Young Artists
December 13th, 2011
The Florida Grand Opera hired me to shoot the head shots of their Young Artists.
See the other Young Artists
Clamshell
February 5th, 2011
Trying out some new lighting gear for a classic clamshell beauty style of lighting.
Natasha Take 2
October 19th, 2010
Natasha is building her modeling portfolio to branch out from her current work as an actress.
Cayo Costa Portraits
May 12th, 2010
What is a portrait? Does the subject have to be facing you? Must they be the only one in the frame? How much of the frame does the person have to take up to be a “portrait”? Do they have to be looking at the camera? Do you have to be able to see their face?
I remember these questions coming up in a commercial photography class when I was studying photography at Ohio University. During the class we were required to take a “non-traditional portrait”.
This last weekend I accidentally relived this class. I had a camping trip with a group of 30 friends and took my camera along with no real goals – just to have it with me for whatever struck me. It was only after the trip when I sat down to edit the images that I realized that 90% of the shots were portraits. When I say this I don’t just mean that 90% of the images had a person in them – having a person in the picture does not make it a portrait. I mean that 90% of the frames captured something interesting I saw in their personality, mannerisms, or character.
I owe an enormous amount to the work of Stephen Kennedy, from whom the style of several of these images is blatantly lifted (hopefully with my own additional style mixed in).
Hometown Hotties Competition
April 7th, 2010
Heather and Becky are competing for the title of Maxim Magazine’s Hometown Hotty.
Hair & Makeup: Stephanie & Scarlet
March 14th, 2010
Hair and Makeup by “Hair by Heather”
Models: Stephanie Fernandez and Scarlet Gruber
See the rest of this shoot.
Hair Hair Hair
February 28th, 2010
Hair and makeup by “Hair by Heather”. Model is Autumn Feaherty
Olivia
January 20th, 2010
Elize Tomas w/ Julia Kreibich Styling
December 25th, 2009
My collaborative shoots with Julia Kreibich are always a highlight of my week. While preparing for a wedding this weekend I was happy to shoot Julia’s latest clothing line made of found objects and discarded or recycled items. The model is new to me, Elize Tomas, but it was obvious after just a few minutes that she was both professional and easy to work with.
Nadine Bodypaint
October 17th, 2009
Photoshoot produced by Julia Kreibich
Concept by Julia Kreibich
Styling by Mary Gray and Julia Kreibich
Photography by Doug Peterson
Modeling by Nadine
Emilie, Hayley, and Michi
September 13th, 2009
This Sunday was an early morning! Three budding models and I spent the morning in South Pointe Park in South Beach Florida. Most of the morning was spent with Emilie, with Hayley and Michi joining midway through the shoot.
More Photos of Emilie and Michi, and a few of Hayley after the jump
Fashion Show at the Setai
June 24th, 2009
My good friend Julia Kreibich (ShoeBizness.com) was at her best earlier this month styling a fashion show at the Setai.
