Cody Davis | Point of View
All photos and words by Cody Davis.
I got into photography cause I just liked cameras and pictures and life... it all works itself out from there. I was about 13 and a technical junky I loved cameras and all the gear. click wind click. I still do it because I'm still learning. My personal style is as random as my catalog. Dynamic Lifestyle Photography... Im all over the place and I take pix of what I like to remember or what I think is interesting, but sometimes I get paid to shoot something I wouldn't normally shoot and all of a sudden those are my new favorite pix. I really enjoy shooting people. Communicating the my idea of the picture to a subject and directing them accordingly is a bitch... I've been trying to get this done before I put my eye to the viewfinder and when thinking of composition, light, lens size, subject shape and position etc. etc. its easy to become a weirdo mumbling direction to your subject from behind the lens. Get it dialed and then snap it... you'll improve way fast. Other photogs inspire me to shoot. Just seeing other peoples pictures and letting the mind wonder. Hunter Thompson, Chris Reisner, Brian Barnhart, Bri Gonzalez, and Matt Palmer are a few people who get my juices flowing. (I just checked out your site and got inspired...for real) Good light, but most of all I love interesting content... something that tells a story about a time and place somewhere else.
body: canon 5d
lens: 16-35 L, 70-200 L, and a 50 prime that practically lives on my camera.
lights: canon 580, and a vivitar something old school with a couple pocket wizards.
I also always carry a trusty I phone camera with me and a old canon AE-1 SLR with a 50mm on it. that thing is bullet proof and you gotta make em count when your shooting with film.
One of the most interesting people I've ever taken pictures of. I have enough stills of this guy to fill a gallery!! I shot this back in '03 in the woods somewhere with a roll of black and white I rolled myself. Light leaks can make or break a photo and in this case they worked. Old Canon AE-1 w/ bw film.
This was a missfire but turned out to be a pretty sweet pic. One day at FDR with some bro's back in '03. Random Mike peeked half his face in right at the click and it turned out to be a sweet photo. there's also shoes hangin from the bridge which I am a fan of. Old Canon AE-1 w/ bw film.
Here's a pic that has a pretty significant meaning to those who know... to those who know. 50mm on a tripod Canon 5D slow shutter. one beautiful autumn day.
shot this in Joshua Tree National Park of my friend Ray Connor. We were climbing all day and in a pinch to find the "ideal chill spot" for the sunset and ended up just pulling over and chilled on the road. We passed around a bottle and the camera till the sun set... The wind blew the tails of her scarf at the lens and the back light gave it a bit of a glow. I sweetend up the fill light and added the vignette in post. The road texture is extra sweet!! 16mm on the 5D
I was messing around with long exposures and a flash light here. I painted her with light then had her move a couple steps camera right and painted her again while she acted as if she was flying. Looks like her soul is flying away.
A paid gig. I shot a couple babes wearing Henning Gowns out in a grassy field with the sun back lighting and a strobe in front. I know lens flair is cliche but I like it.
Here's a sweet pic of a friend on top of the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood. We were up on that roof all night shooting a scene for a T.V. show and the lights above lit him up all red and the BLVD. in the background made a nice scene for the picture. Hollyweird.
IPHONE PIC!! Top of Mt.Baldy looking out at the inland empire. added the edge blur in the phone photoshop. Sweet day lots o' powder!!!
Here's a highly processed pic of sexy Joe Saksa in NY. We peddled around all day and I probably took 100 pix of this fuckin guy... look at him... do you blame me???
Rooftop shooting machine guns in vegas. 5D 16mm. processed. blah
Beto at the Mammoth park. I wanted to get a real wide shot with the trees and mountains and stars in the background, but I wanted to pop a flash on him while he was upside down mid carve, but I couldn't figure it out. He was wearing a headlamp to see and we tried it like a hundred times and this was the best one... until we lit the cradle on fire and shot one up close.
No bikes well Fuck you Volcom Bros. Get Lit and snap it. Yeeeehaw!!!!
See more of Cody's work at www.codydavis.net
I got into photography cause I just liked cameras and pictures and life... it all works itself out from there. I was about 13 and a technical junky I loved cameras and all the gear. click wind click. I still do it because I'm still learning. My personal style is as random as my catalog. Dynamic Lifestyle Photography... Im all over the place and I take pix of what I like to remember or what I think is interesting, but sometimes I get paid to shoot something I wouldn't normally shoot and all of a sudden those are my new favorite pix. I really enjoy shooting people. Communicating the my idea of the picture to a subject and directing them accordingly is a bitch... I've been trying to get this done before I put my eye to the viewfinder and when thinking of composition, light, lens size, subject shape and position etc. etc. its easy to become a weirdo mumbling direction to your subject from behind the lens. Get it dialed and then snap it... you'll improve way fast. Other photogs inspire me to shoot. Just seeing other peoples pictures and letting the mind wonder. Hunter Thompson, Chris Reisner, Brian Barnhart, Bri Gonzalez, and Matt Palmer are a few people who get my juices flowing. (I just checked out your site and got inspired...for real) Good light, but most of all I love interesting content... something that tells a story about a time and place somewhere else.
body: canon 5d
lens: 16-35 L, 70-200 L, and a 50 prime that practically lives on my camera.
lights: canon 580, and a vivitar something old school with a couple pocket wizards.
I also always carry a trusty I phone camera with me and a old canon AE-1 SLR with a 50mm on it. that thing is bullet proof and you gotta make em count when your shooting with film.
One of the most interesting people I've ever taken pictures of. I have enough stills of this guy to fill a gallery!! I shot this back in '03 in the woods somewhere with a roll of black and white I rolled myself. Light leaks can make or break a photo and in this case they worked. Old Canon AE-1 w/ bw film.
This was a missfire but turned out to be a pretty sweet pic. One day at FDR with some bro's back in '03. Random Mike peeked half his face in right at the click and it turned out to be a sweet photo. there's also shoes hangin from the bridge which I am a fan of. Old Canon AE-1 w/ bw film.
Here's a pic that has a pretty significant meaning to those who know... to those who know. 50mm on a tripod Canon 5D slow shutter. one beautiful autumn day.
shot this in Joshua Tree National Park of my friend Ray Connor. We were climbing all day and in a pinch to find the "ideal chill spot" for the sunset and ended up just pulling over and chilled on the road. We passed around a bottle and the camera till the sun set... The wind blew the tails of her scarf at the lens and the back light gave it a bit of a glow. I sweetend up the fill light and added the vignette in post. The road texture is extra sweet!! 16mm on the 5D
I was messing around with long exposures and a flash light here. I painted her with light then had her move a couple steps camera right and painted her again while she acted as if she was flying. Looks like her soul is flying away.
A paid gig. I shot a couple babes wearing Henning Gowns out in a grassy field with the sun back lighting and a strobe in front. I know lens flair is cliche but I like it.
Here's a sweet pic of a friend on top of the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood. We were up on that roof all night shooting a scene for a T.V. show and the lights above lit him up all red and the BLVD. in the background made a nice scene for the picture. Hollyweird.
IPHONE PIC!! Top of Mt.Baldy looking out at the inland empire. added the edge blur in the phone photoshop. Sweet day lots o' powder!!!
Here's a highly processed pic of sexy Joe Saksa in NY. We peddled around all day and I probably took 100 pix of this fuckin guy... look at him... do you blame me???
Rooftop shooting machine guns in vegas. 5D 16mm. processed. blah
Beto at the Mammoth park. I wanted to get a real wide shot with the trees and mountains and stars in the background, but I wanted to pop a flash on him while he was upside down mid carve, but I couldn't figure it out. He was wearing a headlamp to see and we tried it like a hundred times and this was the best one... until we lit the cradle on fire and shot one up close.
No bikes well Fuck you Volcom Bros. Get Lit and snap it. Yeeeehaw!!!!
See more of Cody's work at www.codydavis.net
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