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]]> By: Celebrity Gossip Blog http://blog.photoblogs.org/2004/12/28/celebrity-assignments/#comment-17098 Celebrity Gossip Blog Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:17:20 +0000 http://blog2.photoblogs.org/?p=420#comment-17098 If you are ever interested in shooting some exclusive photos for our blog please contact us. We cover all of the celebrities and gossip news. Check out or blog here. http://www.celebrityroyale.com/ Congrats on your opportunity to shoot Mike Tyson! If you are ever interested in shooting some exclusive photos for our blog please contact us.

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]]> By: Rachel http://blog.photoblogs.org/2004/12/28/celebrity-assignments/#comment-6374 Rachel Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog2.photoblogs.org/?p=420#comment-6374 I got the opportunity to photograph the Dutch Labour Party leader, Wouter Bos a year ago. He didn't have a big ego, but he did try to steer the photo shoot so that I photographed him only at his best. I learned that I have to be a bit more assertive and in control of the situation so that I come away with the shots that -I- want, instead of the other way around. I got the opportunity to photograph the Dutch Labour Party leader, Wouter Bos a year ago. He didn't have a big ego, but he did try to steer the photo shoot so that I photographed him only at his best.

I learned that I have to be a bit more assertive and in control of the situation so that I come away with the shots that -I- want, instead of the other way around.

]]> By: Jessyel Ty Gonzalez http://blog.photoblogs.org/2004/12/28/celebrity-assignments/#comment-6375 Jessyel Ty Gonzalez Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog2.photoblogs.org/?p=420#comment-6375 A celebrity with a huge ego eh..? Does Bush count? Haha... just kidding folks! Personally, I've never had the opportunity, but Eliot over at Slower.net has taken his share of celebrity shots, as well as Brook over at <a href="http://ayola.com/blog/" rel="nofollow">http://ayola.com/blog/</a> . By the way... cool shots Terence. Tyson seems like quite the intimidating fellow... especially with the whole tattoo and 'biting' thing. A celebrity with a huge ego eh..? Does Bush count? Haha... just kidding folks! Personally, I've never had the opportunity, but Eliot over at Slower.net has taken his share of celebrity shots, as well as Brook over at http://ayola.com/blog/ .

By the way... cool shots Terence. Tyson seems like quite the intimidating fellow... especially with the whole tattoo and 'biting' thing.

]]> By: miles http://blog.photoblogs.org/2004/12/28/celebrity-assignments/#comment-6376 miles Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog2.photoblogs.org/?p=420#comment-6376 Don't forget the punching thing. Don't forget the punching thing.

]]> By: terence http://blog.photoblogs.org/2004/12/28/celebrity-assignments/#comment-6377 terence Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog2.photoblogs.org/?p=420#comment-6377 Rachel: Totally agree on the being assertive part. One of my favorite photography books is "Tête á Tête" by Henri Cartier-Bresson where he has portraits of many famous people. I love the way he has these ego-less photographs of celebrities. It's so much harder than it looks! Jessyel: Yeah, Tyson is pretty intimidating. At the end of the shoot, he looked at me and said "Alright chinaman, I'm done with the pictures...get your bag and get the f*ck outta here!" And I'm not even Chinese! The nerve of him! haha... Rachel:

Totally agree on the being assertive part. One of my favorite photography books is "Tête á Tête" by Henri Cartier-Bresson where he has portraits of many famous people. I love the way he has these ego-less photographs of celebrities. It's so much harder than it looks!

Jessyel:

Yeah, Tyson is pretty intimidating. At the end of the shoot, he looked at me and said "Alright chinaman, I'm done with the pictures...get your bag and get the f*ck outta here!" And I'm not even Chinese! The nerve of him! haha...

]]> By: Brooks http://blog.photoblogs.org/2004/12/28/celebrity-assignments/#comment-6378 Brooks Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog2.photoblogs.org/?p=420#comment-6378 I don't think I've shot my fair share yet, but the celebs I have shot have all been great experiences. Denise Richards told me to F**k off, jokingly of course and Daryl Hannah gave me a spanking. When shooting Kirk Douglas, I happened to say "perfect" when he got into the position I wanted and he took that as me saying "It's a wrap!" I had to convince him otherwise. I don't think I've shot my fair share yet, but the celebs I have shot have all been great experiences. Denise Richards told me to F**k off, jokingly of course and Daryl Hannah gave me a spanking. When shooting Kirk Douglas, I happened to say "perfect" when he got into the position I wanted and he took that as me saying "It's a wrap!" I had to convince him otherwise.

]]> By: alan http://blog.photoblogs.org/2004/12/28/celebrity-assignments/#comment-6379 alan Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog2.photoblogs.org/?p=420#comment-6379 I was once interviewing the notoriously prickly Scottish poet and sculptor Ian Hamilton Finlay at his home in the country. A good friend of mine, David Williams, was commissioned to take a portrait for the article. He spent ages setting up the shot in a small conservatory and Finlay was becoming increasingly agitated at the time it was taking. Dave tried to calm him by saying 'it'll be a good photograph'. Finlay fixed him with a gimlet stare and intoned drily 'the only good photograph is one that has been taken.' The result was, however, excellent. I was once interviewing the notoriously prickly Scottish poet and sculptor Ian Hamilton Finlay at his home in the country. A good friend of mine, David Williams, was commissioned to take a portrait for the article. He spent ages setting up the shot in a small conservatory and Finlay was becoming increasingly agitated at the time it was taking. Dave tried to calm him by saying 'it'll be a good photograph'. Finlay fixed him with a gimlet stare and intoned drily 'the only good photograph is one that has been taken.' The result was, however, excellent.

]]> By: Jennie http://blog.photoblogs.org/2004/12/28/celebrity-assignments/#comment-6380 Jennie Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog2.photoblogs.org/?p=420#comment-6380 i was asked to photograph a musician whose biggest claim to fame was getting a song on a WB teen show years ago. i was considerably nervous, was still in college and very new to photography and completely over prepared - scouted a great location near the venue the artist would play at in the evening, did a test-shoot with a friend in the morning to make sure i had the hang of the d-60 digital camera and lenses, and waited for the call for our scheduled noon shoot. at 10, i get an e-mail from his manager saying he was, er, missing. 11 a.m. i'm told the shoot would have to be post-poned as he was now located, but, er, not feeling well. by 1p.m i get asked if i can please come by before soundcheck. i also find out that the "not feeling well" (that the artist later insisted was because of a flu bug) and the "missing" part stemmed from a drinking bender the night before while at a pop concert. er, okay. so, my beautiful fall-day noonish shoot outdoors turned into a grumpy 20 minutes at night inside a pitch-dark venue where the most light available was a string of green christmas lights and the flash built into the camera. rarely have i felt so crappy and unskilled. sigh. toward the end i finally got the dude to stop being McGrumpypants, but he was very hard to get anything but blank-face from. after the shoot, i got an e-mail where the manager wanted me to send them the pictures first to, er, "work on." presumably to make sure his double chin and late night partying wasn't showing. uh, nooo. i ended one with one random shot that i could send the magazine. heh. that said, some people are amazing. musician andrew w.k. rocks like no other. i assisted a 3-day tv shoot with him and mtv on my campus and was allowed to photograph in my spare time. andrew and the mtv crew liked my work enough that i got full reigns to shoot whenever i wanted during the rest of the weekend, culminating in a fantastic rock concert where i got to be on stage and photograph the entire time. loved every minute of it, and i was later asked to contribute one of my photo's to dazed & confused magazine. :) man, i'm wordy.. sorry. it feels good to focus momentarily for something other than the news coverage of the tsunami. the photoghraphs of the aftermath and victims is just absolutely devastating. :/ i was asked to photograph a musician whose biggest claim to fame was getting a song on a WB teen show years ago. i was considerably nervous, was still in college and very new to photography and completely over prepared - scouted a great location near the venue the artist would play at in the evening, did a test-shoot with a friend in the morning to make sure i had the hang of the d-60 digital camera and lenses, and waited for the call for our scheduled noon shoot.

at 10, i get an e-mail from his manager saying he was, er, missing. 11 a.m. i'm told the shoot would have to be post-poned as he was now located, but, er, not feeling well. by 1p.m i get asked if i can please come by before soundcheck. i also find out that the "not feeling well" (that the artist later insisted was because of a flu bug) and the "missing" part stemmed from a drinking bender the night before while at a pop concert. er, okay.

so, my beautiful fall-day noonish shoot outdoors turned into a grumpy 20 minutes at night inside a pitch-dark venue where the most light available was a string of green christmas lights and the flash built into the camera. rarely have i felt so crappy and unskilled. sigh. toward the end i finally got the dude to stop being McGrumpypants, but he was very hard to get anything but blank-face from.

after the shoot, i got an e-mail where the manager wanted me to send them the pictures first to, er, "work on." presumably to make sure his double chin and late night partying wasn't showing. uh, nooo. i ended one with one random shot that i could send the magazine. heh.

that said, some people are amazing. musician andrew w.k. rocks like no other. i assisted a 3-day tv shoot with him and mtv on my campus and was allowed to photograph in my spare time. andrew and the mtv crew liked my work enough that i got full reigns to shoot whenever i wanted during the rest of the weekend, culminating in a fantastic rock concert where i got to be on stage and photograph the entire time. loved every minute of it, and i was later asked to contribute one of my photo's to dazed & confused magazine. :)
man, i'm wordy.. sorry. it feels good to focus momentarily for something other than the news coverage of the tsunami. the photoghraphs of the aftermath and victims is just absolutely devastating. :/

]]> By: rannie http://blog.photoblogs.org/2004/12/28/celebrity-assignments/#comment-6381 rannie Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog2.photoblogs.org/?p=420#comment-6381 Over the years i have photographed local musicians, most of them are not big enough to have egos. But I have to agree with rachel, I need to be more assertive.. I need to learn how to give better direction. Over the years i have photographed local musicians, most of them are not big enough to have egos. But I have to agree with rachel, I need to be more assertive.. I need to learn how to give better direction.

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