portraiture
Just like that we are in to the Top 5 images of 2024. Selecting my top 5 images of the year was exceedingly difficult and the ones that made it are the images that stick out in my mind. The ones that I see and think about often.
Read MoreMy 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.
Read MoreBecause of all of this 2024 was unexpectedly fantastic and has allowed me to start planning newer, bigger goals for 2025. Some of these goals have been swirling around my head for a while I just didn’t have the time to bring them into reality or properly research how to make them happen.
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