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About Me

I live for photography. This profile is just another place where I choose to showcase my work.
If you're even remotely interested in having me put you in front of my camera, just ask. I'm always on the lookout for new faces. I don't care if you feel you aren't "model material". That is a BS term thrust onto the public by our image hungry Madison Ave.
Be prepared to answer what it is you're comfortable doing, what ideas you may have (if any), & your availability. Otherwise I'm going to pitch any of a litany of my outlandish ideas, of which there are many. Hey, I was always taught that its always going to be a "no" unless you ask. :-)My quest is to find out what's inside you & then bring that to the surface. Once that's happened, I capture it w/ my camera.
For more complete body of my work (both of people & of other random things), be sure to check out at my DeviantArt Page
My rates, which I get asked a lot about, generally run about $50-300+ (flat rate) for a 2-3 hour session based specifically on what you want.
Read this article on Why photographers cost so much? .
What do you get for it? 1. A certain number of images tailored to your needs (or wants) both in web format & a corresponding high res JPG format, should you wish to make prints. 2. These also are retouched/polished. 3. A disc of proofs for private viewing only.
Note 1: I reserve the right to publicly post any &/or all portions of emails sent that I feel fall into the "retarded" category as well as identify who it came from. The definition of retarded entails anything that I feel is professionally offensive. This entails but is not limited to pick up lines, people soliciting me, failure to know your demographic. I also reserve the right to change this definition on a whim because I am the dictator-king of the world...or at least in my own warped little mind. These rare postings will serve as a teaching tool w/ a touch of comedic value for my readers. :-)
Note 2: I'm perfectly aware that "stuff" happens. If you need to cancel, at least give me the courtesy of contacting me (preferablely over the phone). No-call/no-shows get taken more personally than they should.

My Interests

Photography (lots & lots of photography), cycling, reading, absorbing knowledge, creating beautiful works of art

I'd like to meet:

Latitia Casta, Cindy Crawford, Monica Belucci(sp?), Claire Danes, basically any photographer or model whose been in the business for quite awhile so I could pick their brain.

Music:

U2, the Who, Sheryl Crow, Bob Dylan, Bon Jovi, Phillips Head, Bruce Springsteen...basically I'll listen to anyone but I severly limit what I spend my hard earned dollars on.

Movies:

Casablanca, Dr. Strangelove, "The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly", The Matrix triology, the pre-Episode I Star Wars Triology (Han Solo's the friggin' man), From Russia w/ Love, Goldfinger, Goldeneye, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, High Fidelity, Grosse Pointe Blanke, Almost Famous, Chasing Amy, Patton, To Kill a Mockingbird

Television:

the Law & Order franchise, the Star Trek franchise, the Practice, ER, My So-Called Life (sigh, how I miss thee)

Books:

To many to name but for starters...Catch-22, To Kill a Mockingbird, Guns of August, William Manchester's "Last Lion" volumes I & II, the Hobbit/Lord of the Rings, the Hobbit, Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan books (not Red Rabbit though)

Heroes:

Winston Churchill

My Blog

Commission photoblog

Someone once said that the photography business is either feast or famine. Lately, its been the latter. Lots of people expressing interest, either not wish to actually commit or some snafu where eithe...
Posted by Farenell Photography on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:46:00 PST

Redux III - mostly people

This blog will probably represent the last one for a bit. Its been an extremely slow year for my own work. So much so that I've only had like 3 or 4 people interested since January 1 that did not invo...
Posted by Farenell Photography on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 05:42:00 PST

new Beau photoblog

So here we are w/ another edition of a Farenell Photography photoblog. Let's see if I can get a better reception this time around than I have in the last few weeks. Or for the record, I'm not mad. I'd...
Posted by Farenell Photography on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:28:00 PST

new Ciara & Amber photoblog

Welcome to yet another rip rawrsing edition of a Farenell Photography photoblog. I know, you all can barely contain your excitement. *rolls eyes*Ok, let's dial back the hyperbola. LOLThis first batch ...
Posted by Farenell Photography on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:22:00 PST

new Gabe photoblog

As some of you may know from past blogs, this is my dear Gabrielle.We weren't really going for anything in particular. Mostly just two old academic buds seeing each other after a long layoff. Being fo...
Posted by Farenell Photography on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:58:00 PST

new Mary photoblog

Its time for yet another rip-rowsing edition of a Farenell Photography photoblog.This time I have the exquisite pleasure of introducing the ever lovely Mary. The first batch of these were shot over at...
Posted by Farenell Photography on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:09:00 PST

yet still more Columbia photoblog

Once again, its time for yet another rip-rowsing Farenell Photography photoblog addition.Today, you are reintroduced to the ever lovely Columbia. This marks her sixth time in under a year that she's b...
Posted by Farenell Photography on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 07:40:00 PST

Nude Photoblog (NWS)

I've been trying to formulate this particular blog for close to six weeks now. Assembling the pictures was probably the easiest part of this blog. The ramblings of why I like...& why shooting nudes is...
Posted by Farenell Photography on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:42:00 PST

new Samantha photoblog

I was attempting to put together a completely different blog showcasing something else but whatever it was that I was attempting to babble about, wasn't really jiving. The pictures are all well & ...
Posted by Farenell Photography on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:57:00 PST

GF Football photoblog

In between doing my "people" shooting, I've gone back to dabbling in sports photojournalism.In case you haven't been able to figure out, these are shots taken at a local JV Football, Gloversville @ Gl...
Posted by Farenell Photography on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 11:30:00 PST