The Preface to most sessions... "Hi! I hate having my photograph taken. Your work is amazing, but this is going to be really difficult for you!" ... and Go! Having been at this a while, I've heard this at most of my sessions with first time clients. And I understand....
The Idea Portrait sessions with collaborators often start with the question, "Wouldn't it be great if we did..." or "What do you think of this idea..." For Amanda Deboer, the idea was, "What do you think of a Nordic look?" First thing that comes to mind, Vodka,...
In the Spring of 2012 I started dabbling in the idea of building a photo studio. But what did that mean? What is a photo studio? There are plenty of ways of answering that. What came to me was, I was tired of being freelance. A hired gun. I wanted to build an...
It's not every day that your model comes into the studio and has her hair cut before the session. However, when my good friend, actress, voice over artist and yogi Lauren Kelston requested to have her hair done here before our shoot, I was only too keen to capture the...
Chicago is my kinda town. Yeah, Frankie sang it, and us wordsmiths steal that to its nth degree. While I love New York, the Midwest holds a special place in my heart. When you talk to Chicagoans and the non, many have mixed feelings on Chicago being a part of the...
