It's What I Do...: Running Girl in Phoenix, Arizona. Shot on film and printed on paper.

(My Old Shots Marathon Continues...)

We found this great old road just south of the studio and I knew it would come in handy for a shoot someday.

Well, this was the day. Overcast day and setting sun gave me the kind of light I needed for the shoot. This article was for shopping finds in Thrift Stores or something like that. We had two models and a stylist and a wardrobe that totaled about $12 but looked like a couple of grand. LOL...

Stylist put Brooke's hair up high, and we put that jacket on her... I wanted to deliver a couple of 'double-truck' images so the AD could use the image across two pages. I thought this would be a good one for that, so I turned the camera and did a couple of horizontals.

AD loved the way I had the models constantly doing something, and when I saw Brooke jump, I had her add some 'face' to it for more fun.

This image ran double-truck, but not as the opener - which I thought was pretty cool. I really liked that she was jumping 'past the frame' and the frame was printed in.

Shot with natural light at the end of the day... right into the bright sky of the setting sun (overcast). Exposure is based on Brooke's face, and the rest of the image falls where it falls.

Black and White Film, TMax 400, shot at ISO 320 and processed in TMax developer with a push of 20%.

Printed on Fiber-Based Seagull Gloss (#3) and toned with Copper Toner, bleached and re-toned with Selenium
Toner.

Camera was an F3, with a 35MM f2 lens shot at f2. Hand held at 1/125. It is approximately 23 years old.

Don Giannatti: Designer / Photographer / Writer
www.dongiannatti.com / www.lighting-essentials.com / www.learntolight.com / 602 434 1765

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