a lot of posts on the way, so stay tuned. Went up to LA for another shoot a few weeks ago and hit up Sweeney Todd's before hand. Really cool old shop. Had a lot of fun shooting this one. It's been a Barber Shop since 1947 and has gone through 4 owners in that time. Sweeney himself is the guy cutting in the right hand chair. On the wall is a pricing list and on the bottom of that list it says "no cellphones." This is something they take very seriously in Sweeney Todd's. They told one guy to go outside because he started...
