Editorial Portrait – AmeriServ Financial Annual Report I love being a commercial photographer here in Pittsburgh, and one of my favorite things to shoot is an Editorial Portrait. It’s more play than actual work. You go into a location and try to find an interesting and applicable environment that you think will make a compelling…
Drone Photography in Pittsburgh A year and a half ago, I got my first drone as a gift from a good friend of mine, for Christmas. To be honest, at first, the drone intimidated me. What if I crashed it? What if I flew it into the river? What if it just decided to keep on…
Typical Location Business Portrait I thought it might be interesting to show you a few behind-the-scenes photos of a typical location business portrait and explain what all goes into this type of photography. There are several things that need to be taken into account when selecting the exact spot where the subject will stand or…
Theatrical Headshots for Actress Delaney Shaye As a sound man for independent movies, I’ve worked with Delaney many times over the past couple of years. I’ve always found her quite talented as an actress and a lot of fun to work with. So when she approached me to shoot her headshot, I was very pleased…
New Style of Pittsburgh Headshot and Commercial Portraits I don’t know about you, but I get bored with things rather quickly. For the longest time, I considered myself and called myself a food photographer. To be honest, shooting food just doesn’t trip my trigger like it used to. There are a lot of reasons for this…
Finding the right background for your Business Headshot Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind shooting business headshots on canvas or plain-paper backgrounds. I think they have their place, depending on the type of business. But I have to say, I prefer to shoot headshots in an environment, usually somewhere in the business’s office…
Portraits with a purpose Here are a few portraits from a recent shoot. I do some pro bono work for a few paces in the Pittsburgh area and this is one of my favorites, Cancer Bridges , formally known as Our Club House. One of the projects I work on is a fundraising brochure where…
Internet Scam directed at Pittsburgh Photographer (me!) I guess there is a downside to having good photography SEO because I’ve just been targeted in a internet scam. So I’m writing this post to help warn any other photographers out there that might come across something similar… It all started with this email. BTW – Do…
Emma’s Portrait I had the privilege again to work with my friends at Flash’s of Hope and we came away with some great portraits for the families.
New Environmental Portrait Look for me For the last few years, I’ve been in love with the look of location portraits and headshots taken with a telephoto lens, shot at its widest aperture. This creates what I call the “minimum-focus” look that I really like. As a matter of fact, I like this look so…
Taking Professional Real Estate Portraits and Realtor Portraits So what’s the best way to photograph Real Estate professionals? I’m a Professional Commercial Portrait Photographer located in Pittsburgh PA and I’ve been shooting portraits for quite a few years now. I’m here to share with you what I think are the main things to consider when…
Pittsburgh Architectural Photographer The truth is, I love Architectural Photography. I usually don’t market to get this type of commercial photography assignments, but it’s really a lot of fun, very gratifying, and quite difficult to do well. About a year after I graduated from Art School, I ended up taking a week-long class at PPA…
Corporate Photographer Assignment As a Pittsburgh Corporate Photographer, there are some projects that are a lot of fun to shoot. Good SEO and a good corporate photography portfolio will get you the occasional magazine assignment and this one was perfect for a corporate photographer that specialized in shooting people. Corporate photography assignment for trade journal…
The Six Best Pittsburgh Photographers, all in one photo! Okay, I’m a Photographic SEO whore, it’s true… No, I don’t think I’m the six best Pittsburgh Photographers, but I do like to try being funny once in a while, and this is my attempt at that. I hope you enjoy my effort in bringing you…
Commercial Portrait Photo Shoots on Location In Pittsburgh PA I had a couple of successful location commercial portrait shoots this week. I especially like the backgrounds and perspective of both shots. The colors of the chairs along with the brightness of the windows make for a very attractive background. The shot above was done for…
New Food Photography Lens I recently picked up a new 200mm Macro lens, that is has proven to be an amazing for food photography. The lens produces two characteristics that make food photos look amazing. First off, the lens is a “telephoto” and tends to “stack” objects in the photo. What I mean by this…
Social Media Headshots I’ve been getting more and more calls to photograph people, not only for various marketing materials, but also for social media. Individuals and businesses are realizing how important it is to have a quality headshot to represent them. The key to a good social media headshot is to have the subject with…
Food Photography Backgrounds As a food photographer, I’m always on the lookout for good backgrounds to use in my photography. In some shots, the background is very important, on other occasions, it’s not that important at all… Here’s what needs to be considered when selecting a background for food photography. 1. Color – The mood…
Executive Portrait Photography Backgrounds The longer I’m in the business of Commercial Photography, The more I realize how important the background is to an executive portrait. The background shouldn’t distract, be applicable, and be interesting. It can’t take away from the subject, but at the same time, it has to have “something” going on…
Editorial Business Portrait for The Braff Group This portrait is from a recent shoot for Third Planet Communications, and their client, The Braff Group. We came away with quite a few great business portraits and action shots, but this one is my favorite. The photo was taken with my Nikon D800 and my trusty 80-200mm…