Dana Lane Photography

Drea - Teasers

2012-03-29T12:41:00.001-07:00

Just a couple quick teasers for my shoot with Drea, a local Boston singer/musician... More to come later...

Nice Nails!

Amir and Shazia's Reception

2012-01-30T11:49:00.000-08:00

Amir and Shazia actually got married in India almost 9 months ago, but they just recently got around to have a local wedding reception. I had the pleasure of spending a few hours with them at the Westboro Doubletree hotel, just before Christmas. Shazia looked amazing in her blue sari and Amir looked great with his matching tie, and talk about colorful!

Here are a few of the images;
The room;

Flowers and Cake;

The Food;

The lovely couple;

The colorful guests;

The ceremonies and details;

The lovely couple again!

Boudoir Session with the lovely Siren

2012-01-04T08:36:00.001-08:00

Recently, I photographed a boudoir session in the attic of a friends studio. The contrast of the decaying attic against Siren's soft curves made for some really great images! I'm willing to bet her significant other loves these!

Here are a few examples...

Tien and Dan got married!

2011-11-27T11:51:00.000-08:00

I had the pleasure of photographing Tien and Dan's wedding recently. Thanks Tien and Dan for trusting me to capture your special day!!

Tien got ready at home, with a little help

What a lovely dress and great shoes!

Dan had a little help getting ready as well;

The rings!

And a beautiful church ceremony...

The reception was at Pleasant Valley CC, a gorgeous location for some portraits...

Alternative Focus Show

2011-10-21T08:41:00.001-07:00

I'm pleased to say that I've had a couple images selected to show in an upcoming photography show around alternative photography. The show, "Alternative Focus" will be hanging at the Davis Gallery in the Printers Building at 44 Portland Street, Worcester, Massachusetts, on the 3rd floor.

The show is geared around alternative photography, including things like cross processing, pinhole photography, smart phone photography and other non-traditional forms of photography.

The show's opening reception will be Thursday, November 3rd from 5pm to 7pm and will offer win and Hors d’oeuvres. The show will run until January 27th. Please come join us at the opening, or at the very least, come see the show!

For more details;
Here's a link to the facebook event.
Here's a link to the gallery itself. (FYI, that's one of my images on the event page.)

Hope to see you there!

Ashley - Doherty High, class of 2012

2011-09-18T12:34:00.000-07:00

The lovely Ashley is a senior at Worcester's Doherty High School this year. She came up to the studio for a session and then we moved outdoors to a local park here in Leominster, Barrett Park for some location images. Here's a few examples!

Katie - Wachusett High, class of 2012

2011-09-08T10:46:00.000-07:00

I had the pleasure of photographing Katie's senior pictures this year. This young lady is doing double duty this year, attending Johnson and Wales University in Providence, RI and having it count as both her senior year at Wachusett High as well as her freshmen year at college.

Here's a few images from the set;

First, a few on location at Green Hill Park in Worcester

Then a few from the studio;

The Lovely Haley

2011-08-10T07:35:00.000-07:00

While I was at the annual New England Camera Club Council (NECCC) conference this year, I had the pleasure of photographing the lovely Haley. Here are a few images that I captured;

More fashion, with Claudia

2011-07-14T05:04:00.000-07:00

Last week, I posted about shooting some fashion with a great team of people with the lovely Mary. That same day, the same creative team also put together another super creation with Boston area model Claudia. We did some beauty shots in the studio as well as some studio and outdoor fashion.

Here are a few samples;
Studio:

And outdoor/location;

Of course, getting images like these is a full team effort and here's the team:
Styling/Coordination: Terry Wheaton
Clothing Designer: Janfrevic Lujares
Jewelry Designer: Magdalena Stokalska
Hair and Makeup: Janeen Jones
Model: Claudia Snow

Fashion Photography with Mara

2011-07-07T16:54:00.000-07:00

I had the chance to shoot some fashion with some VERY talented people recently. The amazing Terry Wheaton chose the clothing designer (the very talented Janfrevic Lujares), the jewelry designer (also very talented Magdalena Stokalska), the amazing Janeen Jones to do hair and makeup, the model Mary, and did the fantastic job styling the whole thing as well.

Here's Mary getting ready;

Once Mary was all dressed and made up, we ventured outside. Here's a sampling of the images we shot;

All in all it was a fantastic shoot with some really great images, thanks to an incredibly talented team who put in a ton of work to make it this way.

The Warrior Dash

2011-06-29T08:39:00.000-07:00

A couple friends of mine decided to run The Warrior Dash this year. This is a 3+ mile race through the woods, mud, over obstacles, all in the name of fun. To me, it looked more like an excuse to play in the mud. ;) Of course, I brought along my trusty camera and took a few photos along the way. It looked so much like fun, I've decided, I'm doing it next year too!

Of course, for some it's just an excuse to dress up silly;

The massive start (Only 1 wave, they send groups like this off every half hour);

Near the finish, they have to climb this very large wall...

Then comes the mud!

And then the finish...

At least they offer a high powered shower at the end;

Though some didn't use it;

and it ends with a great party;

and a pile of donated footwear that they clean up and send off to some needy folks!

Shooting Amanda (and Kelsey)

2011-05-22T09:45:00.000-07:00

Amanda is a hair stylist/makeup artist who came along to a shoot I did with Kelsey. We did some shots with both Kelsey and Amanda, as well as a couple images of Amanda solo.

Good vs Evil...

A couple days with Kelsey

2011-05-15T09:35:00.000-07:00

I met Kesley at a group event with the Boston West Photographic Society, of which I'm on the board of directors. After a few shots with the group, I arranged to shoot Kelsey in my studio.

We did a few different looks, here's a sampling of the images we shot for her portfolio.

She brought along her friend to do hair and makeup, so we had to include her in the shoot too.

San Antonio - Riverwalk

2011-02-10T17:06:00.000-08:00

I recently attended ImagingUSA (Professional Photographers of America's annual conference) in San Antonio, Texas. Of course, it was rainy and kind of miserable weather while there (but still way better than here!) but that didn't stop me from going out and doing a little shooting along the famous Riverwalk.

The hotel itself, The Grand Hyatt, had a bunch of photo ops itself;

Here's a few from the Riverwalk itself, all a short walk from the Hotel and Convention Center;

Anatomy of a Christmas Card

2011-01-01T15:26:00.000-08:00

I got quite a few people asking me how I managed to get all 3 of our pets, not to mention us two humans, to look towards the camera, and strike a nice pose, at the same time. Well, I have to be honest and say I didn't. I actually shot our Christmas card in 3 separate pieces this year, so I figured I'd write a quick post explaining it.

I knew there was no way I'd get both of our dogs to sit nice and look straight ahead, let alone getting Figaro (our cat) to pose at the same time. So, right from the get go, I planned this as a 3 part shot. Planning this as a composite right from the start makes the compositing very easy actually. I set the camera up on a tripod, it pretty much has to be on a tripod or at least stationary, and took a bunch of test exposures to get the lighting and framing I wanted. Once that was done, I had Robyn place Figaro up on the mantle and step back. Of course, it took a handful of tries before I got Fig even remotely looking at the camera;
Of course Kuma, our Golden Retriever wanted in on the shot as well, but as long as Figaro was good, I was all set.

Next, I posed Robyn with Zeus, our German Shepherd. This was easier. :) I snapped a few images while calling Zeus. I made sure that no part of Robyn or Zeus passed by about the mid point of the fireplace. I knew that as long as no parts of the images that I wanted to keep overlapped, the composite would work easily. It only took a couple tries to get a keeper this time;

Finally, I left everything set up and and sat down with Kuma and had Robyn press the shutter while calling Kuma's name. Again, it only took a couple tries to get an image we were happy with;

Now that I had all 3 parts. By making sure the camera never moved, the stationary parts of the picture are all in EXACTLY the same place in all 3 pictures. So, I dropped the picture of Robyn and Zeus on top of the picture of Figaro. I then masked off the part of the picture where Figaro was so he would "show through" the masked off (cut out) area in the picture of Robyn. Lastly, I placed the picture of me and Kuma on top of that, then masked off the areas where I wasn't, letting Robyn, Kuma and Figaro show through. Then a quick crop for size and shape and here's the final product;

Sounds and looks complicated, but if you plan properly ahead of time, fairly easy to actually do.

Shooting Adrianna

2010-12-07T10:40:00.000-08:00

I had the pleasure of working with the lovely Adrianna, who's an up and coming young model in the Boston area. We started outdoors, but the extra cold weather ended up pushing us back into the studio, which worked out great anyway. Here's a sample of the images we captured, both on location at a strip mall in Westboro as well as in the studio.

Dogs can be portraits too!

2010-11-19T04:54:00.000-08:00

Dogs can be very fun to photograph. We took Zeus (German Shepherd) and Kuma (Golden Retriever) into the woods for a nice long walk and photo session. Along this section of woods, behind apple orchard, there is this old road that is no longer used and it makes for a great wide open place to walk and watch the dogs.

The nice late afternoon sun made for some excellent light and some lovely images!

Peri, trashing a non wedding dress.

2010-11-15T04:00:00.000-08:00

Peri works with Erin, who I blogged about last week, as a hair stylist and also spent the day with us trashing some dresses.

Here's a few images of her at the beach!

Trash the Dress session with Erin

2010-11-10T10:18:00.000-08:00

Trash the Dress (or TTD) sessions seem to automatically imply a wedding dress, but they don't have to be bridal.

Erin is a fabulous (and I do mean fabulous) hair stylist/make up artist that I've used many times for other shoots, and in fact she did hair and makeup for multiple models earlier in the day. It was about time we get her in front on the camera as well. Erin wore this lovely silk dress for a session at Oakland Beach in Warwick RI and she worked the rocks, beach and ocean for what I think are some really great images!

Things We Project - Wrap-Up

2010-09-20T08:14:00.000-07:00

Well, the show is over and I'd have to say it was a resounding success! The gallery was packed, the presentation was gorgeous and I met so many new and interesting people. I hope anyone that came had a chance to interact with all 6 of us and enjoyed the presented work! I think this turned out way better than expected and even better than I had hoped! Hope everyone that came had a good time!

I'd be remiss if I didn't thank my fellow photographers Nicole Chan, Scott Erb, Jeff Haynes, Steve Stearns and Cindy Woehrle for putting together presentations that were both beautiful and inspiring. There's no way this goes off and nicely as it did without them!

Next, I'd like to thank the folks at Niche Hospitality for the delicious fruit/cheese platter and the folks at Sweet for the lovely cupcake platter/tree. Great food for a great show!

Next, The Sleepless Knights provided a great soundtrack to our show with the gorgeous jazz sounds.

Next, the folks at ProSystems.tv did an absolutely amazing job with the technical portion of the presentation. The 52 inch displays for our individual shows looked fantastic and the 12 foot wide projection screen was simply gorgeous! They also did a great job with the lighting design for the room!

Lastly, thanks to everyone who came out to see the event. I hope you left after having had a good time, seen some good art and a fun presentation!

Things We Project - In the News

2010-09-16T06:18:00.000-07:00

The Worcester Telegram interviewed and filmed us talking about our upcoming show. This will officially be in the paper (online and in print) on Friday, but here's a sneak peek!

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid18865679001?bclid=1578009233&bctid=609859374001

Things We Project

2010-08-24T06:56:00.000-07:00

Keep Saturday, September 18th open. I'm having my first showing at The Sprinkler Factory, 38 Harlow St, Worcester MA from 7:30 to 10pm. Myself and 5 other photographers will be hosting a fully digital showing called "Things We Project".

For full details, visit http://thingsweproject.wordpress.com and visit our facebook event page.

Check this out for a teaser video.

City session with Deborah

2010-08-16T16:22:00.000-07:00

This session was actually shot a while ago, but I'm just now getting to the blog. Spent the past 2 months recovering from elbow surgery and I'm finally starting to be able to use it a bit again.

This session with Deborah was shot in and around downtown Manchester, NH.

Around town with Sera

2010-06-19T03:00:00.000-07:00

Spent another day wandering around various areas of Manchester, NH taking pictures of the lovely Sera. We shot in parking lots, on the roof of parking garages, in the sun, in the shade and in alleyways. Sera was a joy to shoot, giving so many different looks!

Urban Fashion with Mara

2010-06-12T10:37:00.000-07:00

Spent a good part of both an afternoon and evening in various areas of Manchester, NH with the lovely Mara. The idea of this session was to use the city as a backdrop to some urban fashion. It was a fun day and we got some really good images!