Jay Watson Photography

Portrait of model Rania Long. © Jay Watson Photography

Here is a quick pull from a recent shoot of model Rania Long at an Oakland apartment. I try to shoot models with a clothing inspired approach and push more towards portraiture. It is a verbal hang-up for me to avoid using the word “fashion.” This term gets slapped around whenever a model or piece of clothing is in front of the camera. As a fashion piece this fails because the dress is not styled properly, but who cares? As a portrait, it just feels much stronger. Semantics.

A few images were posted recently from a fashion shoot I did for Garage Magazine, but I didn’t want to show too much before the mag hit the stands. Last week the official release party for issue 16 was held at the Irish Bank in downtown SF. Here are the rest of the spreads as they are in the mag.

About the shoot:
I have been wanting to do a period piece based off the 1930’s Dust Bowl era for several years. Recently I was able to convince the fellas at Garage to let me have a go at it. They were very supportive and after much collaboration it is finally in print. The scope of the project had to change slightly in order to fit within the budget and creative needs of the magazine. Read the rest of this entry »

© Jay Watson Photography

This week Lexar.com has featured one of my photo shoots on their Digital Photography home page, which covers a fast pace shoot I did for the San Francisco clothing company Vive La Reine.

More work goes into a clothing shoot then you might think. Read Behind A Clothing Shoot to see the rest.

A preview of images from a recent fashion shoot and current project based on young 1930’s travelers who rode the rails to escape the Dust Bowl and Great Depression. More to come. Much more.