hey everyone!  just a few images to share from the lighting workshop last friday.  had a great group of people come out and participate.  big thanks to the models as well! 

if your interested in upcoming classes, please visit: http://www.jayreillyworkshops.com

just having some fun in the studio with stephanie pearson.

just a few images from the jet set shoot. 

birthday party fun, can you find the birthday boy?

Hi everyone!  well, it was a crazy 2 days of workshops and i am sorta working backwards here but here are a few frames from the kids.  thanks to everyone for coming out and having fun. funny thing is we were talking about black and white processing and how little i do, so here is an entire session in black in white, then some in color from the lee session. if you are interested in my workshops, please visit: www.jayreillyworkshops.com

remember this contest!
http://mycameraisbiggerthanyours.com/announcements/my-shameless-plug.html

well, i was a little slow to pick a winner, just wanted everyone to get a chance to enter, and congrats to julie cruz!  nice to have people in your corner pushing for you and she is a super champ!

Julie, you can sign up for anyone of the upcoming workshops...i would recommend:
http://www.jayreillyworkshops.com/site/#one-day-lighting-4c51c1

or you can hold on to the prize until more are announced.  I will hand off the aurora book next time i see you!

thanks julie!

for a limited group, ITDR is selling a package of site, blog and slideshare, for $500.  pretty insane!

Call ITDR for all the details:
http://www.intothedarkroom.com/

hi everyone!  just a few Tuesday announcements. 

New Classes:
One Day Lighting - April 17 - studio and on location strobe lighting, fashion, portraits, lifestyle shootingm - $400.
The Basic - April 18 - the complete basics, your all new to this photo stuff, great to learn the fundamentals. - $150.

you can sign up here:  http://www.jayreillyworkshops.com/

Casting for Kids - Have a kids workshop this Saturday in Oceanside, looking for kids - from 4-16 years old.  If your interested, send an email to jay@jayreilly.com - include a digital photo - in subject, put "kids model" in the subject line, thanks

well, i am finally starting to update the site.  just trying to carve out some time is tough.  but working on splitting up the portfolios and not exactly sure how its gonna work but its really a good thing for me to do at this point because it makes you really think about who is supposed to see this work and how should it be presented.  in the short term, i am splitting the portfolio into books, similar to my print portfolios.  i hope to soon add projects or stories.

i think the most important thing is just updating the site with a bunch of shoots that have yet to make the site.

well the anticipated flickr release on getty is now live.  its a cool collection, for someone who has spent very little time on flickr i really do like the images.  for the little time i have spent on flickr, it looks to be full of fantastic captures and it is interesting to see the pull on getty.  at very first glance, there seem to be tons of landscape, quirky things, spaces, urban scapes, some strange real people portraits.  does not seem to have lots of production, lifestyle, groups of people, activity which under the circumstance i guess makes sense.  so how many images made it to getty, 4277 with a mix of RF and RM.