The Sugar Shack Reaper

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This image was taken at the historic Sugar Shack in Moundsville State Penitentiary during my Supernatural Shoot there in April 2013.  We gave the model Rachel black sheets to swirl around and using back and front lighting with flash and video lights I captured this image.  

Moundsville is one of my all time favorite places to shoot and I'm so glad I've had the opportunity to do so many times!  Looking to go back next month!!

Camera settings: Nikon D800, 1/80 sec at f/4.5, 16mm at ISO 4000, flash fired.  Taken at 12:29pm.

Can You Hear Me Now?

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This production image is of the Supernatural workshop we did yesterday at the Greystone Mansion.  Our model, and recently married bride Elly fell in love with this vintage phone...so we did a fun shoot with it. Can't wait to share the pics!

Moundsville Penitentiary Bridal Shoot, images for wedding photography

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This image was taken at my bridal shoot at the Moundsville State Penitentiary in West Virginia.  It was just starting to rain when we were taking these shots outside, and I loved the contrast of the white wedding dress against the dark prison...

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Camera settings: Nikon D800, 1/80 sec at f/2.8, 14mm at ISO 100, flash fired.  Taken at 8:47pm.

Moundsville Penitentiary Wedding Couple Shoot

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This production image was taken at my REAL wedding workshop at the Moundsville State Penitentiary in Moundsville West Virginia.  We shot the wedding ceremony earlier in the day at the Palace of Gold, and then held the reception in the historic penitentiary.  During the middle of the reception we took the bride and groom and shot inside of the penitentiary, and ended the shoot here in the jail cells which was awesome. Can't wait to share more!

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Locked Up Bride at the Moundsville Penitentiary, images for wedding photography

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This image was taken at the Moundsville State Penitentiary in Moundsville, West Virginia.  I just loved the lighting that we had during the shoot because it complemented the flash I was using to create some amazing lighting.  This bridal shoot was with the beautiful bride Brittany Heckel and was a blast to shoot!

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Camera settings: Nikon D800, 1/100 sec at f/2.8, 14mm at ISO 1000, flash fired.  Taken at 7:45pm.

Prison Bridals in B Block at the Moundsville State Penitentiary, images for wedding photography

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This image was taken at my wedding shoot at the Moundsville State Penitentiary in Moundsville West Virginia.  Having a wide angle lens in a place with so many lines, vanishing points etc. is just amazing.  For this shot I was using the Nikon 14mm super wide.  Just an amazing lens....

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Camera settings: Nikon D800, 1/200 sec at f/2.8, 14mm at ISO 2500, flash fired.  Taken at 7:50pm.

New Supernatural Shoots Website!!

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Hey everybody,

The new Supernatural Shoots website is up!   You especially have to check out the videos that show our adventures and everything that we went through to make these shoots what they are...a ton of fun!  This image here was taken at our last Supernatural Shoot at the Moundsville State Penitentiary.  I captured this using off camera flash with my Nikon SB910, Ray Flash, and Pocket Wizards.  It started raining so we didn't have long to shoot outside, but it was a BLAST!!

Camera settings: Nikon D800, 1/160 sec at f/4.0, 16mm at ISO 800, flash fired.  Taken at 7:20pm on April 16, 2013 by Jason Lanier.

Logan County Insane Asylum

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This is the image I was capturing when the Police were called and harrassed me for trespassing.  You gotta understand, there are no gates and this was only 5 feet from where my car was parked.  I guess standing on grass is now an offense.

This is a shot of the Logan County Insane Asylum in Guthrie, Oklahoma.  I was here scouting this place out for a possible Supernatural Shoot location.  But we couldn't find anyone to contact for the place...pretty strange.  It would've been a blast to shoot here!

Camera settings: Nikon D800, 1/800 sec at f/4.5, 16mm at ISO 64, flash did not fire.  Taken at 7:48pm on May 6, 2013 by Jason Lanier.

Creating an Outdoor Studio with Rotolights

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Ever needed to create a studio look outside?  Well, that's what I did last night at my workshop.  Having portable LED lights and a few tripods can enable you to do just that...and the results are AMAZING!  Can't wait to share pics!!

Using my Rotolights at Miami Workshop in Wynwood

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This image was taken at my workshop in Miami last night in the Wynwood area which is the artistic portion of downtown where all the crazy people like me congregate.  There are so many advantages to using video light over flash in a situation like this one.  For starters it's easier to focus and pose the model because you can see.  Secondly there is no bounce back nasty reflection on the wall from a flash being fired.  Third, you can get beautiful even lighting over a great portion of the wall.  I love my Rotolights!!

Off Camera Flash at the Moundsville State Penitentiary

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This image was taken at my Supernatural Shoot at the Moundsville State Penitentiary in Moundsville, West Virginia earlier this week for my workshop there.  To get this shot I had my assistant Joyce holding my SB910 Flash with the Ray Flash accessory on it, and then with my Pocket Wizards I triggered the flash off camera blasting the light through the fence to create a really cool look.  Thanks to the beautiful Rachel Anne for modeling and for Ryan Britt for getting us into the penitentiary!

Camera settings: Nikon D800, 1/160 sec at f/4.0, 27mm at ISO 800, flash fired.  Taken at 7:24pm on April 16, 2013 by Jason Lanier.

Who smiles while locked inside of a penitentiary?

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It was all smiles at my workshop this week in West Virginia.  To make it even better we did our Supernatural shoot at the Moundsville State Penitentiary and as we started it began to rain.  I wanted to do a shoot in between the fence and the building, but as soon as we began the rain, thunder, and lightning came, so we moved our shoot indoors for an amazing time.  If you haven't been on a Supernatural shoot with me you are truly missing out.  Seriously the funnest thing I do at every workshop!

Prisoner's Perspective at the Moundsville State Penitentiary

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I snapped this shot of my group as they were taking a break during my Supernatural Shoot at the Moundsville State Penitentiary.  I was on the upper levels just outside of the jail cells and was starting to work my way down when I saw them and took the picture.  This is  a good representation of what these shoots are like.  It was pitch black and the only illumination on this shot came from the two Rotolights that we were using as flashlights at the time.  Y'all have to join me on one of these, they are so much fun!

Walmart Fashion in a haunted prison

This image was taken at my Supernatural Shoot at the Moundsville State Penitentiary on Tuesday.  This was shot without flash, using three Rotolights, one behind her and two in front, to the left and the right.  I had a challenge from the group to do a shoot using Walmart clothes...so I took the challenge, went into the local Walmart about 10 miles from the penitentiary and in 20 minutes bought the hat, skirt, jacket, and did the shoot!

We had an amazing time and I thank everyone who came to shoot with me.  This Supernatural shoot was truly unforgettable!

Who does a fashion shoot in a haunted penitentiary? Well, me.

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So who else does model fashion shoots inside of haunted places like the Moundsville State Penitentiary...just me baby. This is a production still from the Supernatural shoot on Tuesday that was literally out of this world.  It was straight out of a movie, a thunder and lightning storm moved into town immediately as we arrived, and we went around calling for the ghosts it started to pour, as soon as we stopped, it stopped.  Don't believe me?  We have all the video to prove it.

In this shot you see our gorgeous model Rachel who I was posing at the visitation booths where they would use a telephone handset to talk to the prisoner on the other side of the wall.  Just wait until I start showing you shots from "The Hole" where I had one of the best shoots I've ever done.  Because of the thunder storm the water leaked through the walls and down into "The Hole" which was isolation where they locked up the prisoners who were the worst of the worst. With the water coming down the walls it left 2 inches of water on the dirt floor...it was just epic.  Can't wait to edit and post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks again for these amazing Rotolights....I need to buy stock in their company because all my students are buying them!  Thanks to all my assistants Vanden, Faye and Joyce for doing so much...I love you guys.

Next Workshops:

• Miami, Florida- April 30, May 1st
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, May 7th and 8th
• REAL Wedding Workshop- May 31, and June 1st in Moundsville, West Virginia