I made these portraits in a parking lot with a backdrop and a reflector.Black and white, light and shadow, skin and texture.Nothing extra—no studio, no crew.Just time, space, and the light above. Pictures are never perfect.But I hope these feel as they happened—Brief, quiet moments that carry emotion.What you see is what was there.
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Pensive Is Joy
Faces without expression interest me. I like the ambiguity, the pensiveness. But clients don’t like Pensive. Not as a general rule. They like unvarnished Joy. Always have. So. Lately I’m doing something different. During family photo shoots, I run participants through a series of prompts. Together we travel from Pensive to Joy With manyContinue reading “Pensive Is Joy”
Let’s Shoot, She Said
Can you take my photo, Alex asked. She needed a new profile pic for work and LinkedIn. Of course, I said. So we met in Campbell near the Ainsley House. Typically, the first five to 10 minutes is a warm up period. I’m reading the light, Tinkering with exposure, And establishing rapport and trust. TheContinue reading “Let’s Shoot, She Said”
Shoot, My Finger Said
“What could be more simple and more complex, more obvious and more profound than a portrait.” That’s Charles Baudelaire, a French poet and an art critic, on the mysteries of portraiture. And I think he’s right. There are a million ways to botch a portrait, even in the best conditions. In my experience, admittedly limited,Continue reading “Shoot, My Finger Said”