A Matter of Time

CD Cover 1, originally uploaded by Bay Photographic.

James is a friend and colleague, who recently asked me to photograph him for the cover of his new CD. He is unsigned at present, but we may have to face the possibility of losing him to the music industry if he achieves the recognition he deserves in the future. His music can be heard at www.myspace.com/jamesgormanmusic
I felt that the cove near Silverdale where I photographed the rocks a couple of months ago might provide a good location, but I am a long way outside my comfort zone when it comes to photographing people, so I wasn't too sure if the outcome would hit the mark.
I shot this with my S2 pro and the Tokina 11-24 with a Nikon SB 28 flash on a tripod as a single exposure, and processed it in Fineview, Photomatix, Photoshop CS2 and Digital Image Pro. (I have to say that the impressive range of software is not the result of my competence, but the fact that I can only do certain things with certain programs).
I was quite pleasantly surprised with this one, and I felt that the glimpse of the Bay behind gave it an appropriately barren feel.
Perhaps I should consider a career change.
Yeah, right.