I have always had an interest in photography. It was not until the last few years that I found that my camera allows me to express the creative fire that burns inside of me. My images are a direct reflection of my personality.
….and you know you are standing where it is going to land…..
Do yourself a favor, and move somewhere else…. especially if it is your first time next to a large helicopter landing. The movies do not really show how intense the wind actually is…
Of coarse the movies do not show photographers standing right underneath them either.
You can see the dirt and debris in the last one. You can not see the wind that I thought was going to strip the clothes off of my body.
-Seph Victor Mercado
I met Monica about three years ago. I was working with Wanda Cobar to shoot her fashion line, and Monica was one of the models she brought in for the shoot. I could not put my finger on it, but there was something about her. I wanted to work with her again, but this or that kept getting in the way. We ran into each other out and about a few weeks ago and I finally set a date and time. I could not believe how well this image came out. I absolutely love it.
-Seph Victor Mercado
Jasmin approached me a few weeks ago. She saw some work I did with some friends of hers last year, and she wanted to use me as her photographer. It turns out, this was her first photoshoot, and I was her first photographer. We have been speaking about ideas for weeks, and I was really excited to finally get her in front of my camera. NOW!!!.. It never ceases to amaze me… out of all the ideas we spoke about… a “head shot” was not one of them.. but low and behold.. This is my absolute favorite image of the shoot. I couldn’t wait to post this image as I have not finished processing her order. Ill have more images soon enough.. but this one.. Is absolutely breath taking…
-Seph Victor Mercado
On my way home from the gym last night I could not help but notice the sky. There was a full moon, and the clouds really added a dramatic look. I tried to hard to make it home as fast as possible to grab my camera. Of course, by the time I got my camera the clouds shifted and lost the look I was hoping to capture. So I just drove to the park and just sat there for an hour waiting for another could formation to come through again….
The funny thing though. I never have any issues holding my camera steady, but since I had JUST worked out, my arms where really shaky, and I had to use a garbage can in the park as a tripod..
(On a side note.. It never hit me that one could get a lens flare from the moon)
-Seph Victor Mercado
Well… its really hard to describe acen. you either know of its power, or you dont….
-Seph Victor Mercado
Johnny is a good buddy of mine. Ive been trying to photograph his car, but he is doing a lot of work to it. I was going to book a model to shoot with his car when he told me he pulled the engine for a rebuild. He texted me the other day and I had asked him if the engine was back in the car. He responded with a cellphone image snap shot of the complete rebuild of the engine still on the stand… It looked good so I invited myself over. Packed up the gear, and went to his place..
He was not expecting a photoshoot of his engine, so I really did not give him time to really polish the chrome, but I did not want to wait….
-Seph Victor Mercado
Woman do not need to spend a lot of time fixing there hair…
Woman do not need to spend a lot of time on there make up..
If a woman wants to feel confident..
If a woman wants to feel sexy…
All she has to do is put on her favorite pair of jeans..
“Nude in my favorite Jeans”
-Seph Victor Mercado
Shantel was able to come through again for an other shoot. Im really trying to think outside the box for my images, and really create images from within me.. not for what I think others want to see…
Lisa was awesome to work with. She had never modeled before for a photoshoot. Even though we discussed ideas before she got here.. we spoke about a few more when she got here. I was moving furniture around and moved the two sofas together, and i was like… we have to do this.. and here is the result…
-Seph Victor Mercado
Shantel was finally able to come over. Before we started shooting we where talking about ideas. We went over my “inspiration” folder and she has almost the exact ideas of creation as I do. Shantel and I are definitely going to be working together soon, and I can not wait to unleash my creativity…
-Seph Victor Mercado
This shoot was interesting. Yuliya and I did not have a lot of communication before the shoot. When she got there, and we chit chat to grab a connection with each other, we really went off topic for more than a while. I had never had a shoot get to such off topic for as long as it did. We have so much in common on more than a few levels, and I really see us working on some interesting images. During this shoot, I really thought outside of my realm, and I created two images through techniques I have never even thought of before. Im not going to go into specific details, but here are the results…
-Seph Victor Mercado
