Todd L Church is an elegant wedding and portrait photographer located in Michigan.
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It seems these days that everyone is doing photography workshops to train budding photographers. I have hosted a few of those myself. Recently, however, a couple of my friends and I decided to host a workshop for models instead. Each model pays for their hair and makeup and an hour of shooting time. This allows...
Christmas time is here again! Keeping in the spirit of the holidays. My friends and I hosted a workshop for models at the Grand Traverse Resort in Acme, Michigan. Jamie Dunn reserved a suite for two days and we had a BLAST doing photo shoots the 7 women (including Jamie’s daughter, Megan), who came out...
Timothy Miller contacted me recently about setting up a photo shoot to showcase a couple of his hand-crafted guitars. Tim creates guitars for Hooters restaurants and Cooters Place, a Dukes of Hazard themed store in Nashville, TN. Tim liked the work I did with various models and asked if I would be interested in setting...
I recently purchased some body paint for a shoot with Michelle Paquette but, unfortunately, she had to cancel so instead I decided to try my hand at painting with Amy Sevenski. Amy and I started at Joanne Fabrics in Traverse City. Neither one of us knew how to buy fabric or even what to look...
Spending time on the beach in Northern Michigan is like a vacation to a tropical paradise. The only thing missing is the palm trees. I had a photo shot with Megan Dunn who contacted me for images to put into her modeling portfolio. Shooting on the beach offer special challenges to the photographer. First there...
This series of photographs was shot using a couple LED rope lights that I bought at Menards. The most important thing to consider when doing this type of shoot is to set your aperture for the proper exposure and to focus on your model’s eyes before you shut off the light as the room has...
Michelle Paquette is looking lovely and glamorous in her first boudoir session. In this shot we used a subdued lighting scheme to create the feeling of mystery and romance. We met at Turtle Creek Casino and Resort in Traverse City Michigan. I am not sure if this is classic boudoir but we had fun shooting.
These are from a studio shoot from last week. Lots of fun and great images to boot. This is a composite high dynamic range (HDR) image created in Photoshop. The background is a separate image taken at the Jim Bean factory in Lansing. Mohammad is superimposed over the background. These are just a couple...
Claudia does it again. She has been using some of my photographs as the basis for her art. We have only been working together for a week and so far she’s edited four photos and had one accepted for the cover of a new novel. How cool is that?? Both of these are photographic art...
I have recently been working with a very talented artist named, Claudia Bartoli-McKinney to create works of art in order to submit them as book covers. Claudia uses my photographs to create the works of art. Her clients include; Random House, Llewellyn Publishers, Flux, and more Claudia and I teamed up a couple days ago...
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