Tag Archives: commercial photography

what’s in your feed?

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Elvis Castillo

After doing an overwhelming amount of “collecting” of blogs in my RSS feed… then downsizing quite a bit… then re-“collecting” even more (I may have a problem)… and then ultimately streamlining the feed to include truly what I want to … Continue reading →

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words of wisdom

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Elvis Castillo

I’ve always felt that it’s important to seek out the works of others to help keep my own inspirational fire burning.  A couple times a week I’ll make a point to do something as simple as a Google search to … Continue reading →

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t | j | a

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Elvis Castillo

I just wanted to take a minute to post a quick blurb about an amazing group of creatives I had an opportunity to work with yesterday while assisting for Paul Markow.  Veronique James and her team at The James Agency … Continue reading →

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the city so nice, they named it twice

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Elvis Castillo

In my last post I talked about really pushing myself to expand my lifestyle portfolio.  So while in New York over the past couple weeks, I contacted a local professional model, Lenara Salcedo, to set up a test shoot.  A … Continue reading →

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steppin’ up my game

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Elvis Castillo

Over the past few months I’ve really been making a conscious effort to step up my photography game!  In particular I’ve been working with some local commercial photographers to try and soak up what knowledge I can from them.  Some … Continue reading →

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americana [revisited]

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Elvis Castillo

In a post I did back in October I talked about those certain images we all remember as a child.  The images we saw through the window of our family car as we traveled on our summer vacations.  The images … Continue reading →

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run

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Elvis Castillo

You may remember  in last week’s blog post that I mentioned I was working on a project in my Commercial Photography class that entailed creating a series of 5 images based on a singular theme.  After taking in some much … Continue reading →

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everynone

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Elvis Castillo

So, this is the first time that I’m blogging about something that hasn’t occurred yet… let me explain.  A few weeks ago in class we were given the assignment of creating a series of images based around a singular subject.  … Continue reading →

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urban landscape

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Elvis Castillo

Last week I was tasked with the assignment of creating a “fine-art” style, urban landscape image showing juxtaposition in the subject.  After scouting and photographing several locations, I focused my efforts on two specific subjects.  The first was a building … Continue reading →

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the red wall

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Elvis Castillo

A few weeks ago I did a series of photos I call “The Red Wall” as a part of a photo shoot I did for my photography class.  You may remember me talking about the photo shoot in a past … Continue reading →

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