Spice Up Group Photos with Modern Graphic Layouts
April 08, 2015
A dramatic graphic layout and a dynamic metal surface gives any posed group portrait a modern, catchy look. I produced the group shots below on a high-gloss sheet of fine art metal in a unique 12"x24" dimension. The result was striking!
There was lots of information to share in this 12x24" fine art metal -- school, crest, class, player name/...
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Team Photos: A Great Example!
April 07, 2015
Yesterday's blog entry about team photos as keepsakes got me thinking about how fun it is to watch a team grow-up over the years and sparked me to share this example in my blog. Below is a series of photographs of the same team from second through eigth grade shot at the same time each year on their home field. Note the consistent font, colors and...
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Team Photos: The Perfect Keepsake
April 06, 2015
Team photos are the perfect keepsake to commemorate a season together on the sports field. Unlike cheap trophies, these will be treasured at the end of a season and are great fun to look at over the years. I frame 8x12 inch lustre photographic prints (the longer length is perfect for team shots) in slim black frames for a classic look year after ye...
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Interior Design Photography: Making the Tricky Look Easy
April 05, 2015
The challenge behind taking professional interior architecture photographs is to make them look natural, portraying exactly what your eye sees. A person's vision will naturally compensate for bright light coming from windows and darkened areas in the shadows, but a skilled photographer must use the camera to manipulate the exposure to produce an ev...
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Off Season Portrait Photography: A Flattering Option
April 04, 2015
Most people imagine portraits in a summertime setting, children clad in sundresses and surrounded by lush green grass. However, the "off-season" months of November through February can be equally beautiful. The late autumn light tends to be soft and golden, and the background more neutral. These flatter skin tones and result in stunning portraits....
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The Non-Awkward Prom Photos
April 03, 2015
With the quick approach of spring prom season, it seemed timely to look at a remedy for those awkward prom photos. Certainly, the traditional couple shots are a right of passage, but capturing the spirit of the night means catching the teens when they are most comfortable with their friends.
With little time or control over location and lightin...
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Oh, What to Wear!
April 02, 2015
The most frequent question I get before any portrait session is "What should I wear?" While the choice is completely personal and almost anything can work, I always recommend classic styles and neutral colors. We are past the 1990's look where everyone wore white shirts and khakis/jeans. Think of dressing for a group picture like adding pillows on...
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The Evolving Portrait Wall
April 01, 2015
Imagine a wall that grows with your family. Creative images that capture the spirit of each child at a particular point in their lives taken in their unique life setting. I recently did this for the Lee family (possibly the most wonderful family I know!), capturing their grown children in the heart of Manhattan, the fields of Palo Alto (well, almos...
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Product Review: Framed Fine Art Canvas
March 31, 2015
Photographs on top quality fine art canvas take beautiful portraits to a whole new level. In these examples, the ink is embedded into a consistent, finely-woven art canvas. The canvas is then coated with a semi-gloss lustre coating to protect it from UV rays and scratches. It is then mounted onto three mm styrene for strength and professionally fra...
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Product Review: Classy Notecards
March 31, 2015
Mix a dramatic photograph with beautiful papers and you get extra-classy graduation announcements and thank you notes. Always custom designed and printed at the professional labs on the best papers, these are guaranteed to be treasured by everyone who receives one. Tyler's set shown below is printed on 130-pound premium cotton paper for a thick, ve...
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Classic and Unexpected Beach Portraits
July 17, 2014
Beaches are the quintessential natural light portrait location. Indeed, their gentle post-sunrise and pre-sunset light is soft and golden -- flattering to all skin tones. And, the neutral tones of the water, sky and sand make for a timeless backdrop. In the group portraits below, the dunes were the only prop available to layer my subjects and add d...
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Perspective: Currituck Wild Horses
July 16, 2014
The wild horses that reside on the shores of Currituck, North Carolina are spectacular to watch. Descendants of mustangs and brought to NC by the Spaniards, these beauties have survived nearly five centuries living on the coast. I captured these shots early one morning last week on the beaches about ten miles north of Corolla where I found them fro...
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Product Review: Dynamic Sports Pics
June 17, 2014
I have shared samples of the different types of fine art metal photographic products that I carry, but I just had to illustrate how incredible action shots look on these thin sheets of high gloss fine art metal. They arrive ready to hang with the box bracket already attached to the back. These photos of the photos don't display how sharp the images...
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On Assignment: Climbing to New Heights
June 04, 2014
Have I mentioned that I LOVE my job because I get to try the most unexpected things to creatively capture the perfect image? Tasked with taking a unique photo of the recruited athletes from Delbarton's senior class, I climbed to the top of a rickety old electric cherry picker. The boys, clad in the garb of their future college and carrying one piec...
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Perspective: The Bare Branches of Late Winter
April 17, 2014
As crazy as it sounds, I am fascinated with the silhouettes of trees against an almost black sky just before the leaves appear. I love the way the branches twist, weave and multiply, and the intense depth of the sky color after sunset. It's simultaneously spooky and stunning. These shots all required my Gizmo tripod for a lengthy multi-second expos...
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