A Thousand Words – new weekly documentary series by Jay Lamm
Hey, folks. I'm proud to announce that I'll be releasing a new documentary series on YouTube called "A Thousand Words." In this series, we'll take a look at some of the world's most iconic images, examining their story, touch on some technical aspects, and answer why they are still so enduring...in about a thousand ...
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New 2023 Project: Materials — now hiring models
Hey folks,I'm starting a new project and I'll be working on this through 2023. It's called "Materials" and will be photographs and digital art marrying portraits with workable materials. Here's an example of the first image I've made. Fabric I'm looking for models of all types. Guys, gals, young and old. ...
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Photography and AI
Lots has been made over the advent and rise of artificial intelligence generated art. But instead of deriding it, I spent a lot of time thinking about how I could incorporate AI art with my own photography. Fictional movie poster for "Hemah." This image won me a free tutorial off of Fstoppers' "Critique the ...
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LASM & Lee Michaels Gala Raffle Shoot
This was an interesting shoot because it was all about promoting these earrings from Lee Michaels which would be raffled off during the LASM gala. So, I had to make sure the models looked great and also make sure the earrings were prominently displayed. All of the models were awesome to work with and were patient ...
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Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Elusive Ear
I've done a lot of shoots and promotion photography for live theatre shows. One theory I have is that the photos being used to promote the show should communicate to the audience that the show is of a high quality with interesting costumes and set pieces. I was contacted to do some promo shots for the Sullivan Theatre ...
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Legally Blonde
Yet another promo shoot for a theater show. The idea I had for this shoot and the promo pictures involved had less to do with the movie Legally Blonde than it had to do with the TV show The Apprentice. For The Apprentice, I remember there being characters introduced atop buildings, in board rooms, on stairs, and ...
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Little Women
Whenever I do these theater shoots, I always watch the movie to familiarize myself with the characters and what they're like. I then go to a location an hour or two before to scope out where each character should be posed. Little Women was no exception. I brought some props to help certain scenes and made notes on where I ...
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