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There’s nothing as fun as photographing a friend – and in this case it was my pastor and long-time friend Dr. Burch.   Any time is a great time to update a business portrait but Bill has a move coming in June and he needed to be able to send a current portrait over to the new church.  He also writes a blog and an updated casual picture would be great there too.   So we took care of it all in one morning.

In the studio we can quickly change backgrounds for different looks or just switch from a head & shoulder to a ¾ style pose for variety.   With just 2 outfits we were able to come up with several different portraits for Bill to use in a variety of situations.

Including the outfit change and lots of conversation, this session took only about 20 minutes to complete.  We had a lot of choices for Bill and he narrowed it down to these 4 for retouching.   I tell folks that my retouching “takes a few miles off” and most understand exactly what I mean.   Sure, we do believe in an accurate representation in a business portrait but a little help never hurt anyone.  All our portraits receive careful retouching to smooth and enhance for a great look.  Our business portrait packages include digital files for print and electronic use.

Give me a call today to update your look.

This past fall I had the joy of creating a family portrait for the Young family at Suwanee’s Sims Lake Park.  We had a blast – and we came away with some great family portraits.

Whenever I work with a family, whether it’s in our Lawrenceville portrait studio or out at a beautiful location like this, we always make several different poses of the whole family as well as individual and small group portraits.   While we have everyone together and dressed nicely it’s a good thing to do.

My portraits are planned!   I carefully select portrait locations for backgrounds as well as for proper lighting to flatter the subjects.   While many photographers today are using just sunlight and calling it “natural light”, my lighting style is “light that looks natural”.  I carry studio lights, battery packs, reflectors and other photographer “toys” to create light that totally flatters the folks in the portrait as well as blending with the environment.   Good lighting doesn’t just happen – it has to be planned an shaped to totally flatter the subjects in a portrait.

We pose!  Seldom to people just naturally fall into a flattering pose for a portrait – they just need a little coaching.  We turn, tilt, hug, squeeze and love on each other to get a great look.  We work toward creating a wall portrait that shows off your good-looking family as well as the relationships and individuals that make up your special bunch.  It takes a little effort – but it’s always worth the work!

Our family portrait packages include the session, a beautiful canvas wall portrait, and desk sized prints too.  Printing and displaying is the best way to enjoy a family portrait – but we’ll include digital files for social media too!

Call today to schedule a family portrait in the studio or a local park!  Do it today – you’ll be glad you did.

Recently the Rev. Bruce Petty of Today’s Chaplain was in the studio for business portraits.  Bruce had won a free session that we gave away at a Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours event and was really excited to come in for his business headshot session in our Lawrenceville studio.   Bruce is an experienced pastor who has begun a ministry to businesses and their employees as a visiting chaplain.  It’s an exciting venture and I’m totally intrigued by this wonderful point of service he has to offer.

Bruce brought in a couple of different outfits that were comfortable and really made him feel good.  We wanted to create portraits that conveyed the experience and skill Bruce brings to his work, but also wanted to have a casual and approachable look to them as well.  I think we hit the mark with these and Bruce was totally pleased.

I’d love to work with you to create a business headshot that tells your story too.  If you need a business portrait in Gwinnett our Lawrenceville portrait studio is convenient or we can come to you if that’s better plan.  So whether you need a business portrait in Suwannee, Snellville or Norcross I do hope you will call on me.

A lot of my afternoons are spent photographing high school sports action. Here are a few pics from a recent baseball game at Greater Atlanta Christian School. It’s always fun to spend some time in the dugout with these guys and photograph some wonderful baseball action.

Baseball is a challenge to photograph in that it’s really a pretty slow game with short bursts of activity that spreads across the entire diamond. There’s a lot of anticipating where the action is going to move to be able to capture a play as it happens.

Obviously there’s always something going on at home plate as batters each take their turn. I’m constantly watching the pitcher to know exactly when the ball is going to make it to home plate – and I’m hoping the batter is going get a great hit.

Here’s a series of pics as JP hits a homerun and makes his way around the bases to ultimately celebrate with his team-mates.

Thanks guys for having me in the dug-out – it was fun!