absolutely loving your work derek, seeing your stuff really gives me a kick in the arse to put down my digital and pick up a 35mm! i know the gear doesnt make the man, but what lens/es are you using with your Eos3?

Thank you so much!

I am using the “thrifty fifty” canon 50mm 1.8 lens thats all plastic and like $100. Its my favorite.

Britny. LA. 2013. Eos-3 911.

(Styled by: Julie)

hummm really love your blog mr Woods… soooo sexy and joyful

Thank you so much! I went through your blog this morning. Cool stuff!! I dig it.

Your neighbors are so damn lucky!

Hahahaha. Very true. Most of my neighbors are elderly and quite amazing. They’ve definitely watched us shoot from their place before.

Miss Kacie Marie. LA. 2013. Sprocket Rocket 3278.

(Styled by: Julie)

Radeo. LA. 2013. Sprocket Rocket 3323.

(Styled by: Julie)

Mallory. LA. 2013. Sprocket Rocket 3260.

(Styled by: Julie)

Do you often use a roof top patio to do your shoots? Looks like a pretty neat space.

Yes, thought somewhat unintentionally. hahaha. Its our patio so typically its the go to set for impromptu shoots, though we love shooting out there so likely we’ll end up using it too much. Throughout the summer it may end up even becoming a recurring location with modifications to become a series. Only time will tell!

The truly one of a kind Radeo. We’ve talked about shooting a few times and just keep missing each other crossing the country. But it so happened Radeo was passing through LA, and what started as just a “lets get coffee” turned into shooting the next day. Julie worked her magic pulling together some looks in less than a day, and Huxley worked his seduction on Radeo; even sneaking in to posing with her. All in all it was a damn good day and it turned into some awesome shots thanks to the work of Julie and Radeo.

Radeo. LA. 2013. Holga 003.

(Styled by: Julie)

Derek, I see you have a Tumblr account, a blog, a web site, Twitter account… You take (awesome!) pictures and I suppose you have a personal live too! So, do you update and manager all of these websites on your own? Doesn’t that get a bit much at times? Also, between your Tumbr site and your website, which of those gets more attention from the audience? What would you recommend for a photographer when it comes to web-presents?

Hello!

I do manage and update them all myself. I had my site built by a good friend of mine but then I maintain it (clearly not as often as I should, a project for this weekend in fact). It is a lot of work to hit all the pertinent social networks, but everyone has their own system of how they do it and once you get into a stride with it it gets easier.

If you’re starting out Id start with tumblr. The community nature of tumblr helps you network and get your work out there. I can 100% say I got back into photography because of tumblr and the community I found here. In my opinion a site is totally just to legitimize yourself for professional contacts.

Id recommend starting a tumblr, and posting just your own work. It gets confusing, sometimes, when you’re starting if you’re reblogging 20 shots a day and posting 1. Network with other photographers and models through tumblr, flickr, instagram and build you connections that way. That is how I did it.

Best of luck!

Derek