Check out my latest shoot with Wlada Schueler as we explore the intricacies of energy and pleasure. See the whole story on my website here: www.raulcotobatres.com/photography/personal.html (more…)
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Earlier today the Respect crew and I were finishing the last scenes of the upcoming Bronze music video. We shot it in the Mamaroneck and Larchmont area. For those who don’t know, that’s the far far away land known as Westchester, or “upstate” as it’s commonly mistaken. We were all eagerly excited to finish the music video since we all have worked so hard to make it it’s best. We invaded Jordan’s parents’ house for the indoor scenes and promptly moved the crew to the Larchmont reservoir, were we shot all remaining scenes with that ‘golden’ hour sunlight. Check out some of the stills from the day, specially the fun-traits we took as we celebrated wrapping the shoot.
Read about day 1 of shooting here.
Look for Bronze’s EP and music video early in the Spring of 2011. (more…)
My buddies from Brokedown Boozehound approached me to take a few shots of them for promo and PR kits. There was no real concept for the shoot, so I was free to experiment. A lot of times I hate conceptualizing and planning too much, I like coming up with ideas on the spot. Very casually we grabbed a few beers, a bunch of Arri, Lowel and even work lights, a fog machine and hauled it all to Erik’s (drummer) soon to be finished recording studio in Mt. Vernon, NY. And this is what we came up with. Thanks to Jordan from Respect! Films for assisting with lighting that day.
Took a nice little trip with friends up to Bear Mountain to view the scenery and possible location scouting. The trails are beautiful this time of the year with all the snow. Armed with our cameras we walked around for about 2 hours trying to reach our goal: Doodletown, an abandoned town dating back to the 1700′s. Unfortunately, to our dismay there was not much left to see. Most buildings were just rubble and blanketed with snow. Shortly after arriving to Doodletown we had to start our trip back as it was quickly getting dark. Another 2 hour walk through the trails at night, where all you could hear is the echo from your footsteps and the occasional snow falling off branches. Quite a trip. Thanks to Elaine and Steve for dragging us out there :)
In the world of advertising and photography nothing is as it seems. You can have bad photography and still be able to make your work shine after retouching. That was the case with this recent project where I had to compose 3 images into one. The lighting is not even consistent throughout all images. But after a few hours of tinkering, tweaking (and magic), you can see the final product is something worth of an ad. Retouchers are really the unsung heroes of advertising and photography. (more…)
One cloudy afternoon and a little wine can produce beautiful images. Check out my latest story with friend, Julia Kristin from Click Models NYC: “Feels like I’ve been here before”
This bad boy of a gadget projects an image from a retrofitted camera at the exact moment another camera snaps a picture with flash. This creates an invisible illusion to the human eye only seen after the picture is taken. This is the brain child of Julius von Bismarck from Germany. In a recent interview from Wired.com he stated that this is the first prototype with many others in the works. Fearing large corporations trying to steal his idea for marketing purposes he refuses to publicly disclose them.
Its a very simple idea done right. This is a great way to stealthily sneak your own messages or images onto highly photographed events, locations, people, etc. I can see how viral marketing companies would like to invest on this for their own evil purposes. So next time you snap a picture, make sure there are no hidden URLs or messages on your picture.
http://www.juliusvonbismarck.com/fulgurator/index.html
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2008/06/exclusive-inter/
I photographed Gabe back in 2008 amidst the hot summer weather. We were covered in mosquito bites and probably a tick or two by the end but it was all worth it. Here are two of my favorite shots.
A few days ago I received a message on Flickr about one of my pictures. It was from an aspiring artist showing me some of his work inspired by one of my photographs. It’s great to see my work influencing other artists!
