College Basketball Player

Here are some of my favorite shots from my session with a 6′7″ college basketball player.

I met up with my client at Sevier Park. We did a few formal portraits and then got down to business with the sportier looks. I had a great time with them and I think the photos turned out great.

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Lawson – 1 Year

Here are some of my favorite shots from my session with Lawson, Kim, and Jay.

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Morgan – 1 Year

Heather and Bryan brought Morgan by for her 1 year photos, as well as some Easter-themed shots. Here are a few of my favorites from the session.

Most of the sessions I’ve had with Morgan have been indoors, so we headed outside for this one. I had a strobe and an umbrella ready in case we needed it, but the natural light was perfect so we just rode with that.

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Hannah – 3 Months

This was my first opportunity to spend some time taking photos of little 3-month old Hannah. I tried to get Jared and Kennye in on the shots as well. Here are a few select images from this session.

It was a little chilly on this day, so we did the shots indoors against a white background. My main light was an Alien Bees AB1600 with a beauty dish. Hannah held up pretty well against the flashing lights.

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Baby Photography – Turner – 3 Months

I count myself very fortunate for having the opportunity to photograph my own son, Turner, for his 3 month photos. My wife really liked a composite I had done for Morgan previously, so she requested that I do the same for Turner.

I did a quite, humble setup at my house and got some great photos of him. I was very happy with how the shots turned out, especially the composite piece. Children are such a blessing to a family and a household, and I hope these photos show how proud and happy we are to have Turner in our lives.

Also, as a personal project, I did another composite of Turner seemingly lounging in a swing fashioned from a receiving blanket and a few milk bottles. Don’t worry, no babies (or bottles) were harmed in the making of this photo!

Child Photography – Morgan – 9 Months

Little Morgan came to visit me for some 9-month and holiday photos. Being the diva that she is, she had several different outfits to choose from. So, I just threw up a white background and let her be the main subject.

She definitely worked the space as she crawled from one end of the seamless to the other quickly. I had to be quick and fire off several frames while she was actually on the set.

We had a chance to get mom and dad involved in a couple toward the end of our session. At that point, Morgan knew she was no longer the sole center of attention, so she was having enough of the photos.

Maternity Photography – Kennye and Jared Holt

My good friend Jared and his wife Kennye are expecting a little girl, Hannah Claire, in late December. We got together on a beautiful Sunday in October to take a few maternity shots.

We started off with some indoor studio-style shots. Kennye had brought along some fun little props, so I was more than happy to work them into the photos. Click here to view the full gallery.

After we spent some time indoors, we decided to take advantage of the nice weather and headed over to Centennial Park for some outdoor photos.

Head on over to Jared’s website to find out more info and photos of little Hannah Claire.

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Portrait Photography – Dayna Malow

Dayna Malow came to me by recommendation from a good friend, Mark Lonsway. Dayna was needing some full-length photos for a makeover of her official website.

Photos were taken at Marathon Village in Nashville, TN. Makeup by Jennifer Beckham.

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• Model – Dayna Malow at MySpace.com

Portrait Photography – Rachel Wood

You may remember Rachel from our first photo session last December. I was fortunate to get yet another chance to work with her in a photo session setup by makeup artist, Lisa Johnson.

We did three different looks with Rachel, including some photos with some nice jewelry lent to us by one of Lisa’s friends.

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• Model – Rachel at ModelMayhem.com (MM# 14837)
• MUA – Lisa Johnson at ModelMayhem.com (MM# 183647)

Baby Photography – Morgan – 6 Months

Little Miss Morgan’s parents wanted to have some 6 month photos taken, and most notably a composite done for each of Morgan’s features.

We did some indoor shots against a black background to have a better translation to black and white, then went over to Centennial Park to do a few outdoor shots.

Morgan did a fantastic job and behaved well. Click below to view the full gallery of photos.

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Business Headshot – Chris Canary

My good friend Chris Canary recently switched real estate companies and needed a new headshot for his position at Red Realty. We did a few quick headshots and he was all set.

Chris also does construction work and can be reached at his website, ChrisCanary.com.

Street Fighter Photography – Ty Parker

I met up with Ty Parker on ModelMayhem.com. We discussed a few themes for this session and ultimately ended up going with a thug/street fighter theme.

I had seen a cool setting in some photos of another Nashville photographer, so I contacted her and found out that she had taken the photos at Marathon Village near downtown Nashville. Ty and I met up a couple hours before sunset and got to work.

We started off beside a nearby window and then moved further into the non-air-conditioned building. The fact that it was very hot ended up working in our favor because I wanted Ty to look like he was shadowboxing and getting ready for a big fight.

At the end of our session, we got everything packed up and walked outside to find a beautiful sky just before sunset. We couldn’t just leave without taking advantage of the awesome colors, so I quickly setup a light stand and got a few quick headshots with the sky in the background.

Check out the full gallery and also Ty’s portfolio below.

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Portrait Photography – Stacey Randol

I had the pleasure of working with Stacey Randol, from Decatur, IL. Stacey was interested in doing some studio-style photos, and she obviously has the look for it, so we booked a session and got to work.

We were joined by makeup artist, Amy Vazquez; Amy did an incredible job on the makeup. We wanted to start with something very natural and basic before evolving into something more flashy, and Amy hit the nail on the head.

We worked on two different looks for Stacey and I thought they both turned out great. These types of sessions are really easy for me because it was hard to take a bad picture of Stacey. I just let her and Amy get the makeup right and then I fired away. Easy peasy.

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• Amy Vazquez at ModelMayhem

Music Photography – Roadmark

I met up with Andrew from Roadmark online, and we were able to work out a date to do some artist shots for the band. The band had gotten some new members, so they were needing to update their band photos.

We met up in downtown Nashville and wandered around the city, looking for some cool locations. We ended up doing some setups right on the riverfront, in a deserted parking garage and an old alley (near Banker’s Alley, what soon became referred to as “Hepatitis Alley” to poke fun at one of the bandmates that had no shoes on), the corner of 2nd and Broadway (right in front of Hard Rock cafe), and then the Gateway Bridge.

Click below to view the full gallery and to check out Roadmark’s MySpace page. If you’re a band or artist that would like to book a session, let me know.

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Sports Photography – Nina Hibbler

I had a hankering to do a sports/athletic session, so I posted a casting call on ModelMayhem and was contacted by the lovely Nina Hibbler. I browsed through her bio and saw that she was interested in volleyball, so we got a date planned.

I didn’t know of any public volleyball courts nearby, but Nina recommended the one at Madison Park, so we met up there at 4pm. Chance of rain? 80%. What did we get? A beautiful blue sky which provided us with a nice background for several shots.

We were in a public park, so I wasn’t surprised when a few kids came by and asked, “Are you famous?” I was trying my very best to remain humble…until I realized they were talking to Nina and not me! I, of course, said, “She sure is! You haven’t heard of Nina Hibbler, an up and coming volleyball professional?”

Their eyes got wide and their jaws dropped open. They went running away and came back a few minutes later with a pen and a piece of paper, asking Nina to give them an autograph. But it didn’t stop there; 5 minutes later, another kid came running from the ball field (complete in his baseball uniform) asking for an autograph. We told the boy that this would be the last autograph for the day because we have a deadline to meet.

The first three boys came in handy, however; we used them to return the ball while we were working on the serving shots!

All of these shots were done with either available sunlight or with the addition of a Canon 580EX II crosslighting against the sun. I didn’t use an type of diffuser; just bare bulb to give me a harsher, more dramatic light that I felt was needed for a sports shoot.