Thank you! every one that came out to our open house.. We had so much fun chatting and talking with everyone all day. I’m sure the will be lots of video and photos posted here and there on facebook of the good times we had and all the new and old friends that showed up to support us in the new studio.

Also thank you, thank you for all those that attended our very first WPPI platform.  We would love to see you at our open house and have the opportunity to chat and hang out more!

.jmc.

A little more car action for you automobile aficionados. 1929 Bentley Speed 6 aka: The Alpine Express.  If you attended our Grand Opening party, this was car on our cyclorama. I photographed the car a couple days later, slowly working the radio poppers into my lighting technique (it’s almost there) …  not bad for single sb800 flash ttl (via the poppers).

After doing a little sfmf action with the poppers, I decided to do a few test shots with 12×12 silk that jrlighting lent to us for the party…  image below (12×12 silk plus a profoto 7a full power).

.jmc.

Yes, I Have Mariachi Pants!  Thank you Jimmy and Sanne!  Our grand opening party was a huge success, not just because I was wearing some of the coolest pants ever made, but because we had so many friends, family, clients and vendors that showed up to party and support us in a 23 year old dream to have our own studio.  Thank you, thank you, thank you!  If you missed the party of the year, I will give you a small recap.  We had a Cool band doing some great covers - Dean Cortez, Greg Diaz and World Famous Drummer, Joe Esposito in form Southern CA, and killer DJ - Mike from Good Vibrations - spinning and keeping the party going and lighing up the studio making it more like a club, of course we have to hand it to Randi from Naakiti for transforming our ultra cool space to an even ULTRA-ER cool place, The crew at Ice Occasions for literally cooling some hotness down, JR Lighting for equipping us with some fun toys to play with, William Pfersching for providing the delicious cuisine, Lori White for making Dalisa beautiful and finally, to Loftworks for providing a unique and exsquisite location to fit our brand, lifestyle and business.

-jmc & dc

aka.  Stephanie and Corey: part ONE!

Though we are still not fully open yet in our new studio (very soon). We have been doing a few sessions here and there..  Our first official session to baptize the new studio is a real rock and roll couple, Stephanie and Corey, who gave us pretty much total creative freedom.  You might remember this tease post a week or so ago: Stephanie and Corey.

So here you go, starting off big in the new studio with a little help from Stephanie’s sister, Christine who is a wardrobe stylist here in Vegas, and JR lighting for supplying the killer profoto gear and the huge octobank which allowed me to make the light just how I envisioned it.  I just love these two images of Corey (above) and Stephanie (below) simple but complex. (the water, btw, is an important part of the story)  Exceptional hair and make up by Melissa Conner

“my personal style is dark”, that’s what I usually say.  It’s not often that I get the same said back to me, “yes we like it on the dark side also..”  Awesome, how lucky I am when a super cool couple’s vision lines up with my own personal vision.  dream come true.

These two images I’ll totally credit Stephanie with..  Stephanie says “we love Dexter“, we say “we are big Dexter fans also”, Stephanie says she would love a “dexter” style kill room scene.   Sweet!  We turn to our assistant Rachel and off she goes to buy as much plastic wrap as she can.  1/2 an hour later I have (below) probably my most brutally sexy kiss image of all time..  Thank you, thank you, Stephanie for that idea!

We have so much more to show you, just wait a little while longer for their full wedding post.
Below are a few images of Corey at his day job.  Corey Taylor, btw, is the front man of Slipknot and Stone Sour.  We were lucky enough to get a chance to photograph this couple while they were doing the last concert of the tour.

Stephanie, Corey, thank you two ever so much for the freedom to create, helping break in our new studio and for setting the bar so high for us right out of the gate.  dalisa and i love you guys!    .jmc.