Category Archives: portraits

photo of the moment: monkeying around

monkeying around

when your assistant monkeys around during lighting check

When doing lighting setup and checks, I am focused completely on how the light is hitting my test model, where it is falling off, and any shadows produced. In the moment, I don’t even notice my test model’s poses or expressions. So, it was a fun surprise to find this series of my assistant monkeying around.

Thanks Mandy for doing such a great job helping me capture fantastic poses of dogs at our Pet Portraits Benefitting City Dogs Rescue sessions. And many thanks to District Veterinary Hospital for hosting the event.

 

Reflection

isaac – tenth day

I work with a lot of kids and their families, but I do not often have the opportunity to photograph a newborn. This past June I had the joy of photographing Isaac with his parents in their cozy apartment home. At just 10-days-old (plus an extra 7 days in utero), Isaac was ready for his debut photo shoot.

The set includes shots of candid moments…

 

… as well as planned images composed under controlled lighting in a living-room-turned-makeshift-studio.Isaac's debut photo shoot

I hope that the resulting series of photographs clearly reveal the warmth and love that I easily observed on Isaacs tenth day.

Click here to view all 12 images of Isaac.

 

embracing the grey

It is rare that a shoot goes exactly as planned, and at times all plans are rendered moot. I was rudely reminded of this fact in a recent client shoot. Continue reading