Test shoot I did for a new model named Corrie J.
Sep 13, 2011 | Categories:Blog, Models, Video, Women | Tags: 5d mark II, acute, antioch, beauty dish, blonde, ca, california, canon, caucasian, contra costa, corrie j, david art, Editorial, fashion, kandidz, model, model mayhem, photographer, photography, photoshoot, profoto, woman | Leave A Comment »
Test shoot with the lovely Shanice Watts in Benicia, CA More @ http://www.facebook.com/kandidzportraitsBlog @ http://www.wootenweb.com/
Sep 11, 2011 | Categories:Blog, Models, Video, Women | Tags: 5d mark II, acute, african american, beauty dish, canon, contra costa, creole, david art, Editorial, fashion, gazebo, girl, kandidz, latina, model, model mayhem, photographer, photography, photoshoot, session, sexy, woman | Leave A Comment »
One of the toughest parts of my job is convincing people to allow me to shoot them as they are, in their environment. Since my style is very editorial, capturing a sincere moment is essential to my art. However most people are so accustomed to snapshots and posed photography wearing their ‘Sunday best’ they do [...]
May 14, 2011 | Categories:Blog, Editorial, Thoughts | Tags: 110 magazine, 5d mark II, business, california, canon 5d mark II, caucasian, chefs, contra costa, david art, kandidz, kitchen, photography, pittsburg, portrait, profoto, stainless steel | 1 Comment »
The majority of models I work with are 5′10″ or taller and size 0 to 4. The reason being is that they photograph tall filling the frame and fit the sample sizes of the designers I work for with little to no adjustments. The majority are hard working, fairly humble and want to produce beautiful [...]
May 06, 2010 | Categories:Blog, Models, Women | Tags: asian, bridal, california, contra costa, model, Models, petite, photoshoot, pittsburg, portrait | 6 Comments »
http://vimeo.com/9817447] February 27, 2010 Oakland, CA by Mario B. Productions PHOTOS+MOTION=FUSION Fusion Video by David ‘Art’ Wooten
Mar 01, 2010 | Categories:Blog, Children, Editorial, Men, Models, Promotional, Teens, Women | Tags: 70s, african american, afro, annual, black, black panther, california, Children, contra costa, fashion, fashion show, fusion, hair, heels, kids, mario b productions, mario b., mario benton, model, model mayhem, Oakland, Promotional, retro, runway, say it loud, session, seventies, singer, speedlight, stills, strobe, sydney nycole, video, vintage, wardrobe stylist | 1 Comment »
This week will mark my second issue as 110 Magazine’s Chief Contributing Photographer. Though I got good feedback, I was not happy with the January issue at all. My images were not technically good, they lacked impact and were not on par with my peers at Diablo and San Francisco. So I vowed to raise [...]
Feb 01, 2010 | Categories:Blog, Editorial, Men, Models, Women | Tags: 110 magazine, brentwood, bridal, ca, california, contra costa, gowns, his and hers, issue, kenya sandoval, romance, rudy tabasa, shannon mercurio, shanza, wedding | 7 Comments »
While photographing LA Boxing in Brentwood for a 110 Magazine feature story one member of their staff really took to the camera. In image after image it was apparent that Katrina was a natural. When I asked her how long she has modeled, she laughed and said that though she was a NOS Girl she [...]
Nov 23, 2009 | Categories:Women | Tags: antioch, california, canon, contra costa, girl, kandidz, katrina, latina, mexican, model, nos, photoshoot, session, soto, speedlight, strobe, usa | Leave A Comment »
Waking to a typical cloudless Northern California morning… my heart dropped. Today’s photos would have blank lifeless skies versus dramatic cloud filled ones. Oh well, the show must go on. I picked up Masia from her home and as we backed out of her driveway a storm front started moving in filling the sky with [...]
Nov 23, 2009 | Categories:Models, Teens | Tags: brentwood, byron, contra cos, contra costa, kandidz, masia, model, portrait, rangel, senior, tabasa | Leave A Comment »
After deciding that I know longer wished to stifle my non-creative side, I quit selling software and moved behind the lens. This video is a compilation of my first 6 months of shooting professionally. The future is bright and frightening and untold… but I am running toward it with anticipation of what’s to come.
Nov 19, 2009 | Categories:Promotional | Tags: advertising, antioch, art, bands, california, canon, Children, cold war kids, concert, contra costa, david, family, gaby moreno, kandidz, kids, lightroom, modeling, Models, nas, Oakland, organic, performance, photograph, photographer, photojournalism, portrait, Promotional, questlove, roots, street photography, urban, wooten | Leave A Comment »
Shot in the early evening, there was not enough light in the house to go natural and wide open. So after playing with lamps, the overhead spot light seemed to the best option. Using a Canon 5D Mark II with an L-series 70-200mm lens, I move the female subject so that the ceiling spot would [...]
Nov 11, 2009 | Categories:Men, Women | Tags: antioch, california, canon, contra costa, couple, filipino, girl, kandidz, latina, love, marriage, mexican, model, photoshoot, renee, romantic, rudy, session, speedlight, strobe, tabasa, usa | Leave A Comment »
