Pin-Up Portfolios -The Pin-Up Parlor – Berkeley, Ca

After The Flash Bus Tour I was itching for a shoot. Luckily my friend Tiff of Pin-up Portfolios invited me to photograph some portfolio shots for them.

Pin-up Portfolios “capture that sexy feeling forever through a day of pin-up pampering and photography.” Pin-up portfolios consists of two Tiffany’s; Tiffany (@artiffact), Tiffany (@pinupportfolios), also the hair stylist and owner of Pin-Up Parlor , Reinee (@projectface) makeup-artist, Mike, and Eddy (photographer). For this session they had a white cloth back drop setup which I used a little with Tiffany (hairstylist – BTW shes dope and does all the pin-up hair):

, but the Pin-up Parlor I felt provided for even more interesting settings. I used their walls for a more typical pin-up headshot

then I played a little bit with their concept of house cleaning and used the shop and my lights to get the feel of after-hours cleanup at the shop.

One of my most interesting shots from that day was this

I had decided to shoot the house-cleaning shots at a different area in the shop and started to set up my lights and positioning then Eddy,the other photographer that day, pointed out sunlight that began beaming through the front of the shop. There was shiny building across the street reflecting the sunlight at the shop. He asked me what I was going to do with it. At first it started as a nuisance and I asked Eddy to hold up a reflector to block the light while I shot a few frames. As the sunlight moved he adjusted to block it, but as time passed it became less intense. At this moment I decided that we should try using it. Moving quickly I adjusted the exposure and balanced the ambient, my speedlights, and the sunlight through the window. With only a few minutes for a good capture I was able to grab one that was usable.

Here are a few more photos from this shoot: