My girlfriend is so perfect. I’m such a lucky guy!
March 2012
February 2012
How do you talk to the people you shoot? As in, how do you get them to look natural and not posed?
Just talk to them and carry on a conversation with them as if they were a friend, it’s not that hard to do after awhile. That pretty much relaxes them and allows you to get better expressions from them. I’ll generally ask whoever I’m shooting about themselves and then if there’s some common interest between us, I’ll talk about that more. If not, no biggie, just talk about something else. You can even just talk about the weather haha. Anything works.
Hey Jordan, I've been following your work for a while now, it's seriously inspiring stuff! Seeing your photos makes me want to go out and just shoot more! However I'm having trouble getting friends to model for me. I know that in the past you've shot friends or friends of friends. Are there any special things you say to get them to model for you? How do you approach those "friends of friends"? Cheers from a fellow photog down under!
Thanks man! That’s awesome! I’ve never really had a problem with friends wanting to model for me. If for some reason they weren’t wanting to do it then I just would leave it at that because you don’t want to shoot someone who doesn’t want their picture taken in the first place. As far as friends of friends goes, they would either come to me which made it easy or I would just send them a message later on and just explain what I had in mind and see if they were interested. If they were then rad, but if not it was no big deal. I’ve sent a lot of random messages to people I don’t even know and now they’re some of my good friends. It’s pretty crazy how it works out that way.
So lame seeing some photographers, who blatantly copy other photographers’ work, get applauded for their “original” ideas. #igivenofuckstonight
Your photos (and models) are ridiculously beautiful! Do you shoot digital or film? What's your weapon of choice for either? :)
Thank you! I shoot both but primarily digital. I shoot with a Canon 5d Mark II, Canon 35mm f/1.4L, Canon 50mm f/1.4 & Sigma 85mm f/1.4. I also have two film cameras; a Canon Élan 7 and a Canon AE-1.
I was wondering when you and Shannon will be visiting her family here in oklahoma and visiting me =]
I hope sooner than later so I can see you, Ms. Black, the Phaminator and Mr. Raiden again :D
Hi Jordan, I live in Germany and i´m a huge Fan of your work! I Like almost all of your pictures! You are my inspiration now :-)! But i´ve got one question. When you use your Elan 7 which films do you prefer? Sorry when the question is already asked but i didn´t found any!
Thanks!! That’s awesome! I generally like to use Kodak Portra 400 or Fuji 400H.
Jordan freaking Voth, I am crazy about you.
Boy has me smiling from 3,000 miles away.
The feeling is mutual, love.
Just spend awhile looking through all your pics on here, I love all of them! And I noticed that you have a picture of Cannon Beach in OR, are you an Oregon photographer?
Thank you! Nope, I’m from Seattle, WA. Though, most of my extended family lives in Oregon and my parents have property in Cannon Beach so I’m down there fairly often.
