This past week, I was able to have a shoot with a pair of Evo X's. The location was the usual DTLA spot (I think it's time to explore for more shoot locations). The DTLA location is starting to get pretty popular that all kinds of people are starting to have shoots there; we saw a photoshoot of DJ Khaled with his black Rolls Royce in the same spot that I was supposed to start my shoot in. Khaled's crew didn't want us near him or the shoot so the most we could do is look at them and their black tee's trying to act all hard around one guy........on to the shoot!
Since Khaled was taking up the usual spot, I decided to take pictures all over the area, the bridge made for a perfect duo shot that I just couldn't let the opportunity pass by.
The ever occurring problem with shooting at this location is that the sun is always in the background during the afternoon, so you're always shooting against the light rather than with it, and since I forgot to bring my wireless triggers for my speedlights, I had to put them on slave and shoot with my pop up flash to trigger them; kind of annoying but it did get the job done.
A little bit about the owner: Bryan, who set up the shoot with me a while back, wanted to get some pictures of his daughter and his wife. I'm no portrait photographer but I'll never turn down a special request. Both of he evos are pretty sick (not to mention pretty damn loud) and I have to give props to the baby for being able to sit in the backseat.
The shoot was pretty successful given the lighting conditions (harsh, no clouds). My team had a good time snapping pics and of course being able to see some sick cars. As we were leaving, Scion had just showed up to do a commercial shoot of one of their cars. I wasn't allowed to take pics but it was cool driving by their two vans carrying loads of equipment compared to my trunk filled with a tripod, reflector, a couple of speedlights, and a step stool.
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