Shooting Model and Actor Headshots While I don’t shoot Weddings or Family Portraits, other than freebees for family and close friends, I do on occasion shoot model and actor headshots. And I have to tell you, I really enjoy the variety. Shooting food photography, industrial photography, and other types of commercial photography is always fun…
Food Shoot for Breakfast I love this shot. It’s something I did not too long ago for one of my favoried food photography clients. I love the focus, the lighting, the props, the composition, the colors… I love it all… :o)
Photographers Giving Back Here’s a link to an interview article I did with Fstoppers:
Environmental Portrait for Light Of Life Rescue Mission Brochure / Pittsburgh I did some photography yesterday for the Light of Life Rescue Mission. They’re a great organization and do some really wonderful things for the north side of Pittsburgh. Normally, they like their photos to be a little bit lighter in mood, but I played…
Business Location Portraits – Different ways of doing the same thing… Here are two different ways of doing location business portraits. Option one is to shoot everyone in the same location. The advantages of this are time and money, which are pretty much the same thing. Moving from place to place to set up the…
Photography Marketing Masters Interview Podcast of yours truly… Here’s a podcast interview of yours truly. It covers: How Michael got started as a professional food photographer… Having different niches but marketing them separately… Why the best marketers win the business… The importance of good SEO… The differences between advertising and editorial food photography… The qualities…
Food Photography Shoot of Ham Here’s a photo from lat week’s food shoot. The photo itself is amazingly exciting, but at the same time, I really like it. I think that the composition is almost flawless, the lighting rocks, the food styling is exceptional, and the napkin fold is to die for… I have this…
Pittsburgh Headshot Photography Technique There’s a technique that I just recently started to use when doing my headshot photography, and I think it’s made a word of difference. Sometimes you know right off the bat if the your subject needs or wants a particular expression. Maybe the shot is for a purpose where the subject…
Photographers in Pittsburgh Photographers in Pittsburgh, especially commercial photographers, need to be generalists. I’m not saying that all photographers need to shoot weddings, but chances are that they need to be able to photograph food, industrial equipment, architectural buildings and interiors, products, and most of all, commercial portraits. Basically, photographers in Pittsburgh need to be…
Pittsburgh Photographers Giving Back Pittsburgh Photographers have an opportunity to give a little bit back to their community by doing pro-bono projects for charities. It doesn’t have to be all about the money. We Pittsburgh photographers have a valuable talent that can be put to good use for promoting the needs of well-meaning organizations. I…
Food Photography Shoot Here a food photo I did recently that I just love. I love the lighting, the styling and I love the clients I was working for when I shot this… All in all, I think that the shoot works really well and I’m proud to place it on my portfolio web page.
Actor Headshot – Charles Timbers If you follow my work, you know that I shoot mostly food and people, and sometimes will photograph some model or actor headshots. I like the diversity of commercial photography and by shooting headshots, and I get to do a little something different than the usual. You know what they…
Photography portraits of the inner soul I think there’s something about a serious expression, in a portrait, that gives you a glimpse into the inner soul of a person, especially a child. Sure, smiles are great and they give you a feeling of the person’s personality, but there’s something special about a serious face…
Pittsburgh Flashes of Hope Portraits Just yesterday, I shot portraits for the Pittsburgh Flashes of Hope organization. I’m really excited about the results and wanted to share them with you. It’s one of those assignments that reminds me just how luck I am and that I should again be thankful for all blessings and good…
Commercial / Industrial Photography in Pittsburgh I had a fun day yesterday shooting models dressed up as “army men”.
Pittsburgh Food and Restaurant Photography Sometimes photography for restaurants is not just about shooting food. Sometimes, a photographer is asked to shoot interiors or even chef portraits. I was asked to do some more food photography for Atria’s Restaurants in Pittsburgh. This shot was for a series of ads promoting “Oktoberfest” at the restaurants. Josef…
More Food Photography While I consider myself no only a food photographer, but a generalist, I do love shooting food, and it sure seems that’s what people have be asking me to shoot lately… Here’s a food photo from a recent assignment and I really realy love it. As a food photographer, it’s pretty easy…
Pittsburgh PA Food Photographer – Crab cakes Photographing food is thought by many as being the toughest thing there is to shoot. I’d say babies are tougher, but that’s just me… :o) Food Photography is something I love, it’s something I enjoy, and it’s something I’m pretty damn good at. This is a shot I…
Shooting Business headshots in Pittsburgh As a Pittsburgh commercial photographer, I get asked to photograph all kinds of things, and one of the most common requests is for business headshots. While it’s sometimes difficult to fit these into my schedule, I enjoy shooting them, especially the location headshots. Here’s an example of a headshot I…
Behind the Scenes of S’mores Food Photo shoot Here’s what we did… Here’s how we did it… :o)