It winds down and it winds up again… – by Kirk Tuck
Wedding guest at the Mean Eyed Cat, a bar in downtown Austin.
It’s been one of those wild weeks in a busy month that’s starting to remind me of the way this business was before the recession made people generally skittish about spending money. I started the w [...]
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It winds down and it winds up again&#...
It winds down and it winds up again… – by Kirk Tuck
Wedding guest at the Mean Eyed Cat, a bar in downtown Austin.
It’s been one of those wild weeks in a busy month that’s starting to remind me of the way this business was before the recession made people generally skittish about spending money. I started the w [...]
Its not art its work – Edward O...
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Books para actores y modelos Madrid
Fotos para castings de Edward Olive
Canon 5d mkii 85mm f1.2 L
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I do the styling, the makeup, the lighting, the pictures, the post processing, the websites. the lot. I even tie the ties for them with ties I have left over from when I was a shi [...]
Its not art its work – Edward ...
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Books para actores y modelos Madrid
Fotos para castings de Edward Olive
Canon 5d mkii 85mm f1.2 L
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What I really do for a living.
Forget the medium format film pseudo art stuff you print on expired paper
I churn them out by the hundred in batches of Madrid’s young actors [...]
Portrait – My concierge Ricardo
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Concierge, light, newspaper, intercom phone 10am-9pm monday-friday
Medium format portrait photography Autumn 2010.
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Thankyou today to Belyflop magazine www.bellyflopmag.com/fiction/sextrovert/ for supporting my work in conjunction with the tremendous poet Sophie Cameron
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The Benefits of Shooting for Yourself...
The Benefits of Shooting for Yourself. – by Kirk Tuck
When I speak to college classes about the business of photography it’s inevitable that someone will bring up what they call “The Catch-22″ of portfolios. The premise is that the student (or person making the switch from another field into professional photogr [...]
Don’t call the therapists in ju...
Don’t call the therapists in just yet. He does smile most of the time. – by Kirk Tuck
Poor guy. I’m always dragging my son out into the studio to sit in front of my camera while I test stuff like lighting for the next morning’s shoot, or to see how a Canon 60D handles high ISO settings. Or lately in front [...]
The constant lure of continuous light...
The constant lure of continuous lights. – by Kirk Tuck
This is a scan from a print. Sarah is a painter. She has a wonderful face.
Since the very early days of my photography I’ve been drawn to continuous light. There’s something wonderful about seeing very clearly exactly what the camera will end up reco [...]
Looking back in the time machine.
Looking back in the time machine. – by Kirk Tuck
Love this clip from the 1960′s movie, Putney Swope. Let’s us know that there’s been no big paradigm shift. Photographers as a group have always worked against their own self interests.
Negotiate wisely. Know the value of your work and the value of thei [...]
Kirk Tuck and the Butthole Surfers.
Kirk Tuck and the Butthole Surfers. – by Kirk Tuck
They couldn’t say the name of the band on the radio here in Austin so they referred to the band as the “BH” Surfers. I photographed them for Spin Magazine. And again for Rough Trade Records. They came to the studio and we shot for a while and then w [...]
The trough.
The trough. – by Kirk Tuck
It’s inevitable in a self employed arts based business to have cycles where you go from being overwhelmingly busy to overwhelmingly slow. It’s the territory. We chose it. But it’s not the amplitudinal changes of work commissioned by customers that gets me, it’s the i [...]
We offer portraits. It’s a fun...
We offer portraits. It’s a fun part of the business. – by Kirk Tuck
©2010 Kirk Tuck. All rights reserved.
I was originally drawn to the business of photography because of portraits and I’ve always wanted to run a little storefront studio that would cater to well-to-do clientele (who would [...]
some photographs that I liked taking ...
some photographs that I liked taking and still like looking at. What is style? – by Kirk Tuck
Why I like to use different cameras:
I don’t think about what camera I should use that much. I just pick up the one that looks nicest on the day
– William Eggleston
If you want to change your photographs, you need to change cameras. C [...]
Looking back at optimistic writing. ...
Looking back at optimistic writing. This started life as a side bar. – by Kirk Tuck
I wrote this in the beginning of the year. I’m sharing it now because I feel that the optimism reflected here is warranted. The markets may have shifted but business is coming back. Let’s get ready:
It’s a new year [...]
Crazy Business. The search for alter...
Crazy Business. The search for alternate lighting. – by Kirk Tuck
One of the crack staff at the Visual Science Lab holds the KRT-LF2007zorbato beta 2.0123. An assembly of “under the sink” florescent fixtures, white gaffer’s tape and, of course, a well placed Bungee cord. The background is subtly lit with [...]
I like images that use natural light ...
I like images that use natural light and added light. They seem harmonious. – by Kirk Tuck
This image of a radiologist was lit with the light of the screen in front of her and also by a small flash in the back of the room that bounced off the ceiling and boosted the overall illumination and added an accent light that separated her hai [...]
Nostalgia for the days of giant cellp...
Nostalgia for the days of giant cellphones and invisible photographers – by Kirk Tuck
I love huge cellphones because you could always see them. When you could see the big instrument in someone’s hand you had an 80 or 90% certainty that they were talking to someone other than themselves. Now, with the tiny phones, &nbs [...]
#9072 Wild Flowers
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Railway Guard by Paul Cooklin
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Simple wedding photography – ex...
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Fortunately there are a very very few couples left in the world who want these my pictures of their friends and family
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Simple wedding photography portraitur...
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I knew he was going to be good
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