plein air painter

Some editorial shots for a magazine of Brenda Behr a plein air painter (if you don't know what that is look it up on wikipedia, like I had to do).

Cancer Survivor 2

Second shoot of cancer survivor showing an active lifestyle,softbox,grid and background light.

Home repair

Some shots for a home repair company.

Cancer Survivor

First of a series of cancer survivors, promoting a healthy active lifestyle. Lot's of empty space for type in the image. Open happy soft-light balanced for the ambient of the outdoors, side light to give some separation from the background.

Cooleemee ABC

You have to love a place were the town hall and Liquor Store share the same building .

Twilight Zone in Cooleemee

Yes, Cooleemee is a real town in the middle of nowhere NC., an old mill town founded by the Dukes in the late 1800's. This was like something out of the Twilight zone or that David Lynch series ........ what was it ..... Twin Peaks. We started at the Cooleemee
town museum (this was more like someone's home with the dining room as the museum). We walked in the door and no one was home ... There was loud music coming from one room with the door closed. So we went down a hall and there was an office with an old lady talking on the phone. She was about 70 and chain smoking away. She saw we were there and just kept turning away and ignoring us. I'm sure the Cooleemeetown museum doesn't get many visitors and I can see why. It was just the oddest thing.. So we knock on the door where the music is coming from and it's the town historian, the husband of the chain smoking woman. A very nice man with lots of input and ideas. We decide to shoot at the old textile mill. The mill is now owned by 2 different companies and we are told we can't shoot on the sunny side because of motion sensor alarms and could go to jail for trespassing. It worked out in the end. Got some great shots at the loading dock with the Tronix 1200/Profoto and Alien Bee's (product placement).Cooleemee NC what a strange place ....

Cooleemee 2

Down by the river for some more shots in Cooleeme. Fill light and a back light for some separation.