This family is so dang photogenic, it felt like cheating shooting their photos. It’s like they all walked straight out of central casting under, “young, stylish, contemporary American family.” Enjoy the photos…
May
11
Kevin and Jessica and Gavin and Taylor
Filed under : Portraits by Ben and Kirin on 11-05-2012
Jan
21
Some Double Dragon, and Some Fake Album Covers
Filed under : Extra, Portraits by Ben and Kirin on 21-01-2012
We’ve known the Williams brothers, Zealous and Lamont, for a few years now. They’re cool cats, and they also happen to be the local rap duo “Double Dragon.” We first met them about two years ago when they asked us to shoot some publicity stills for them. We shot more images of them for their marketing materiel, and we thought we’d share them with you.
Whenever I shoot publicity stills for bands, I always imagine how they would look framed as album covers. “Albums,” for those of you born after 1980, were how people used to store recorded music since the early days of the last century. I know that people dig digital music, but there was something about the physicality of a 12″ disk and its big, poster-like cover.
Anyway, I’ve always been a big fan of the cover art used by the Jazz record label Blue Note back in the 60’s. I thought it would be a cool little exercise to take some of the shots we have of Zealous and Lamont and create album art in the style of those old Jazz Albums.
Hey Lamont and Z, what do you think?
Jan
15
Vicky and Pedro
Filed under : Portraits, Weddings by Ben and Kirin on 15-01-2012
Never fails… Every time we have a groom who tells us that they hate being being photographed, that they never turn out well in their pictures–they always seem to end up looking great. I always think it’s because, for whatever reason, they are denying their inner-male-model.
Pedro is exactly like that. Despite his protests otherwise, I swear I could sense that he dug being in front of the camera. Vicky, on the other hand, was just like her good friend–and our former client–Jackie: relaxed, confident, and funny. We thoroughly enjoyed spending the day with these two. Here’s to you, Vicky and Pedro!
