Mugshots

I started a new series. And it wasn't my idea at all. A model asked if I would shoot mugshots of her and her friends for her birthday. I said that I would since it sounded like great fun. I ordered the display board and tried to find a height chart (which are harder to find then I thought they would be). As it turns out, she never got back to me on doing the shoot, but I decided to start with my series anyway.

I started with myself as a test. I didn't have tape on the wall and I did the height chart in Photoshop. I played around with makeup and some fake blood. I had fun doing mine.

I didn't like doing the lines in Photoshop. It's a pain to do in between hair so I bought many rolls of tape (half of which wouldn't stick to the wall) and finally just cut matte black tape to the widths that I wanted. That's why the tape is all uneven. I don't have a good eye for level (I actually use grids in my camera to help with that!) I have numbers up there, but they aren't graphic enough, so I still do those in Photoshop.

I finally had a model photo shoot and I asked everybody if they would get their mug shots done. They did and I'm so grateful to Robin, Michelle, Greg and Stretch.

Everybody gets to choose their station and saying.  I think the photos are able to say a little a bit about me while saying quite a bit about the subject.

I think this will be a super fun series to do and it takes all of five minutes to get the shot. Plus it gave me something to do during makeup changes. I'm thinking of taping all the pictures on the wall next to the chart. Maybe Rodney (my studio mate) will add some pictures as well. It will make a cool collage of people who come through the studio.