Peter Cruse Photography Blog

Mistress B @ Silver Springs

So I met up with Mistress B from Model Mayhem (#1128249) at Silver Springs on Thursday, July 9th. She told me about her costume about a week before the shoot so I’d have time to kinda figure out what I wanted to do during the shoot. However, when she arrived, the costume was completely different than I’d imagined. So, the entire shoot was basically improvisation. I ended up with about 250 shots after almost two hours. Sadly, upon reviewing the files on my laptop, I found the focus was off just by a little on a large portion of the shots. This has been happening more and more lately, and I think it might be time for a new camera body soon. I can’t keep taking photos which look sharp on the LCD, but end up being too soft.

This was my second Model Mayhem shoot, and it went really well for being improv. I’m excited to do more.

Portrait Session with Natasha

Last week I had a portrait session with Natasha from Model Mayhem (MM #837108). It was about a two hour shoot at Fabyan Park in Geneva. I took nearly 700 photos during the shoot, and ended up with about 40 keepers. It was a TFCD shoot, which means there was no payment involved. We worked together to produce these images to benefit our portfolios. It was great working with Natasha, and I think we both have some nice portfolio pieces as a result.

Here are some of the shots from our session:

Hey, it’s a blog!

Hello everyone! Peter here, and this is going to be my first experience blogging. I’ve recently launched a website to help promote and organize my photography business, which I’ve also recently launched. I’ve signed up here on wordpress to help get the word out about my website, and let you know how business is going. I guess this is the best way to keep everyone up to date without using Twitter.

Well, I’ve recently photographed a group of Mary Kay clients at a meeting. Sort of like a glamour shots type deal at which I did not obtain model releases, so I will be unable to share those with you. I booked a wedding today for May and I also recently did a portrait shoot for TFCD, as I’m testing the waters of fashion and glamour photography. I’ll write a post about that shoot soon.

So far things are great, and I can’t wait for what the future will bring. Wish me luck!