Job Poachers

Man! I hate job poachers! You know who I'm talking about-- Those people who use whatever means necessary to steal a gig from someone else. Personally, I don't poach jobs from friends and/or acquaintances. Leastwise, not knowingly. It ain't in my makeup. It's not how I roll.

If a potential client approaches me, that's one thing. If I approach a potential client, without the knowledge that they might already be using a friend or an acquaintance, simply offering up my availability and my work as credentials, that's another thing. But setting my sights on someone else's gig--someone I know personally--and lying, offering bribes or kickbacks, or using other underhanded tactics to poach that client ain't my style. People who knowingly and purposefully go after a (supposed) friend's or acquaintance's gig can go screw themselves! Hope they enjoy all the bad karma they're earning.

And why is it that the person trying to steal my gig--yeah, it's happened a number of times before--is always someone I've worked closely with-- oftentimes befriending them and helping them out in ways that either advanced their skills, landed them other gigs, or both?

Anyway, without providing specifics, I needed to get that off my chest. The good news--for me, at least--is the ingrate failed miserably in their job poaching attempts because A) he sucks as a photographer human being; B) he forgot it's a small world and when you act like a snake others often talk about it; and C) his job poaching skills suck too!

The pretty girl at the top is Jennifer from yesterday. I've been working a lot lately and have quite a bit more work booked... so updates might be slow in coming.

I photographed Jennifer in a corner of a dirty warehouse. (The only spot in the building they weren't using for the movie's production.) I used three sources to light her: A 5' Photoflex Octodome for my main and two sources with shoot-thru umbrellas for highlights. I also worked a silver reflector into the mix for a bit of fill. Canon 5D, 85mm prime, ISO 100, f/8 @ 80th.

Below, is a shot of the lighting. Some of you have indicated (in comments and emails) that you enjoy the lighting setup shots so I try to remember to snap a few. Obviously, this was one of those times when my memory was working.