Portraits – Hal's Photo Blog

Ken Hill

Hal — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:46:07 +0000

I did a photoshoot with the amazingly talented Kenneth Hill several months ago at my studio in Los Angeles. I had some electricians in at the time doing some work that took a whole lot longer than I expected, so we didn’t wind up using the studio part at all.

This was shot on the building’s fire escape:

And a few in my living room:

And then a few on the balcony, in front of a typical, bright Los Angeles sunset:

That final image was picked by one of my editors and appeared on iStockphoto’s homepage for a few months after that:

Thanks Ken! Let’s do it again!

Roxy

Hal — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 01:43:08 +0000

Of all my friends I get to see on my travels, I’ve seen my friend Roxy in more cities than anyone else — of course, not counting various people I’ve been traveling with. She isn’t living the nomad life the way I have, but she recently moved from New York City to San Francisco to go to law school, with a stop in Los Angeles over the summer. Somehow, our travel schedules have randomly synced, and I’ve met up with her in all three cities.

A couple of weeks ago, she asked me if I wouldn’t mind taking photos of her for her body-positive/alternative-style fashion blog. Since I’ve been almost entirely shooting timelapses lately, I was excited about getting back into the habit of shooting portraits. All of my studio lighting gear is temporarily living with another photographer in Los Angeles while I travel, so the added challenge of being forced to shoot with only available light (and an underpowered hot-shoe flash) made it that much more interesting.

Armed with only a Canon 580EX and a 4′ by 4′ sheet of white foam core for a bounce, we set off to walk around the Mission and Potrero Hill.

She’s posted her favorites here. My favorites continue below:

Band Photo

Hal — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 02:50:30 +0000

Took some portraits of the band yesterday morning and this morning.

The first few were taken in a cornfield in Western Wisconsin:

Photos I took in the South Dakota Badlands after the jump.