Producing and shooting an editorial assignment
I often get asked about how I work, so here’s a look at how I produced and shot a low budget editorial assignment. The approach is similar to one I’ve used for some corporate assignments.
Category: Portrait photography
The story behind an image
I thought I’d share the story behind “A Baker and his Oven,” the image I chose in my print giveaway for my fine art print site. The story is interesting in itself, but it’s also
Headshot and executive portrait mistakes you don’t want to make
Everybody needs headshots, and most people hate to have them taken, myself included. (Really!) You need a headshot—or a few—for your company website, for social media, and for promotional distribution. To do it right is
2013 in review
I don’t often look back in review—too busy looking ahead, I think—but I’ve got a few minutes, and this seems like a good opportunity to do it. Last year’s shoots were for a wide a
Portraits of young cancer patients for Flashes of Hope
Once again I was privileged to photograph some portraits of young cancer patients and their families for Flashes of Hope, a non-profit that provides free portraits for cancer patients and their families. I like portraits,
Portrait photography and the brain
I just got tipped off to this blog post on The Decisive Moment and the Brain. It came at a good time—maybe even a decisive moment, no caps, but decisive none the less. Not just
Location portraits when you can’t control the light
Location portraits are a specialty of mine, but as I was covering the Architectural Digest Home Show recently, I came across a frequent problem: how to deal with making interesting portraits in places where you
Author Portraits on location in New York
I like making author portraits. I read a lot. I write some. I like spending time with smart people, and if they’re wide-ranging Renaissance types, so much the better. So when I recently had the
Five-minute headshots
As a people photographer, my ideal is to spend some time with the people I’m shooting, even for something as basic as a headshot. Why bother? My take is that a headshot is often the
The professional headshot conundrum
A couple of recent incidents: I was called in to a local real estate brokerage a year or so ago. They were revamping their web marketing, and asked me to present some options for updated