Just sharing a few picks from a personal portrait session a while back with Sara L. Every once in a while it’s great to get back in the studio and work on some fashion inspired portfolio work.
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Catfest – Help Support the Dumb Friends League animal shelter with photographer Jaime Rowe
June 25, 2009 – 6:00 pm
Most people know I spent 15 years working for the largest (and in my opinion one of the absolute best) animal welfare organizations in the rocky mountain region, the Dumb Friends League. After 15 years the place is more family than just a former employer and love to help them out whenever they ask.
So it was with no little disappointment that when they asked if I would be setting up a booth on their Catfest event on July 11th and I had to decline. Being a wedding photographer here in Colorado summer Saturdays are more often than not booked with a wedding, and this was the case.
So not being able to attend I opted for the next best thing, and that was putting them in touch with whom I think is one of the best pet photographers I’ve ever met, Jaime Rowe.
Jaime isn’t one to photograph your loved pet like you’ve seen at certain “pet supermarkets” on their photography days where they setup a mini-set and then production line the dogs and cats. While these “production lines” do a fair job of documenting what your pet looks like, that’s about it. Jaime Rowe’s photography is focused on capturing your pets “purr-sonality”. OK, I’m sorry for that pun, I did mention 15 years at a shelter right?
Described as a modern pet photographer I think of what she does as lifestyle pet photography. She doesn’t put your pet in a “mini set” where she can capture their looks, but rather works with them (and you) on location to capture the personality of your dog or cat, that part of them that makes them a part of your family.
I’m told that if you book one of Jaime’s “Close to Home Packages” during this event 5% of the proceeds goes to the Dumb Friends League.
So go check out Jaime’s blog http://jaimerowephotography.blogspot.com/ and website http://www.jaimerowephotography.com/ and I have no doubt you’ll see just what a gifted artist Jaime is. Then head on down to the League and support the animals by indulging in some outstanding photography.
Updates to Gallery site
May 20, 2009 – 7:41 am
I’ve finally been able to update the gallery site over at www.mhp-studio.com to include some recent weddings and restructure it a bit.
First of all I’ve broken the “Anytime Sessions” galleries out from the weddings. Then the wedding galleries received a new breakdown:
The People – Posed shots of couple, family, and bridal party.
The Details – The small touches that made your wedding so special and unique.
The Moments – Those fleeting moments and memories – what it’s really all about.
The Art – The fine art images of which I typically create a few of on each wedding.
The Story – one wedding, the full day in about 118 pictures.
The clients section was moved under the portfolio section since this is in fact mostly just a collection of specific wedding slideshows and albums.
Khidija – Headshot Session
December 1, 2008 – 7:00 am
Khidija is a wonderful local actress who was referred to me by another client for some professional headshots.
A few things separate headshots from a normal portrait sessions. Usually there’s little or no photoshop “special effects” – none of my signature vintage, textures, or stylings are used. The idea being to capture the subject for a clean look for portfolio 8×10’s and comp cards.
The other main difference is in the handling of files from the results of the shoot. With a portrait session the hope is that the client will buy some prints, a memory book, maybe a piece of wall art. If they love everything maybe they enquire about purchasing the disk of images. For a headshot the subject isn’t looking for art prints, but files they can use for comp cards and bulk printing of 8×10’s. Depending on the deal they will either get a set amount of files or the option to purchase individual files much cheaper than what is normally charged for portrait files.
Khidija also brought in a make up artist, Kristina, for this shoot – which is always a wonderful asset when doing this style of work. I’ve had the pleasure of working with Kristina as both a model and a makeup artist on several occasions and her work on this shoot really produced some excellent results.
On Faith's Wings – J Lyn
November 13, 2008 – 6:55 am
First a little backstory since this was from before I started blogging.
At the beginning of 2008 I did some work for Shades Model Management and Poise Events. While shooting the cover for their launch event I had the pleasure of J Lyn.
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J Lyn was also the first model to shoot in the Lincoln street studio.
Having this chance to work with her before she moved to New York City was a great experience.
Now besides being an excellent model J Lyn has an amazing amount of various talent.
Model
Dancer
Choreographer
Teacher
Poet
and an amazing charcoal sketch artist.
With her sketches she captures the drawing process on video and then sets it to a soundtrack. Her most recent creation, “On Faith’s Wings” has a political tie in but regardless of your red or blue standings I hope you can get past that to enjoy the amazing tribute to an historical event she has created with this artwork.
Also be sure to check out other videos:
“Say Good Bye”
and “Scream”
