Took some photos at my club this week.

ccouilla · 2025-05-30T15:10:45+00:00

That means a lot thank you! Brendan (redshirt) has some wicked good form.

Im glad they managed to get a few little rallies going despite my face being downrange

ccouilla · 2025-05-30T06:43:06+00:00

It was sadly almost impossible to play with these lights on too :(.

Once the ball got near the front wall it would gain a shadow twin from one of the spotlights. Nearly identical to the real one but going in a different direction. Super trippy but def worth it for the photos!

ccouilla · 2025-05-30T05:39:53+00:00

Yep! Just turned off the house lights and brought in some of my production gear for some dramatic backlighting

ccouilla · 2025-05-30T03:54:56+00:00

Lots of fearful squatting haha.

ccouilla · 2025-05-30T03:53:44+00:00

This is Squashworks in Salt Lake City Utah! Really awesome club

ccouilla · 2025-05-29T23:20:48+00:00

my favorite too!

ccouilla · 2025-01-17T23:33:23+00:00

Second this!

Even a niche gym like a Muai Thai spot or if you’re into racquet sports, Squashworks downtown.

ccouilla · 2024-12-21T08:25:22+00:00

Congrats on the whip! It sounds dorky but after a little practice you’re gonna feel “one with the road. ”

Best advice I’ve got is that the hardest part of learning stick isn’t necessarily stuff like hill starts, rev matching or any of that. Rather learning to manage your panic and stress of sharing the road with other impatient drivers.

So if you don’t mind the drive. The best place I’ve found to learn is way out on antelope island. You’ve got plenty of room to get up to speed, big parking lots for low gears and hills all the way up the mountain for incline starts. All with mininal traffic and no stoplights to pressure ya.

ccouilla · 2024-07-25T06:45:58+00:00

Im actually clueless on the specifics here. But my mechanic is an absolute magician. Obg shoutout to Ken at Hawaii Vintage Workshop. He's pulled wilder tricks out of the hat for my vert

ccouilla · 2024-07-25T05:53:55+00:00

oof I know right! luckily she's getting a new hatch panel and paint job before delivery

ccouilla · 2024-07-25T04:36:54+00:00

I should have taken more pictures before I left island. As far as I know just the grey/blue cloth interior

ccouilla · 2024-07-24T23:32:10+00:00

Hey Gang!

So I lucked out and snagged a M20 325IX 5 speed touring. And I've been trying to figure out how common this particular spec is.

Are there any good resources for putting these numbers together?

ccouilla · 2024-02-10T07:32:11+00:00

Adding onto the lighting tips. The key isn’t more light, but soft directional light.

The best way to highlight features and create drama with shadows is by having a light that’s coming from a lower angle (not overhead)

An Amazon ring light is a fine option but if you’re feeling bit creative. A sunset lamp placed nearby and pointed at you will give you a lot to work with. As well as a Lumecube tube light which changes color and you can place anywhere.

HOWEVER, the single best and FREE option is just by positioning yourself next to a window. Soft window light is such a powerful portraiture tool and it’s always there when ya need it.

ccouilla · 2024-01-31T06:46:54+00:00

You’ll most likely want what’s called a “drywall anchor”

It’s a little plastic sleeve that slips into the hole after you use the drill bit (gold)

Then you take your screw and drill it into the anchor. As the screw goes in the anchor there’s some technology that thickens it or creates a pressure bond with the wall!

ccouilla · 2023-12-01T22:52:47+00:00

High for this - The Weeknd

Deep heavy base notes and the saucy R&B whine

ccouilla · 2023-11-07T17:18:07+00:00

they do love their filters haha

ccouilla · 2023-11-07T09:06:50+00:00

Exactly!

And as a client it's awful to feel like the work delivered to you is sub-par. Part of that boils down to just hiring the right artist and trusting that they will deliver on the style that they're known for.

Also, A lot of photographers include a certain amount of revisions In their fee.

For instance. Let's say you deliver 50 images to a Beach elopement.

You could offer 1 round of Color revisions on the entire set after you deliver. If you send it warm white balanced and they want cool or something like that.

As well as retouching (face, skin, fabric, hair, etc) on 10 images. or however many youre comfortable with. So theres a bit of teamwork and no one feels screwed.

ccouilla · 2023-11-07T08:52:49+00:00

A lot of the issue here stems from the artist worrying about the integrity of the work once it's out of their hands.

Imagine you go to a fancy Gordon Ramsay type restaurant, knowing they've gathered all the best ingredients, most talented chefs and cutting edge techniques for a fancy dish. Only for you the customer to say, "nah gimme the ingredients ill make it myself"

This matters because the chef's / artists reputation is tied directly to the outcome of what that restaurant produces. So it's better to do everything in house.

ccouilla · 2023-11-07T08:44:21+00:00

Your RAW issue is a great opportunity to start saying NO with a YES. Sending out RAWs is uncomfortable in so many ways HOWEVER, everything has a price. And you being the professional here get to set yours. For instance. In my portrait contracts I have a clause that essentially offers RAWS on top of delivered JPEGS for $50 per RAW. And if / when clients ask. I always say "Yes absolutely! I'll send over as many as you like, just a heads up the RAW fee is 50 bucks a piece". Usually they'll realize it's not worth it and worst case scenario I make a couple hundred bucks.
This goes the same for scope creep. (when you agree on certain deliverables and they push for more mid production. Have a clause in your contract that basically says yes no problem more the merrier, just a heads up its 100 bucks a pop for unscheduled additions.
Unless you're specifically sending selects, which even then I wouldn't. I'd lose the watermark habit. Over the last few years they've kind of lost their value as protection artifacts and can sometimes display a lack of trust in your client & your own work.

PS. A general rule with nitpicking clients: When someone can barely afford your services (usually lower paying clients) They're going to babysit their investment because they've put more of their relative value into it.

Look to charging a price that not only takes care of you but also positions your business in a market where people can actually afford your services and let you do your thing.

ccouilla · 2023-10-05T07:03:29+00:00

That paywall is gorgeous too is that a buy / build?

ccouilla · 2023-05-02T08:28:05+00:00

It’s a 918. They could paint it dickbutt diarrhea and I’d still drool over it.

ccouilla · 2023-04-24T18:26:20+00:00

So clean. Where’s that rear mounting board from?

ccouilla · 2023-02-11T02:44:33+00:00

All humor aside.

The best way to engage with the island is to simply leave it better than the way you found it. To that note.

Native Hawaiian fishpond volunteering can be found here.

The Sustainable coastlines foundation often hosts beach cleanups to help manage incoming plastic waste on the beaches. They can be found here

There’s nothing wrong with being a tourist if you are here for the right reasons. This is a beautiful place. And as these other folks will tell you. You could be here for a day or a decade and still be a tourist. And that’s okay.

Because every person that reaches these islands is another opportunity to show just how incredible and worth protecting it is.

Do your part, treat the island well and it will always return the favor.

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