Portraiture – May and June 2010
My recent efforts have been in the area of doing documentary style photography like my projects in Haiti and coverage of the Roskilde Music Festival while also developing what I am doing in the field of portraiture. This is a little showcase of some of the work over the last few months. This doesn’t include work shot for magazine editorials of which there are a couple that I can’t wait to show! But they have to wait until they have gone into print.
I’ve been working to shoot portraiture that was strong and meaningful and also working in environmental portraiture, IE people in a work or life situation. Essentially a picture that tells a story about a person.
In a way, each of the images below does communicate a part of each person’s persona. A model still communicates a certain aspect of their own personality, no matter how much make-up is thrown on them, they are always putting across an aspect of their personality. There is a certain truth to it.
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Model: Mia Gerhardt - Location: Florida - Make-up & Hair: Christine Wheaton (www.femmeakoi.com) with basic hair by Intuition Salon and Spa - Wardrobe & Styling: Gioffre fashion - Studio: K&K Photography - Art: Alex Scott
Model: Mia Gerhardt - Location: Florida - Make-up & Hair: Christine Wheaton (www.femmeakoi.com) with basic hair by Intuition Salon and Spa - Wardrobe & Styling: Gioffre fashion - Studio: K&K Photography - Art: Alex Scott
Model: Mia Gerhardt - Location: Florida - Make-up & Hair: Christine Wheaton (www.femmeakoi.com) with basic hair by Intuition Salon and Spa - Wardrobe & Styling: Gioffre fashion - Studio: K&K Photography - Art: Alex Scott
Models: Mia Gerhardt and Raph Schweiter - Hair, Make-up and Styling: Sally Gatza & Natalie Johnson - Location: Florida
Model: Lena Schmidt - Make-up: Natalie Johnson - Styling: Sally Gatza
Model: Lena Schmidt - Make-up: Natalie Johnson - Hair & Styling: Sally Gatza
Model: Lena Schmidt - Make-up: Natalie Johnson - Hair & Styling: Sally Gatza
Personal commission, Houston, Texas
Personal commission, Houston, Texas
Personal commission, Houston, Texas
Kevin Patrick, Clearwater Beach - shot for publicity purposes
Hair & Make-up: Christine Wheaton (www.femmeakoi.com) - Styling & Concept: Gina Manecchia & Taylor Kugler
Personal commission, Tampa Bay
Personal commission, Florida - publicity shoot
Personal commission, Florida - Make-up: Natalie Johnson
Kristel Koehler, poet - Make-up & Hair: Christine Wheaton, www.femmeakoi.com - publicity shoot
Family portraiture, Clearwater Beach
Family portraiture, Clearwater Beach
Family portraiture, Clearwater Beach
For other projects, check out my work in Roskilde or Haiti or the Portrait portfolio. And if you like this and would like to be kept up to date on what I’m doing, please head over to my facebook page.
Amy P Personal Portrait Session
This one was a lot of fun. We rode on Amy’s wave-runner to get to a small Island in the intercoastal waterway off Clearwater Beach. and shot there using the awesome gnarled old tree.
Beauty in Motion & Happy New Year
Here’s something a little different for New Year’s Eve.
This was shot on one of the southern islands of Belize’s Glovers Reef. Fun fact: Did you know that Belize’s Barrier Reef is the 2nd largest in the world, only Australia’s Great Barrier reef is larger.
We had just finished shooting a bunch of lifestyle shots on the island (which has no inhabitants) and were walking back to the jet-ski (yep, I transported my gear on a jet-ski!) when I turned around and saw the silhouette. I asked Barbara to do some graceful poses, the result is included below.
With that, I also wanted to say Happy New Year to all those who come across my site, it’s been a great year and I’m very excited for 2010.
