Portrait of a DJ

This is a portrait of a DJ I shot named Bowls. He had some pretty visually (and sonically) great vinyls in his collection, so we decided that had to be the background. Throw in an original hand-painted piece of hip-hop art and an 80's boombox topped off with a conical Asian hat, and there ya go.

Tay Humphrey Promo Shoot

Had a happy client, so I wanted to do a quickie blog post.

Meet my friend Tay Humphrey. I did a headshot for Tay last year. He's the guy in the cowboy hat in front of an American flag on my portfolio site. He's changed a bit since last year and needed some new promo shots done. So, he came back and we did his shoot at Studio Daylight. I think this shot turned out pretty cool.

Model Christina Crawford

It's about 1 a.m. right now. I've been up late tonight working on photo retouches for my new portfolio site that's about to launch. These photos are from a shoot I did at Studio Daylight with one of my favorite models, Christina Crawford. She is a fantastic model and extremely easy to work with.

We went artsy for one look, and did fashion on the second. I like these images because they are both strongly built around color. The first shot combines the deep colors of blues and reds together in a great way. My mentor and friend Michael Gomez actually recommended the color combination to me a while back. I was a bit skeptical at the recommendation at first, but, I pretty much take all advice that Gomez gives me... and I went with it. Really happy with the resulting image. And he was right on the money with it.

The second shot is more of a fashiony feel. It looks like magazine ad work you see in some higher end books. There's almost some sort of a monochromatic feel going on here. I used moody lighting and the neutral colors in this image to create a soft feeling. I like the way the jacket blends with the background. It's somewhat delicate and a little dark. Then, her bright hair and fair skin mixed in with a little blue from her jeans. I think it works together.

The Neices

Oh, how I love these two girls! These are my wonderful nieces. No, not Whit's girls. They are my other brother's girls. This is Sally and Caroline. I've watched them both grow from tiny little babies into the beautiful ladies they have become today. These are photos I took of them a couple of weeks ago when I was visiting Tunnel Hill. They wanted to give them to their momma for Christmas. I almost dropped the ball on them because of the changes going on in my life, but they were able to get them to her, none the less.

Phil Vassar, Man in Black

Here is yet another shot from last week's photo session with Phil Vassar. It's dark, moody and gritty, just like I like'em! I think this one shows a bit of attitude, like he's the head man in charge.