Head Shots
Drew liked working with me so much from a previous head shot session, that when he lost a few pounds he called me up and we got him back into the studio.
I always enjoy listening to his stories and catching me up on his happenings, and I'm looking forward to serving him again soon :)
Occasionally I get gigs where I can't show the work; private clients or commercial shoots where part of the contract is they have control over how the images are used. While I don't provide any less effort for the job, it stings a little when I can't share anything from the production. But that is how it goes sometimes, and I'm not complaining. The pay is good and I really love working for this particular client.
A few months ago I was hired by a company for a series of head shots on white. Nenna, pictured above, was an assistant to the project manager on the gig and I'd pass her in the hallway or see her in the room we were setup in and she had such a striking face and her hair was gorgeous. I kept hoping that I'd be able to photograph her at the end of production, and when I asked if i could grab a portrait of her, she happily said yes.
I can share these two images of Nenna, because they were not part of the hired/contracted job, and because I photographed her after the completion of the hired work. In this instance, I got full permission from the Project Manager when I asked if I could share these shots of Nenna.
She's absolutely gorgeous. Such beautiful features.
I've been working with UNH Manchester since 2014 (wow! time flies!) and they give me a call whenever they need some students photographed in either a traditional "portrait" setting, or more loose "interaction" shots to help populate their website and merchandising materials and brochures. It's been really great getting to know the students who I see year after year.
Here are some examples of some head shots I created for a handful of students a while back. Sometimes we don't have the best location, or we get rained out, so a simple black & white conversion usually gets rid of the color and makes a nice, clean shot.
The fabulous Emma contacted me about head shots at the recommendation of the just-as-fabulous Chloe, who I photographed back in 2015. I was able to squeeze in her tight deadline as she was leaving the country for a European trip two days from our session date (JEALOUS!), and we spent the morning getting some really good portraits. She's freaking adorable.
Read MoreI had the opportunity to meet and take some portraits of James Vara; who is New Hampshires Governor's Advisor on Addiction and Behavioral Health, also known as the "Drug Czar" (just don't mention that phrase around him) for the Hippo. James came to the studio and we spent a little time getting some portraits that would be used with an extensive article on him.
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I've known Drew for a few years now. He had hired me to photograph the outside of his newly-purchased home all decorated with Christmas lights so he could send some nice images to his mother for the holidays.
When he he needed some new business portraits, he came directly to me.
Zitong comes to me from the Boston area. He was recently part of an international piano competition, and he needed a headshot created that was going to be used for their program.
This was Zitong's first time in front of a camera in a professional manner. He's a natural! So relaxed! He really liked some of the examples I had on my headshot page with a grey, neutral background. He specifically requested it.
The tones in this shot are gorgeous. I love his slightly reflective tie. And the texture in his shirt is fantastic.
And those cheekbones. Seriously. SRSLY.
I've been developing a relationship with the band HOT MESS over the months, and they were so happy with the work we've done so far that when a new member of the band came into the mix, Jason, the head of Hot Mess, contacted me asking if we could create some new head shots for Lacy, but he also needed one other thing: he wanted a photograph of Lacy in the style of the group shot we did months ago so that she could be inserted into the group photo we had taken months before.
Let's give it a shot.
Read MoreMike came to me by way of my buddy Jeff. Mike was looking for an updated Head Shot/Business Portrait, and he met me here at the studio one late afternoon, along with Jeff, and we chatted and make some photographs and when we were done we all went out to grab some good pizza and have some laughs. This was an exceptionally easy session, because look at Mike - so classy. Handsome and so easy on the camera. he just fell right into place during this session. Almost effortless.
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There is a lot of photography that I don't get to share sometimes that is done for larger companies and corporations. That is just the nature of the beast.
But I did want to share this image, which I shot back in March of 2016. It was for a very large company who had hired me to photograph some of their clients on white, to match up with some video work another company down the hall from me was producing on the same day with the same clients. These were portraits of survivors of trauma or sickness in one form or another.
When this gorgeous woman stood in front of my camera, she kinda took my breath away; she was really tall, towering over me, and she had this incredible jawline (I have a thing for jawlines - I have a weak chin which is why I have a beard: to cover it up), and as I had her stand straight and look directly at me, there was great strength and power coming from her. You could feel it. It was remarkable.
She nailed this in like two shots. Some people are natural in front of cameras. Look at that jawline. Look how the light from the background traces the outline of her jaw. Crazy powerful. Crazy strength. I love this portrait in black & white. Being exposed to people like this, for however long or shot, is partly why I love photography.
