Concept 1: Baroque Baby

And so we begin... Friday June 12, 2009

Baroque Baby was the first concept we shot. We named it this because we were inspired by these 2 toddler sized baroque chairs Ebony remembered seeing at this great antique store called Interior Visions on Polk Street.

LOTS to do! We needed the chairs, a floor, a fabric background, and 4 babies! We needed the clothes, a space to shoot, an assistant and... a chandelier?

Lets start with the chairs...husband and wife team and owners of Interior Visions had decided a long time ago that they were not going to rent their furniture to photographers anymore. Too many bad experiences where furniture was returned ruined.

I listened to their stories and concerns about renting. It was just amazing to me how people can be so careless or don't want to take responsibility.

I began to outwardly empathise with their situation and then told them about the 6 concepts and that this particular concept was inspired by these chairs. I don't really know what made them change their mind...but they did! (and I am so appreciative.)

The Chair

Babies! What can I not say about Shannon Malloy at JE Model Management! She has been amazing throughout this whole process and I have had the opportunity to work with some really great kids from the agency. All 4 babies in this series are from JE. Introductions to come!

Then. There was. The chandelier. I had gone to several stores and looked on prop rental websites in a search for a simple but elegant chandelier. Ebony was doing the same. I finally walked in another antique place called Marques. Talked to the owner, Ubi, about the concept and he allowed me to photograph the chandelier in his store to photoshop it in the image later. Great guy! Super nice to talk to!

For the rest: the floor is from Home Depot, the fabric background from Sal Beressi Fabrics Co., Ebony pulled all the clothes, and my assistant for the day was Vicky Woollard (thanks so much for your help woman!)

Now for some pictures!!! Meet the babies:

Abbey

Jasiel

Katherine

Johnathan

Here are a few behind the scenes of us shooting the group shot. It was rather hilarious. Abbey wanted to crawl, Katherine wanted to sit in the chair, Johnathan wanted down and Jasiel just had a grand old time where ever we put her!

Final group shots:

Hilarious!

Here are a few more shots I thought were pretty fun. Including this one of Abbey who really does look like a life size baby doll!

Please comment, send an email, facebook, twitter me! Would love to know your thoughts.

Check out www.daniellehall.net to find out which images made it to my website!

Thanks for reading!

Danielle Hall

ReCAP and Immence Gratitude

=o) Its been a minute since I last posted...I PROMISE that what I am about to post and the posts in the days to come are worth the wait.

As most of you know I have teamed up with the amazing wardrobe stylist Ebony Haight. We came up with 6 very different concepts to do in 10 weeks. There have been many people who have helped us along the way and without them we would have never been able to pull this off in the time frame we had set for ourselves.

We not only shot the six concepts within the time frame...we got done early! 6 totally different concepts in 8 weeks!!!

A feet! And quite frankly an amazing accomplishment since we produced these shoots ourselves and had to find paid work in between!

I am very excited to tell the stories of each shoot and show some behind the scenes photos. I cant tell you how much I appreciate and am overwhelmed by the support everyone has given us. Its truly an amazing feeling to see my friends, family and people I don't even know, believe in me, my work and want nothing more than to help me succeed.

I am truly blessed.

More coming soon...and PICTURES!!!

Danielle Hall

Feed Back on the Caption vote

I cant believe how many people are voting!  Thanks SOOO much guys!  I really appreciate it!  Here is some feed back from Serebral 360:

Re: caption

if thats the case then you need something fresh and new.

1.  "You can take that to the bank!" is a no go has been used to death

2.  "He makes dollars but he don't make sense."

maybe play on the words like "He makes dollars from none cents." cents/sense its more creative

or...
3.  "Corporate Raider." sounds negative maybe something like," corporate innovator"
or inspirator

Thanks!

Danielle Hall

Vote for the best "Caption"

Hey people!  I need your opinion!   Going to be starting my email campaign and I cant decide which caption is best for this photo.  

Lets say you don't know me and you receive an email from me with this picture. Besides the usual info:

 

"Danielle Hall Photography/www.daniellehall.net/415.793.3743" and my logo, it will also say either:

1.  "You can take that to the bank!"

2.  "He makes dollars but he don't make sense."

or...

3.  "Corporate Raider."

Your vote counts!!!

Thanks so much,

Danielle Hall

6 Concepts in 10 weeks!!!

Love getting inspired!

Sooo, from my last blog, you know that my goal is to shoot these 6 different concepts in 10 weeks so I can make some appointments here in SF but also to go along with my marketing plan to take my book to NY, again. (Can I stay with you?)

But what you don't know, are the actual concepts and the amount of production that is having to go into each of them...

Here are the concepts:

1. Baroque Baby

2. Mystic Camp Out

3. Graphic Marc Jacobs: Motion

4. Spy/The Chase

5. Mommy and Me

6. Kerouac Story

I am going to have to back track a little bit to tell you about the first 2 shoots and what went into them in another post. Right now, finishing up the post production work for Baroque Baby and editing for the Mystic Camp Out shoot. Baroque Baby was shot Friday, June 12th and Mystic Camp Out was shot Sunday, June 21rst. I need to work faster! Haha! But after reading what all went into each shoot and what post work went into them you will see that this is a much harder task to accomplish in the time frame we are aiming while also working to make the $$$. More difficult but not impossible!

We are in the process of making the rest of the schedule with shooting Graphic Marc Jacobs Thursday, July 2nd and shooting the Spy/The Chase on the 11th or 12th. In the process of casting for these as I type! 2 more shoots to nail down with dates...looks doable folks!

Lets get to shooting!!!

Thanks for reading!

Danielle Hall

Who did you meet today?

It never ceases to amaze me how when you are following the right track, life is so much easier and when you do something that is against the grain or natures plan, how hard life can be...

Last week was a great week!  I have been inspired and the creative block has been removed.  And about time too!  I think it started with an email I received from a friend I have been out of contact with for quite some time.  The content of her email made me smile and I am so happy to hear that she is doing well.  

Next, after a year of trying to meet up with this particular wardrobe stylist, Ebony Haight, we finally had the opportunity to meet for breakfast.  We totally clicked and what was suppose to be just a meet and greet turned out to be a full on idea fest!  We came up with 6 concepts to be shot over the next couple of months (2.5...ambititous I know!!!)  and we are already shooting the first idea this Friday the 12th!  

In prop shopping for this shoot I randomly met the former Marketing Director of Macy's and then in the same day, met a guy whose friend is an Art Director for GAP.  (WHAT!?!?!)  He also has a friend who designs children clothing from Japan and loves to shoot in the Napa area. Then, I randomly met this other guy at Home Depot who needs some interior shots done and we will be discussing that next week.  (you can see my interior and architecture work at www.daniellehall.net/arch)

You never know who you will meet when or where!  

Note to self and others: 

1. Always look your best.  

2. Be nice to everyone.  

3. Talk to everyone.

4. Think, "How can I help this person?" NOT, "How can this person help me?" 

5. Carry more business cards then you think you need.  (haha!)

6. Always wear a smile.

7. Hold the door/elevator open.

8. Give up your seat.

9. Breakfast is important...eat up!

10. Stay connected.

11. Be ready!

I am so excited for the weeks ahead!  Thanks for reading!

Danielle Hall

Meet Helena!

Helena, only 5 years old, is HILARIOUS!  Love, love, LOVED photographing her.  Cant tell you how much fun we had jumping, skipping, and yelling!  (Yelling you ask?  Yea, you know...just because!)

Here are some of my favorites from her headshot shoot which will be going on her Zed Card as well.  And yes, her eyes really are that blue!

Thanks for reading!

Danielle Hall