The best part about being a portrait studio photographer is I can control the creativity in my concepts. As an event photographer, I have to wait and be there at the right moment to capture the image – no second chances. More often, I’m enjoying creating the moment rather than waiting, and hoping, the moment…
It’s a New Year, and as I watch the first snow falling around me, I’m drawn to revisit a personal project. I’ve been processing some senior citizen portraits for an upcoming photo contest, and I thought it would be worth paying tribute to this generation, in my first post of 2015. Below is a video…
When I was asked to photograph a Division 2 college swimmer, I had visions of the Sports Illustrated magazine covers. But once I saw how attractive she was, I asked if I could introduce more of a portrait beauty style lighting to this sports related photo shoot. To achieve a high-key commercial look on the…
Adding a Model to my Photography Concepts is the best way to challenge my creativity. And juxtaposing the ordinary with the surreal can often make conceptual images have a strong visual impact. Recently, ferocious storm clouds raced over my house, offering an exciting heart pounding opportunity to make some dynamic cloudscape background photos. And later,…
I have recently been featured in an interview on ForegroundWeb about my experience running a photography business. I’ve been lucky to be in the industry long enough to have a chance to reflect back at my career. And now I look forward to the opportunity to produce many more creative projects. To read the entire…
As a Sports Commercial Photographer in New Jersey, I had an opportunity to create a Composite Photo of a road racing cyclist. A full service sports specialist in Philadelphia was interested in showcasing the new racing jerseys for their competitive title-sponsored Masters Team. Together with the clothing designer, the concept was to create a high-energy…
Being a Commercial Photographer in New Jersey, this assignment led me to a professional athletic trainer looking to expand her clientele. With a new industrial looking cross fit gym, she wanted to appeal to the workout buffs who like the challenge of jumping, balancing, crawling, climbing, and lifting. The branding concept was developed to match…
As a Lifestyle Photographer in New Jersey, my clients often ask me to create images that are unique and reveal the personality of their family. This portrait concept was conceived months before the first snowfall. In the planning stages, special attention to where the igloo was going to be, the proportions of it, the lens…
As a product photographer based in New Jersey, my job is to make a clients’ product look its very best. Photographing the new 2014 Salomon X-Pro 100 Ski Boot presented challenges different from previous years. Usually ski boot manufacturers make their products in all sorts of colors, with a high-gloss finish. The matte black coating…
The dreamy surreal look of an Underwater Photoshoot with a Model can be alluring to us creative types. The challenges to make an image with that look and feel require some preparation. The first step is finding a model who is comfortable in the water. Competition swimmers are usually good at being able to relax…
It may be considered the root of all evil, but money is also the inspiration for hundreds of the best pop and R&B songs since rock music started making parents nervous decades ago. With that in mind I wanted to create a music business concept image using an acoustic guitar. I started by removing the…
Our attitude toward the natural world and our need to control it has long influenced my photography. The love affair with carefully manicured grass began when the American Garden Club convinced home owners that it was their civic duty to maintain a beautiful lawn. From that point on the days when Woodrow Wilson had sheep…
The selection of calendars out there, and all their formats, never ceases to amaze me. Even in our digital society, print calendars still exist, and even thrive. I guess there is a part of us that will always be analog. I confess, I still like to turn the pages in a book, hold a pen,…
As a tourism and lifestyle photographer my job is to create imagery to make NJ look its best. Much of what draws folks to the Garden State starts with great photos of our pristine beaches, world-famous boardwalks and the lively nightlife in the coastal resort towns. Hurricane Sandy hit New Jersey hard and transitioning from…
Last year at this time I received an assignment from New Jersey Monthly magazine to photograph the fall landscapes and festivals throughout NJ. My job was to produce beauty photos highlighting the best the state has to offer in the autumn. Much of 2012 October print and web issue was going to be devoted to…
One of the photo concepts on my personal project list this year is to illustrate some type of connection between man and nature. A subject that relates the quirky, maybe dysfunctional, and even an unrealistic relationship between the two. Something organic and genuine, mixed with a man-made recognizable object. Hmmm. I was having great success…
I’m not much of a basketball sports fan, but the community in which I live has reached a fever pitch over March madness and the NCAA Basketball Tournament. The level of excitement is at the point where strangers are exchanging hugs. If this is the catalyst that can bring neighbors closer together, then I’m for…
I decided to dip my toe into the world of video and produce a “behind the scenes” documentary of an outdoor studio photo shoot – photographing a professional soccer player. My goal was to demonstrate the use of studio strobes and speedlites to freeze the athlete in mid-air while he did a scissor kick. I…
This year the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is predicting an active hurricane season for the Atlantic coast. Now that Hurricane Irene has safely passed, New Jersey’s shore towns came through the storm relevantly unscathed. With this in mind, I was looking for a unique vantage point to illustrate the development of Brigantine Island and…
Each summer, people from all over New Jersey head down to the shore to stroll Wildwood’s boardwalk, a two mile long human circus of noise, honky-tonk, and amusement rides. Vendors sell t-shirts with bawdy messages, and there’s no shortage of pizza and soft custard. Jutting out from the boardwalk to the ocean is Morey’s…
