Executive Portraits: Every Photograph Tells a Story

I am 100% an on location photographer.  That means that I don’t photograph in controlled studio settings.  Rather, I make my own studio wherever I go!  Why do I do that?  Well, for weddings and special events, I can’t control the location.  And on the family portraiture side, I like to photograph people in [...]

One of This Week’s Executive Portrait Assignments

I did several executive portrait/corporate headshot assignments this past week. For one of them, I was over at the offices of a tech start-up in Gaithersburg, Maryland creating executive portraits of four members of the leadership team for their new corporate website.  The company’s Marketing Director wanted fun images with personality on a standard [...]

More Favs from Leigh & Garrett's Engagement Photography Session

Here’s a second batch of favorites from Leigh & Garrett’s engagement photography session last week.  Also, check out the engagement storybook album that I designed for them!  When Leigh saw the album, she said, “OH MY GOSH!! The photos are BEAUTIFUL!! You are so talented! Garrett and I are sitting here non stop talking [...]

Megan in the Lilies at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens

Megan and I braved the heat last weekend for an early morning portrait photography shoot at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in Washington, DC.  Megan was choosing between Kenilworth and the National Arboretum for her shoot – good choice, Megan!  This is peak season, and the lilies were absolutely AMAZING – waist high, and fields and [...]

CASE STUDY: Lighting for On Location Corporate Headshots

I recently did a headshot job for an NGO that wanted photographs of their CEO for the annual report, as well as their staff for their website.  Working with their Senior Communications Director, we decided that a location shoot would best capture the personality of the organization, which focuses on raising public awareness and [...]