An Afternoon With Benjamin.

I can't help but to laugh when I look at these. I like how they go from a very energetic, combed haired, clean little boy--- to a sleepy, sweaty, dirty little boy passed out in him moms arms by the end of the shoot. We had a fun time playing on this shoot and Benjamin's mom is very happy to have some pictures on her wall of Benjamin being Benjamin.

Andrea's Head-Shots

We had the privilege of photographing the gifted actress Andrea Catangay's head-shots a few weeks ago. Andrea, along with here husband Michael Catangay, are the founders of Deuce Theatre who will be performing "The 24 Hour Play" at South of Broadway Theatre July 31st-Aug 1st.

The New Book "Agony Hill" by Roger Saltsman

Liz and I had the pleasure of photographing and designing  the cover of Roger Saltsman's new book "Agony Hill" (a novel about a high school runner in Brevard N.C.) Roger just called the studio to let us know that the book was in the final stages and ready to go to print. Let me give you guys the links so you can preview the his book: http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=108442293452&h=i86_6&u=nlwCZ&ref=mf

Some Editorial/Corporate Head-shots of Marcus Debiasi

Downtown Charleston Family The Prioleau's

Rachel Prioleau was kind enough to let us photograph her, her husband Robert and her beautiful daughter with an equally beautiful name Isabella, for the aquarium project. An awesome looking family, thanks for your time guys.

  

Joseph Fields Farm Providing Charleston with Locally Grown Organic Produce

Continuing with my project for the South Carolina Aquarium I had the pleasure of photographing Joseph Field of Field Farms. Joseph Fields farm provides many of Charleston's great restaurants with organic produce. Joseph and his wife said they would love for you to come out to 3129 River Road, Johns Island between May and August to sample some of their great produce. 

Sweet Shots

I had the privilege of photographing Molly Lawson's head-shots last week for her new website dlishdessert.com. Molly's company "d'lish" specializes in wedding cakes, specialty cakes and individually designed dessert menus for small catered events. If you need a sugar fix or if you just enjoy gourmet baked goods you can find some of her signature mini cakes, cupcakes and designer shortbread cookies at Etcetera Gourmet on Daniel Island. You can also come by the studio where I'll now have a steady supply of the mini strawberry cupcakes, my favorite. So real quick, how I came in contact with Molly is we were shooting a wedding at the SC Aquarium and I saw one of the coolest cake ever. The bride described the cake as looking as if it had hit a giant sunflower while speeding in a convertible on the highway. The cake was fun, frivolous, laid-back and happy which is exactly what the bride and groom wanted. Then I looked to see a huge spread of cupcakes decorated in the bride and grooms colors. Molly had taken the time to get to know her client's likes and personalities and produced delicious creations that reflected them. Seeing someone taking the same care and attention to their clients needs as we do in our photography business Liz and I knew we had to meet this artist. We got Mollys card from the planner and contacted her the next week. Okay enough story telling let me show some pictures. I'll also include the pictures of the sunflower cake and cupcakes.

Photoshoot with Tom Brokaw

I did a photo-shoot with my friend and fellow photographer Brianna Stello at Gucci in the Charleston Place Hotel. The event was hosted by Roper St. Francis, held in the upper ballroom of the hotel, in appreciation of the generous contributions of all the donors who were attending. The special guest and speaker of the evening was former anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, Tom Brokaw. Mr. Brokaw was a total professional and a trooper, holding out for more than 120 posed shots. Yeah I'm not sure I could have held out that long. You go Tom. Unfortunately I can't show you all the images but I did want to share the setup and one of the personal shots we snuck in with Mr. Brokaw.

Check out the sweet setup for the shoot on the showroom floor of Gucci.

Brianna Stello hangin with Tom Brokaw. Yeah as usual I was stuck behind the camera where I like it.

Summer in the City

"Summer in the City" is a project by South of Broad Theatre Company to send talented teens to New York City for a month of intensive training and auditions. The cost of the trip is partially paid with scholarships and the rest of the $5300 is to be raised by the students. We had several of the past years attendees, and next years hopefuls come into the studio for a headshot blitz one Saturday afternoon to capture some image to promote the program. We ended up getting a lot of great shots and snuck in a preview of Nick Smith new documentary film on the Summer in the City project.   

Headshot for Bella Bella

We did some headshot for Bella Bella Beauty Boutiqe today. This is some of Nicole Spencer's fantastic work with model Nancy. 

Step Up Photography Workshop

I just finished a pretty intense photography workshop this week. Shane Snider hosted one of his three day "Step Up" workshops on Folly Beach. I wanted to share with you a few of the images I shot.

Baby Chase Bryndal

Look what I found in the sink this afternoon.., seems these guys are everywhere these days.

Brandon and his guitar

Loved this shoot. Brandon is a musician here in Charleston playing a lot of local gigs. The last place I remember seeing him play was the Village Tavern over in Mt. P. Anyway, Brandon wanted to get some promo shots before he left to go to a worship arts college in Florida so we shot these the day before he left. We had so much fun shooting we didn't realize that we had been shooting for hours. He said it was a great way to spend his afternoon before he left for college, "Time flies when you're having fun."

 

Thuy, Russ and Baby Patterson

We had a great time photographing Thuy and Russ Patterson's maternity session the other day. Thuy is a fantastic floral designer. Her company Jade Water Designs is right here in the Park Circle area. I remember I had just gotten a bad cold the night before and was pretty loopy the first part of this shoot. They were so nice and totally put up with my slower than usual pace and somewhat obscure banter while we were shooting. They even laughed at all my jokes, so sweet. Despite the sickness we got some beautiful images and Thuy and Russ loved them. Baby Lillian Patterson was born two weeks after the shoot, good timing.  

"Epiphany" Opera in Park Circle

So I received a call from Mary Gould, of South of Broadway Theatre Company, a few weeks back and she tells me "I just got the call, we have the front page of the Preview on Christmas Day and need a promo shot by noon tomorrow." I love a challenge and in media "noon" means in the a.m. if you want to keep your spot on the front page. We wanted to highlight the upcoming opera "Epiphany" which would be opening on January 31st to bring in the new year as well as introduce the new program Opera Zone, a lecture series held at the Charleston County Public Library. So the next morning we had our coffee, set up some light, and shot this image for the paper. Thank you to Marcus over at the P&C Preview for getting the work out about the thriving art scene here in North Charleston and especially in Park Circle. 

My Favorite Model

Great range of emotion she has, it just happens that todays emotion was annoyed.