portrait
My 7th favorite image of 2024 is an equine portrait taken of a 2 year old stud in Caldwell, OH. This guy was a personality and a pleasure to photograph. His portrait just gives that nice clean equine headshot look on a black backdrop and I really enjoyed making it.
Read MoreMy 8th favorite image of 2024 is of my niece. It is from Halloween when she wanted to be a spooky Ring Master. It is just a sassy portrait with a dark edit to show her personality and honestly I do not like it half as much as I like her angsty image taken through her glass door that she asked her mother to do.
Read MoreSo my 11th top image of 2024 is a self portrait. No, I do not hire others to take photographs of myself, I have the equipment and ability to get nearly everything I need by myself. Back in February I needed an updated headshot for a by-line for a column I was writing for a local paper.
Read MoreAs a professional photographer who started teaching myself how to do graphic design years ago to have another level of service, I could offer clients another bit of art that I could perform. I didn’t go to school for it, sometimes I wish I did and then other times I look at the internet and realize that I can reach myself if I do not know how to do something thanks in large part to the creators out there sharing their knowledge and skills with the world.
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Last year five minutes from my house a local farm grew an area or so of sunflowers that they opened to the public. My sister, niece and I went out to cut a few boutiques and take pictures for a fun fall afternoon. Also to fulfill a photography dream shoot.
Read MoreSometimes I forget everywhere I have shared my images and find out later that they are performing well. I got an email month or so back about an image I created of my sister last fall that was nominated to move on in a online contest.
I call the image Among the Sunflowers and I have entered it in the International Photography Competition so hearing it is a nominee in the color chronicles contest gives me great hope for its future in the IPA competition.
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