Here’s a fun shot we did for a Pittsburgh client, Write automotive.  I just couldn’t help myself from doing a little “post production” to enhance the photo, but nothing too crazy.  And for payment, I tried to trade my services for the yellow car, but the client, for some strange reason, wouldn’t go for in…

Had a great shoot these last couple of days shooting industrial photography, not in Pittsburgh, but in Charleston, WV..  More sample to come when I get a chance to edit through the images…

The new techniques that I’ve been playing with are really great with most commercial photography situations.  Here are to industrial – type commercial photos from the same shoot, that I’ve applied the techniques to,with good result.

I’ve been reworking some past executive portraits with a new post-production technique that pulls out detail otherwise lost.  I’m really seeing how this makes a huge difference in the overall feel of the photos.

For some reason, I really love shooting healthcare photography.  I think it’s because these seems to be an underling need for photographic drama…  And it’s pretty easy to get dramatic shots in an operating room, but the tough shots are when you need to represent less dramatic situations.  I’m converted these shots to black and white to see how the color affects the feel…

These Environmental Portraits were from a recent location job we did in Florida.  We were photographing several people related to the local arts community.  See if you can guess what each of these people do…

I’ve always had this thing for doing environmental portrait photography, ever since I started my business long ago, here in Pittsburgh.  I think I’m getting better and better, and to grow, I know I must keep on growing and evolving into new styles.  I’ve been experimenting a lot lately and I’ve come upon a technique that I think I’m happy with, at least for now.  It has to do with creating more depth in the environments or my portraits.  Of course, I still need to work on the interaction and connection with the subject, but I’m finding that expression isn’t everything.  Here’s a sample of what I’m talking about.

Environmental Portrait Pgh

More Pittsburgh Environmental Portrait samples… I might be overdoing the stylization, but life is an experiment, they say…

I just love my job in commercial photography.  I get to meet all kinds of great people, visit really cool places, and just have a good-old time in general… )  Here’s a shot from a recent shoot that I really really like.

Okay… One last portrait for today… )

Pittsburgh Environmental Portrait Photography

I have some new industrial photography that I’ve use in conjunction with my new post techniques.  I think the key to doing this properly is to don’t go overboard and do too much of it… The technique definitely makes the images POP!

Here’s another portrait from a recent job.  I really like capturing the essence of a person and I find that’s most easily done with a serious expression.  Of course not all assignments, especially commercial photography assignments, want a serious expression, but in my opinion, that’s the expression that lets you in to see the soul of an individual.  I guess that’s what I like about Pittsburgh editorial portrait photography, you get to see into the soul…

I’ve been getting a little board and thought I’d play around a little, in the world of editorial photography.  This is an image from a recent shoot and I really like the post production treatment.  Editorial portrait  photography is mostly about the photographer’s interaction with the subject, but it seams that the post-production of the images, can really add to the overall look and enhance the photographer’s ability to communicate the feeling of the moment, or the intended feeling at least…

Editorial Photography in Pittsburgh

Here’s an example of my Pittsburgh Executive Portrait photography taken a few weeks ago.  I apologize for being so behind in posting these photos, it’s just that I’ve been totally swamped!!!!

I usually reserve my food photography to another blog, but since there are people in this one, I thought I’d post this one here…

Pittsburgh Photography - Portrait in Green

I just finished a bunch of portraits or Financial Advisers here in Pittsburgh.  I was very pleased with the results and really like doing this type of photography.  There seem to be a couple keys to this type of shooting: First off, you need to be able to either recognize or create good quality lighting. Second, you need to be able to find something in the environment that is visually interesting to use as a background. And last but not least, you need to be able to put the subjects at ease.  The third thing is the toughest… )

I have this gig that I’ve shot for the past three years whee I go out to different financial planner’s offices and take their photos.  Sometimes I shoot individuals and sometimes I shoot groups, but I like it best when I have to take photos on just one individual.  The challenge is to find just the right spot in their environment that is a cross between “cool” and “appropriate”.   I really like how this shot turned out.

Pittsburgh Business Portrait

I recently went on a couple of portfolio interviews and needed to update the book.  I almost forgot how much I liked this environmental portrait photo…

Pittsburgh Photography - Environmental Portrait

Here’s another shot going into the people photography portfolio.  Industrial photography is always so interesting because I get to go into environments I usually would know nothing about…

Pittsburgh Industrial Photography

I have a sales call scheduled next week with a potential client for environmental portrait photography, so I’m rounding up images and making prints for the portfolio.  Here’s one I kinda like….

Pittsburgh Photographer - Executive Environmental Portrait