New Blog Site...

As a part of my new photography website, I've switched my blog over to a new WordPress site from this Blogger site.

You can find the new blog at http://michaelhuittphoto.com/blog/

See you there!

Back Window Snow

The warm and cozy view from the back window of my NYC apartment at the 'blizzard' today. It's still coming down.



This was my first video from my new Nikon D7000 camera coupled with a Nikon 85mm f1.4 lens. Edited on iMovie.

Kansas Stories | Summer 2010

I've been playing with book publishing courtesy Adorama Pix in New York City. I put together images from my trip back to my home state of Kansas this past summer into a book. You can preview (or even purchase) the book by clicking on the link below...



Also working on a book of select models I've shot over the past five years.

Portfolio Update

Aiden Duhval Video...

Aiden and I have done numerous shoots together over the last few years. This video highlights the best images from our work together.

Catching Up...

It's been forever since I've updated the blog... here's some of my work from the last part of 2009...

Joe Smirh - November 2009

Joe Smirh - November 2009

Joe Smirh - November 2009

Yuriy Bogish - November 2009

Dustin Chase - November 2009

Dustin Chase - November 2009

Dustin Chase - November 2009

Michael Waltz - October 2009

A Ford Model

I've done three shoots over the past few months with Paul Bermudez, a model represented by the Ford Modeling Agency.  All three shoots were a lot of fun.  Paul is very easy-going and great to work with.  He's always contributing ideas to the shoot. He's not only a great model to shoot... but has become a good friend too.

Here are a few of the results...

 

Experiments in Ring Flashery

I've had the Alien Bee ABR800 ringflash for a while now, but had never really used it until this past month. It takes a little getting used to, but I'm liking the results so far.

Two of the most recent experiments...








Comments, suggestions welcome.


-- Post From My iPhone

Shoot with Joe Lee

Had a great shoot today with Joe Lee. He's hoping to shop around to agencies this week in New York.

 

  

 

More Karim

A few additional shots from the most recent shoot with Karim...

-- Posted From My iPhone

Growth

nelson
Originally uploaded Sept. '07 by michaelnyc



antonio
Originally uploaded Feb. '09 by michaelnyc

I was updating the photos on my photo wall the other day with some more recent images. I had inadvertently put two shots of Nelson Antonio next to each other. It was great to see the growth in his posing and look.

The first photo in the trees was from our first shoot together back in September 2007 when he was using his first name of Nelson.

The most recent shot is from our last shoot in February of 2009. He now goes by his middle name of Antonio.

Obviously Antonio has grown and matured in his modeling skills. It's great to be able to follow a model in his career and see that growth. It brings a great sense of satisfaction to me as a photographer to see the results of the creative process.

Killer Shoot

I had a wonderful shoot this past weekend with Karim. This was the fourth time that Karim and I have shot together. We really 'clicked' on this shoot. He had been hitting the gym hard since the last time we shot in September, so he was feeling confident about the new and improved body. That confidence was infectious and rubbed off on me. We tried some of the usual poses and backgrounds and we tried some new backgrounds with my brick fireplace and some different lighting setups.

It was Karim's idea to get 'dirty' and rub ash from the fireplace all over himself. It think it added a nice touch to the photo. There are more photos coming with the ashy look.

The whole shoot was a creative collaboration... the best kind of shoot. I had a blast!

Thanks to Karim for the inspiration.

Here are some of the results...




These shots were to update Karim's Model Mayhem portfolio.

iPhone OS 3.0

Cut and paste!! Finally! Can't wait.

-- Posted From My iPhone

 

Georgetown Models

perry, originally uploaded by michaelnyc.

In the last month, I've photographed two students from Georgetown University in Washington DC. Purely coincidence, they don't know each other and contacted me separately to shoot.

Perry (above) is in his final semester before receiving his Masters Degree.

kevin, originally uploaded by michaelnyc.

Kevin is a senior at Georgetown studying International Studies.

iPhone Sunset

This photo was shot a couple of days ago along the Hudson River. Christian had just bought some new sunglasses at the Columbus Avenue street fair. Seemed like a good use of my new iPhone's 2.0 megapixel camera. I think it showed off the sunset reflection fairly well.


-- Posted from my iPhone

Gustav & Hanna

Empire State, originally uploaded by pmarella.

A cloudy, rainy weekend in New York caputured by a Flickr member from New Jersey.

The remnants of Gustav and Hanna both converged on New York City this weekend.

Thirty years ago today...

Thirty years ago today, a scared 17-year-old kid from outside Pratt, Kansas walked into 1500 N. West Street in Wichita, Kansas and asked for Larry Hatteberg. This was just after Hatteberg had won his second NPPA Photographer of the Year award. Hatteberg was the Chief Photographer for KAKE Television, Channel 10 in Wichita.

August 24, 1978 was a day that changed that teenager’s life. It was a morning filled with watching storyteller Hatteberg shoot a story on a fish farmer near Cheney. Then, as happens in television news, the afternoon agenda changed dramatically with a report of an explosion and leak at a Titan II missile silo near Rock, KS and Hatteberg and the teen headed south in Mobile Unit 4 to cover the story.

The next three days were a whirlwind of driving the blue Chevy Nova and 3/4" video tape back and forth from a grassy corner off Highway 15 to the hill on S. Rock Road where Truck 100 could get a microwave signal back to the Holiday Inn rooftop receive site in Wichita.

When the teen’s Skyline High School class ring and right hand holding a microphone made it on ABC’s World News Tonight with Frank Reynolds, Max Robinson and Peter Jennings… he was hooked! It was a life of television news for him!!

That teenager was me.

Thirty years later, I'm the Director of New Technologies for ABC Television in New York. I can't believe it's been 30 years, but it has. It's been a hell of a career. I'm looking forward to more.

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Me on the sidelines of a KU football game circa 1980. KAKE would fly the camera up to me on weekends in the helicopter so I could shoot highlights and then ship the tape and camera back to them via the station's helicopter. Photo by David Evans for his Photo II photo story project.

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A busy weekend...

This past weekend was busy with three shoots and a go-see test shoot. I was very pleased with the images that we created.

Friday was Dominic...


Saturday was Karim...


Sunday was Alexander...


And Monday was a test shoot with Jay...



Now I have a lot of editing and retouching to do. Wish me luck!

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Updating the Portfolio

Updating my portfolio at http://michaelnycphoto.com.

Here's the port to date...

Portfolio Montage

It's been a busy first part of 2008. Because of projects at work, I haven't been able to shoot much, but now that spring is here, I'm going to be shooting more.

Here's a montage of some my more recent shoots. Enjoy!