New friend, new muse. My first portrait shoot in NYC

DanOstergren · Oct 28, 2013

This is my new friend Mikhail. I always seem to crush on the boys that I photograph so it just works out that they become my inspiration and muse. It also helps that the boys here love to have their photos taken.

Braineack · Oct 28, 2013

bro is retro.

amolitor · Oct 28, 2013

Nice. Not sure I'm in love with the shorts and the way his legs are, but it does look wanton as heck, which is probably where you were headed here

terri · Oct 28, 2013

Great framing here. The brownstone building and the fire escape just scream New York! ahhh, I love it. :heart:

Doesn't hurt that he's a stud, too.

DanOstergren · Oct 28, 2013

amolitor said:
Nice. Not sure I'm in love with the shorts and the way his legs are, but it does look wanton as heck, which is probably where you were headed here

Wanton is the perfect way to describe what I was intending with the pose and perspective.

DanOstergren · Oct 28, 2013

terri said:
Great framing here. The brownstone building and the fire escape just scream New York! ahhh, I love it. :heart:

Doesn't hurt that he's a stud, too.

Thanks! I was a little hesitant on framing him through so much railing when I shot the photo, but after viewing it on the camera's screen afterward I immediately loved it. It went from what I expected to be a shot that would get scrapped to being one of my favorites from the entire shoot.

And agreed, total stud. He's also a complete sweetheart. He takes care of me every time I hurt myself on my skateboard. :heart:

Granddad · Oct 28, 2013

I was having difficulty placing this at first - until I realised you weren't in Alaska any more; then it made sense.

The OOF railings made me blink at first but on further consideration I decided that they fit the image and it works. :thumbup:

PixelRabbit · Oct 28, 2013

Granddad said:
The OOF railings made me blink at first but on further consideration I decided that they fit the image and it works. :thumbup:

Agree, the rails in the foreground made me stop and really look and I like that!
I also agree that he's yummy

Nice shot!

kathyt · Oct 28, 2013

I like everything about the image except the pose. It reminds me of that one Friends episode.

(You know that one when that guy has the loose gym shorts on and you can see his junk!

DanOstergren · Oct 29, 2013

A few more of my favorites from this shoot:

runnah · Oct 29, 2013

I like this set better. #1 & #2 are the stand outs.

tirediron · Oct 29, 2013

I may be swimming against the current, but I really don't like the OOF horizontal lines in #1. That said, the first one of the second set outstanding, and IMO, the strongest image you've posted. Well done!

DanOstergren · Oct 29, 2013

tirediron said:
I may be swimming against the current, but I really don't like the OOF horizontal lines in #1. That said, the first one of the second set outstanding, and IMO, the strongest image you've posted. Well done!

Thanks for the feedback and compliment tirediron.

DarkShadow · Oct 29, 2013

Well it sure didn't take you long to find new model friends. Nice work.

amolitor · Oct 29, 2013

Dan's on top of this, but for those of you playing along at home I want to point out how tightly organized the color palette is.

The skin tones, hair, jeans, and backgrounds are all drawn from a quite narrow gold/brown/yellow/orange color palette. I will even submit to you that the pictures you like least are the ones with the least tight palettes, but this is a something you can observer -- or not -- yourself.