This is my stand-in model, err…my brother, Seth!

Thank God for brothers! What would we do without them? I used to call only-children “lonely children” (no offense to all you only-children out there), mainly because I would have went bonkers without my sister and brother. And even though we’re all “grown-up,” my sister as an accountant, and my brother as a college student, we’re still just as close as we were while beating each other up when we were 10!

Seth has really pulled through for me with my photography over the past several years. He’s never turned down an opportunity to travel and backpack with me for extended periods of time (at the end of which my vehicle smells like one huge dude from the lack of access to household amenities), and he’s always been an extra hand or light stand when I ask him for help on a short portrait or product shoot. He’s even picked the camera up a time or two, so he knows what he’s doing with all those f-stops and shutter speeds.

This time, however, I used him as the talent, making use of his strong chin and pronounced cheekbones in testing out a new background kit I just bought for quick, on-location setups. I bought a gray background for a special project coming up, and this seemed like a good time to rip that package open as well. The shoot also allowed me to just play around in Lightroom a little as well, so, sorry Seth, you’ve been used again! Sorry buddy…

These are just a few images that we took, but then again, how much time does it take to test out a set of two stands and a crossbar, which by the way, I’m a huge fan of everything Manfrotto, but I use Giotto stands right now, mainly because their sturdier than other stands comparably priced, and in all reality, they just plain work good, and that’s what we want over at JFP, stuff that works: cameras, computers, lights, stands, people, etc…

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