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.
To hire me to shoot a similar project for you or to give feedback, please email me or leave a comment at the bottom of this page.

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.







Megan shoot
Megan’s shoot in Florida last year. I loved this location.
For more of this type of work, head over to the portrait section.


Kevin and his Guitar
I shot Florida Guitar & Ukulele musician Kevin Patrick a couple of weeks ago. I used some sneaky lighting techniques to achieve this light, it’s amazing what you can achieve with just one speedlight.
