(I) Portrait Photography: The 11 month old

Yesterday I had the joy of photographing my neighbor’s 11 month old daughter.  Everyone here understands what that means; constant motion, unpredictable, accidents!  With all that happening its beneficial for the photographer to be prepared.  Scout the space, decide what you want for natural light, decide what you want for key or fill light, and [...]

Studio Portrait Photography: Val Carpender and Hilary Duff

This fashion look is one that’s being used a lot today.  From Maxim Magazine to Target Advertising, the black on white background with strong shadows has almost become common place.  It was used recently as the cover of Maxim, featuring Hilary Duff.  They’re using it again this month with Eliza Dushku.  One of the technical [...]

Kubota-Greenburg Effect

Hi Gang,
We’re in a transition here. So, here’s what’s happening…knee deep in the middle of a full custom re-design of the blog and my commercial site. The new blog site will soft launch Jan 15 with a full launch Feb. 1. It will contain new images and new video content. Until [...]

Mason Thelen Licit Studio Shoot

Hi Gang,
A definite shift in content for this week. I’ll be showing some studio portrait work I’ve done recently and then next week I may move into some more traditional portrait work I’ve done this past year.
Mason is the subject this week. He recently launched his consulting business, Licit, and needed some marketing [...]