INDUSTRIAL WONDERLAND. There are rundown abandoned factories, and then there is the Powder Factory in a small town outside Cincinnati, Ohio. Climb through a window or crawl in over a crumbling wall and you're transported to a fantasy world. Vines, trees, and moss grow freely inside its dilapidated walls; nature reclaiming the territory industry once tried to steal from it.
As I shot this series of photographs, I couldn't help but imagine model Anthony VonBargen as ruler of these ruins. Even in this amazing setting, Anthony demanded the attention of the camera. His body lines and shapes...
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Do you prefer to be tied up, or chained down? Today I bring you both in a combination of two series shot with model Wesley Lunsford. Among my first attempts at editorial photography, here are two stories, both shot in a different city and months apart. It is truly a coincidence that they... um, tie together so well.
In Tied Up, the photo shoot took us to multiple locations around Memphis, Tennessee. I wanted to show the versatility of ties, that they are not just for formal occasions. A tie can make any outfit just that much classier, even when you're not wearing much at all... you'll...
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It very well may have been the Abercrombie and Fitch Quarterly that first sparked my interest in photography. I remember wondering how one small magazine could cause so much controversy, especially when the images inside were so beautiful! A&F Quarterly did exactly everything right. Beautiful people in beautiful locations; it was everything everyone wanted to be.
Abercrombie and Fitch became known for more than clothes, it was now a way of life. The clothes insinuated (often very wrongly) that those wearing them lived the lifestyle pictured in the Quarterly. According to the images,...
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The first thing you'll notice when you shake hands with Adam is his stunning blue eyes. The second is the strength in his handshake. Adam is one of those guys that has no lack of confidence. He exudes a firm self-assurance, perhaps because of his strong looks or perhaps because he runs his own very successful internet company. Having already mastered online business at such a young age, he's turned his efforts towards using his good looks to rake in some more dough.
We started the day at the J.W. Marriott in downtown Grand Rapids. We shot some images in his room, near the pool, and around...
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I drove to Ann Arbor, Michigan to meet model Derek Watson. Derek was in need of some new amazing images for his portfolio and comp card. We had been talking about shooting for quite some time, and both of us were quite excited to finally meet. Considering he also drove into Ann Arbor, and neither of us had even been to the city, let alone lived there, finding great locations was quite a task! It is, however, one thing I pride myself on... being able to find amazing backdrops for amazing photographs.
Our first location of the day was a simple underpass and stair case. I love working...
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Today I met with aspiring model JC Cunningham. JC is transplanting to San Fransisco within a matter of days and wanted to get a solid portfolio together before the big move. As JC is just getting started, he needed to build his portfolio from scratch. Today's goal was to provide as large a variety of images as a single day's shoot would allow.
We met at 9am at the Grand Rapids Museum of Art. Since their remodel, the GRAM has been a popular location for photographers to shoot. Nearly every time I've found myself in the area, I have seen one photographer or another snapping away. The GRAM...
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Flashed is my first attempt at something slightly larger scale. Try squeezing four models, a make-up artist, an assistant, lighting equipment and a photographer into a not-so-large men's room at a local club and this is apparently what you get. We started the day with make-up artist Hanna Wagner adding a roughed-up rock star look to the guys before trekking over to the "set" also known as the bathroom at Diversions Night Club. Wardrobe styling was done by yours truly. The mirrors brought an interesting challenge, but in the end, they also brought about the inspiration for the name of the sieries,...
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