Posts Tagged Artist

Field Lighting #19: James C. Watkins

You can almost consider this the second season of Field Lighting, especially since I haven’t posted one since November of last year! Think of this as a reemergence, then, and since I don’t have to keep some larger portrait projects under wraps anymore, you’ll hopefully see more of these in the near future! The last [...]

Field Lighting #18: EdibleMetal’s Charise Adams and Big Light

If you go back to the very first Field Lighting post, you’ll know that I try to introduce lighting concepts used pragmatically in the field, on assignment. I haven’t strayed too far, and I don’t intend to. Sometimes, it’s nice to revisit some of the more basic lighting concepts, mainly because these “basic” ideas is [...]

Field Lighting #7: Whatever happened to naturally occurring, directionally diffused light?

When I posted last about James Watkins’s hands, it struck me that most of the posts regarding lighting and photoshoots (in my world at least) revolve around using some sort of artificial lighting technology. I love using lights, and if you’ve read this blog enough, you’ll know that I’m a diligent user of several gonzo-sized [...]

Mr. Watkins’s Hands

I probably have this in a previous post (no doubt a failure of my memory), but I just wanted to post one of my favorite shots taken over the past few years. These are artist James Watkins’s hands. I have an upcoming Field Lighting post generated around this shot and a few portraits of this [...]

Catherine Keeney Fine Jewelry

Meet Catherine Keeney, a super artistic jewelry designer. A few weeks ago, I had the chance to photograph her work for a Lookbook that she is using to promote her jewelry to fine fashion entities across the nation. As you can see, she has a unique vision with her jewelry, and the Gallo-Roman inspired designs [...]