We were only really trying to make a u-turn to get to our original location idea, but when we turned down this street in downtown Norfolk, we saw this wall and had to stop. This is my sister Phoebe, and she’s often assisting me on portrait shoots. She is a master at posing the human [...]

Sara was so natural, this was intended to be a light-test photo, but like so many “tests”, it ended up in the final batch. This was taken with the Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8 – one of the later renditions of the lens. I love how sharp and contrasty this lens is without any tweaking. It’s certainly [...]

This is my beautiful sister-in-law Sara. She wanted to have a “country” feel to her portraits, and so we decided to shoot them all out in Ivor, Virginia where her family lives. We started on their own family farm and then ventured out to find some country treasures around the area. One such treasure we [...]

I had the distinct pleasure of shooting Shea’s bridal portraits, and now that she is married, I can share them here. This was shot in the Founders Inn lobby in Virginia Beach. My trusty assistant Craig is outside keeping the light stand company. I had an Alien Bee B800 shooting in from the outdoors through [...]

My wife and I had the pleasure of spending time at the Tate farm in Windsor, VA to shoot Grace’s senior portraits. I am a texture fiend, so walking around their farm is like Toys-R-Us for a 7-year-old. Shot with the Nikon 80-200mm f/2.8 on a Nikon d700 with an Alien Bee B1600 with 48″ [...]