Will Vastine Photography

Aveneu Magazine!

In my last post, I let you all know of a project that Erin and I have been working on. AVENEU MAGAZINE! We are so excited to finally have everything done, the first issue launched and out for people to see! So I thought I would take a moment to post some of the work that I did for the first issue.

I had a lot of fun working on this, because I was able to do some things that I have not done before. The first spread I shot was a beauty look accented with candy! We had some great stylists and make up artists helping us. I hope we can come together on more shoots in the future. The second spread I shot was a straight forward fashion look. We dressed the model in all black and white, and shot in front of a red backdrop. Love the look and feel to these!

Hope you enjoy the frames. More on my flickr.

Oh, and don't forget to follow Aveneu on Twitter! 

-will

Sneak Peak: Aveneu Magazine

Here is a little sneak peak of the first ever issue of Aveneu Magazine. Erin and I have been working with our good friend Mackenzie on this project and we are so excited its here! There was a lot of work shooting, and a lot of time spent on laying it out and finding advertising, but it finally all came together. The issue is printed, the launch party is tomorrow night, we can celebrate. We are excited to be able to finally put this in the hands of the people and see what the feedback is. See what we are doing right, and where we can move forward.

If you are in the Springfield area, I hope that you will be able to find a copy and check it out. And for those of you out of town, I will be posting some of the photos I took on my blog Wednesday. And I will explain a little more about the mag and why we are doing it.

In the mean time, you should follow the magazine on Twitter and on Facebook!

Thanks for all of your support!

-will

Lisa: Remix

I know I just recently posted some photos of Lisa, but I was digging through some more of the images and found a few that I am really happy with, so I thought I would share them with you all. Hope you enjoy.These were all shot with my alien bee b800 into a softbox. Love the light that I get from that thing. Super clean, super even, and consistent. I need to start shooting frames of how I have everything set up so I can include them in these posts. Think that would help. 
-will

Lisa: the versatility of one light

Did some test shooting with my friend Lisa. She was a blast to work with, and I will have to shoot with her more. Tons of great frames. Anyway, I was trying some new things and just working on technique and producing some really clean and really different images. I was challenging myself to get different looks with using only one light. I am trying new stuff because I am working on a new project with some really amazing people. I can't wait to share some of the images that have been coming out of all our work. Anyway, I hope you enjoy these frames of Lisa. Expect to see more from her soon!
-will   

Overcast days are made for taking photos.

What a crazy start to 2010 already, eh?

Anyway, here are some images from a really quick shoot I did with my good friend Mackenzie. It was new years eve, the sky was beautifully overcast with the most amazing light. So I grabbed my camera armed with my 28mm, and we hit the streets. It had been a while since I had shot any portraits with just natural light, so I was having a blast. 

Another thing that I've been noticing about my photography lately is that I have been sticking to my prime lenses. There is just something about primes that I feel like the color that they get in camera is better than my other lenses. And they seem sharper too. 

Oh, and Mack likes to shoot as well. You can check out her work here.

-will

Red Velvet Art (dot) com update photos!

I had the pleasure of being able to work with Erin and Elsie, some of the girls from Red Velvet Art . We were taking shots for their product update they released yesterday! A lot of fun was to be had! Anyway, please take a moment, go check out the website and see all the really great stuff they have available!
As you can tell, we were being super serious while we were shooting. Down to business and only business.Ha, not really. Here are some of the goofy moments caught on film.  You can also go see more photos here and here. (elsie's blog)
-will

mackenzie

I really enjoy getting to work with my friend Mackenzie, because most of the time it is work that we are doing for fun, and trying to make a learning process. We wanted to push ourselves to make some great images. I wanted shoot in some new ways, work on some different lighting techniques, and just learn. I hope you enjoy these images as much as I do, because this is where I want to continue to go with my style. More to come on that front soon.
As for now, let me know what you think!
-will

mack

My friend Mackenzie and I, we get together and take photos. Thats what we do. We decided with this shoot to push ourselves and try things we don't normally do. Anyway, here is a frame from the shoot. More to come!
View larger here.

-will

richard avedon, erin sunday and other things

So, my amazing girlfriend after a lot of encouragement from her friends has finally started a blog of her own! I'm so excited about this! She has some really fun ideas for it and I am really looking forward to see where she takes it. Her plans are to use it as a place to show her photography, her art and talk about what's going on in her life. You should definitely add it to your blogroll! I did! ;)

Here is her blog:   erinsunday.wordpress.com

I have been really having this itch to try something new photographically. I don't want to get stagnant and just shoot the exact same thing all day everyday. So I was looking at some of the photographers that inspire me and landed on Richard Avedon. He is an amazing fashion photographer that has a knack for being able to capture a lot of beautiful movement in his frames. There is no one like him. This really intrigued me and so I have decided to work on a little project to push myself and learn new things. I want to work on some images that are inspired by Avedon and his movement. So if you are a model or would be willing to help me out on this journey, please email me at willvastine@gmail.com

 

Finally, here are some more iphone photos. Hope you enjoy them!

-will

erin...

Erin and I decided to break out the seamless backdrop and play a little bit... here are some of the frames, what do you think? 

-will