About hi, my name is jay reilly.  i am professional commercial/ editorial photographer based on carlsbad, ca.  some of my past client include Nike, Sony, Hyatt, Conde Nast among many others.  this blog is dedicated to showcasing my assignment work and helping other photographers by sharing tips and tricks that have been vital to my business.  feel free to leave comments or post questions. thanks!
well, honestly is there a bad time to be shooting?  is there such athing as bad light?  how can there be bad light?  light is just light, right?! ;-)  well, i admit to being that photographer that sometimes puts the camera away high noon because the light is tough.  but clients don't want to hear that...they just need the images created...so working in bad light was my challenge today.

case and point, had this quick shoot, was postponed from last week, now was the time we could do it and now is in the middle of the day, what the heck, lets shoot it!  funny thing is there was a german creative team and photographer shooting portraits of professional cyclist.  you can see the team in the shot over allies shoulder.  they were shooting a few profoto heads and they must of looked at my like i was crazy.  i could see what they were doing...i think i like my shots better! ;-)




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Comments
Guillaume: Hello Jay. Very nice pics as usual, what is the lens on that shoot? (09.24.08 @ 06:52 AM)
Christopher Vaughn: This is so true! I had a similar situation Downtown San Diego earlier this year. I was shooting for Braddie Bratate clothing, high noon, hardly any equipment and got some amazing shots! Mean while across the street a high end handbag designer flew in an Italian Photographer with an army of assistants and equipment. By the end of the shoot some of the assistants were hanging out with us watching us work! Here's my fav shot from the afternoon: Gaslamp Red How many of you out there have had a similar experience? (09.24.08 @ 06:54 AM)
jay: i guess i better say before i get hate mail, that i too use strobes and if it is a look that i am going for, there is a time and place...but so much of my stuff is fast, long shot lists with a natural feel. maybe next post will be about a strobe session, just to be fair. (09.24.08 @ 07:44 AM)
Shari : GREAT images! You definitely ROCKED the high noon light. I would love to hear the exif info on the first and last image. AWESOME!! (09.24.08 @ 08:44 AM)
Tonya: yea you rocked the high noon! I shoot when I need to also and make it work. I WILL avoid this type of light IF I can, but it won't make or break me. love the challenge. (09.24.08 @ 01:05 PM)