A few from session 2 out on the champs.  more to come, these are just some fast posts!!

Bonjour tout le monde!

Just a few quick post to share the fun we had in Paris.  I think i speak for Victor when I say it was a pleasure to meet and share information with our new friends in France!  A very casual affair with lots of shooting, chatting and enjoying Paris.  With a last minute schedule conflict, i realized the only way i make it happen was arrive in Paris on the day of the event at 8:30am and start teaching at noon.  I just made it after and was giddy on the travel and new location which i think always helps!

Thanks to all the attendees, models/subjects, cafes, hotel, Victor, Kimberly at Parisian Events, http://www.parisianevents.com/

A few quick ones of Tyson et Carline!

Just having a little fun putting some of my favorite surf shots on a t-shirt.  Want one?  Makes a great birthday gift! ;-)

Hi Everyone!

Sorry for the delay in posts, been super crazy busy.  Which is a very good good thing they tell me.  So here is a very fun post for a couple of reasons... the first being Gail is super fun to shoot with lots of personality and is very photogenic.  And the second is that I shot it on my new Olympus EP1 Pen Camera.  It was a real interesting shoot not having bags of heavy equipment, various lenses and camera bodies.  The Pen is totally opposite, with a small sleak, rangefinder/point and shoot design, you do everything though a live view LCD on the back which made it a bit of a challenge in the bright beach sunlight.  The lighting situation really put the camera to the test.  The files are fantastic in color and very very sharp when i did lock in the focus.

The camera shoots in a 4:3 format, which I like a lot and its all shot in RAW.   I am not a fan of the Olympus Raw software and wish that I could read the files in ACR, but no luck, correct me if I am wrong.  I shot this all with the 17mm(35mm equivilant) olympus pancake lens. 

The camera also shoot some very nice HD motion as well.  30 FPS with decent depth of field on that f2.8 pancake lens makes for a very nice film look to it all, which I love!

All in all a very fun camera that deffinalty have a place in my line up of toys.  I just think it might have been a funny sight, me shooting Gail on the beach with such a SMALL camera!

Looking for a Fall 2009 intern --

I would perfer that your getting school credit for the commitment.  Would ask for a minimum commitment, depending interns availability.  Can work around school and your real job.

some responsibilities would include:
digital asset management, raw processing, pre/post shoot production, shooting assistance, workshop assistance, cleaning and managing the studio, other things to be defined!

some perks and benefits to those that make a commitment - learn the ins and outs of a working commercial studio, attend all the photography workshops as an assistant, work 1 block from the beach, have your own dedicated workspace, gain real world experience that you can not learn at college or photography school.

If your interested, please email - jay@jayreilly.com to determine if you might be a good fit for the studio!   In the subject line, please put "intern - fall 2009"

Hi Everyone

September shaped up to be a busy month in shooting and therefor casting!  Here are a few projects that I am working on:

SEPTEMBER 1, 2 - LONG ISLAND/EAST HAMPTON, NY

$250 starting fee per model - interested please email jay@jayreilly.com, include digital images and put the casting title in the subject line.

SHOT 1
1 hispanic female adult age 35-40
2 hispanic girls, ages 7-10

SHOT 2
1 asian women adult age 30-35
1 asian man adult age 30-35
1 caucasian women adult age 30-35

SHOT 3
1 caucasian girl age 4-7
3 variety of ethnicity of girls age 4-7

SHOT 4
1 fair complexion hispanic girl age 25-30(athletic, long hair, tall, thin but toned)

SHOT 5
1 caucasian girl age 10-12
1 caucasian boy age 6-8
1 caucasian women age 40-45


SEPTEMBER 3, 4 - EAST HAMPTON, NY

Looking to shoot family, kids, friends, couples in fun lifestyle scenarios at one of the coolest houses...  details on this shoot to follow.  if your interested, please email: jay@jayreilly.com - send photo

Well after years as a Getty Contributor via other companies and means, I finally got my first edit back on a submission I made about 3 weeks ago which was submitted as a direct house collection contributor.  I am excited to say that 100% of my selects were accepted.  I was pretty excited about that first sub and did not expect that return.  I am used to having editors look at my work and pick what they want to submit.  I have enjoyed working that way and still do but it was a fun challenge to edit my own work and submit what i felt was great stock.  The cool thing is how fast they make it online.  Within 3 weeks of submission and edit they are on gettyimages.com

On a less than exciting note, it was sad to see that Getty released a $5 sale on web use 170 pixel sized images.  Guess i take the good with the bad ;-)

Ok, its true, myself and Victor Sizemore, both lovers of Paris, have decided to team up and spend some time shooting one of the most beautiful backdrops for the aspiring and inspired photographer alike.  We are so excited about the potential of a late September Paris get-together that we want to see who else is interested!?  Would you like to come along and experience what we believe a unique and creative approach to the wedding photography workshop.  A 2 and a half day, casual affair that will among other things, get  creative juices flowing and flat out challenge your photography skills to live and breathe the passion in your art.  Time spent includes cocktail hours, a day of city shooting assignments and challenges, a day of wedding photography in class and around some of the sites of Paris and a possible third day of wedding fashion shooting though out Paris.

Sound fun?  Of coarse it does!  Just say Oui and join us in Paris.  Date to be decided for late September.  Limited seats, reserve your spot, please email either Jay Reilly or Victor Sizemore.

For more information on Victor's fantastic photography, please visit: http://www.vcsphoto.com/ 

Hi Everyone,  Had tons of fun shooting the best of San Diego issue .  Here are a few spreads...