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...
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Painting Amy
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...
Light Painted backdrops.
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...
Studio shoot with Mohammad
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...
Megan Dunn’s model shoot in Traverse City
Sometimes as photographers we are called upon to shoot in extreme conditions. Setting up and shooting a model portfolio session in a Northern Michigan February is one of those times. Megan and I planned to shoot earlier during the previous week but we decided to hold off because of the sub-zero temperatures. We waited instead...
Sarah LaRosa Model Shoot in Traverse City.
I traveled to Traverse City in February and met with several friends. One friend, Terry Clark, created a make-shift studio in an industrial park and invited me to come and shoot with him. Terry was using a couple 580EX II flashes with battery packs attached. The lights were set up on light stands and he...
Michigan State University Alumni Chapel in Winter.
East Lansing had snow last night so I thought I would venture over to the MSU Alumni Chapel to capture some winter photos. I have a few weddings booked there this summer and I thought it would be fun to show the summer and winter versions. I am sorry that this slide show ends abruptly....
Photographing The Lodges of East Lansing.
They are not fully built but the “Lodges” in East Lansing look to become a major competitor in the ever increasing student housing market surrounding Michigan State University. I had the opportunity to photograph the model four bedroom apartment to display on the companies website. Tomorrow I am going to go back and do some...
Our new products page
I am happy to announce a new way to view products on my main website page. The list is too big for me to go into here but we offer almost any product you can imagine for photographs. Click this link to view the catalog. I put together a few items to show you some...
In the Garden of Eden photo shoot.
Welcome to the wonderful world of off-the-cuff creativity. Joe (actionjoephotography) and I met Samantha Harris and Kyle Gask-Wilson for a photo shoot at McCormick park in Williamston, Mi. I barely remembered this park from my childhood. When I was 12-years-old or thereabouts my friends and I rode our bikes from Lansing’s South-side to Williamston to...