Carl Weaver Photography

My friend Ben sent me a message on Facebook the other day to let me know that his friend had licensed one of my photos for use on his Web site. (Note the similarity between the above picture of wine bottles and the one in the left column at Centre Gourmand.) I knew that a lot of folks had downloaded this photo and paid the licensing fees but I had not yet come across any uses of it, so I was delighted to learn of this.

The best part is that the good folks at Centre Gourmand were good enough to give me a credit and link to this site on their “about” page. I knew that photography and the Internet make the world smaller and bring us together but it’s not often that you see this type of thing firsthand. Thanks, Ben, for giving me a heads-up and thanks, kind Centre Gourmand folks, for using my image!

Technorati Tags: photos, wine, bottles, Centre Gourmand, licensing, photography

Food photography is one of my big loves, so I have really enjoyed one recent ongoing assignment. The latest thing I have been hired to do is photographing candy for a client. I will post more pictures later but one of the most fun bits was getting to play with gummy bears. Check out a couple pictures I did:

Technorati Tags: Food, photography, photographing, candy, gummy bears

In this episode, Christine continues the narrative of her body art, talking about the tribal and butterfly tattoos she has on her back, as well as the one she shares with Angelina Jolie, which represents her struggle with an eating disorder.

Christine is a model I met who is covered in well over 20 tattoos, each one with some meaning or story behind it. As such, this was a very lengthy interview and will be broken up into five different videos. Be sure to check back to see the new videos and photos as they become available. See more photos of Christine’s tattoos here.

Read more about my tattoo project here. Interested in taking part? Get in touch and we will make it happen.

Technorati Tags: tribal, butterfly, Angelina Jolie, eating disorder, model, meaning, story, interview, videos, photos, tattoos

It’s the time of year I love best - when I get to harvest various fruits and vegetables from the garden and then subject them to the lights in my studio. Last year I showed some peppers I had grown. This year’s peppers are not ready yet but keep watching and you will see them here before too long.

This particular cucumber was the first mature one I was able to pluck from the vine and so I was excited to capture it with my camera. Afterward my lovely wife wasted no time dispatching the cucumber for an afternoon snack. The joys of gardening!

My wife will tell you that the one thing that will interrupt a meal out is my taking pictures of the food. Of course, the lighting is not the same as when I photograph food and other objects in my studio and the limited space at a restaurant table means limited composition possibilities but sometimes I come away with some gems, and am forced to try angles and distances I would probably not consider in the studio.

These are fun photos for me. What I see in them is a stolen moment, a view into the temporal nature of our world, a vision and sense of “right now.”

Why not take your camera along to your next meal to give it a shot?

My last post featured an unedited photo of Vasara Noxxul, a model who came by to participate in my tattoo project. Vasara was a lot of fun to work with. She is the type of person who is really an expert at what she does and it is clear that she enjoys it. Seeing that type of expertise and passion is a lot of fun to watch. Here is another photo from the shoot. Click on it to see the select edited images.

Vasara is a local model who came over recently for my tattoo project. I am very excited about the photos, as she was incredible at posing and very expressive. I haven’t even edited the photos yet but wanted to post a preview here. Keep an eye out for the whole set of photos.