Kate Benson

I recently had the pleasure of working with Kate Benson, a commercial photographer based in the Boston area. She also travels frequently to shoot in New York City, Miami, Dallas and Charleston. Her new site is full of sparkle (in the form of jewelry and dishware), bright and poppy product photography, and warm and inviting fashion work.

Kate’s work has been featured in magazines such as InStyle Magazine, Food & Wine, The New York Observer, BBC, Luxe Interiors, Allure, Vanity Fair, Vogue, Cosmopolitan, and more.

Check out her website at katebenson.com

Audra Melton Website

I had the pleasure of working with Audra Melton on her new website, which just launched last week.

Audra is an Atlanta-based storyteller and portrait photographer who often focuses on social issues.

Some of her clients include AARP, Oxfam, The Atlantic, The Coca-Cola Company, The New York Times, UPS, and The Washington Post.

For her website, we used PhotoFolio, and organized her work into a few main theme-based galleries, as well as featuring individual commissioned editorial, corporate, and commercial projects.

I love the new look. Please take a look at audramelton.com.

Photo Therapy Worksheet

This worksheet is to help you reflect on your photography business, including its strengths, weaknesses, and goals.

I use this worksheet with every new photographer I collaborate with as a way of identifying target markets, dream clients, and gaps in the work. This is especially helpful before embarking on a website update, print portfolio, or any marketing efforts.

I find it helpful to update this information on a yearly basis. It's good to reassess things, as well as to have an archive of goals. It's interesting to look back years later and see how your goals have changed.

If you have any questions, or are interested in 1-on-1 coaching help, please contact me!

Dell Technologies, Winter 2019

New work for Dell Technologies’ magazine, “Realize”. The theme of the issue was optimism, which is something I need a daily dose of. Sometimes when you look at the headlines and all the terrible things happening around the world, it’s hard to remember that there are really smart, creative people solving big problems.

A few highlights:

For a story on how emerging technologies are helping solve the planet’s plastic problem, we chose this intense image of people rowing through a river of plastic by Dimitar Dilkoff of @AFP / @theblindkolcho. Lettering by @joelholland_studio

Tony Luong made a beautiful portrait of Dell’s Chief Responsibility Office, Christine Fraser, in Boston.

Photo by @_tonyluong
Lettering by @joelholland_studio
Art direction by @alison_wilkes

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Environmental Portrait Production for Dell

Natasha Lee

I had the pleasure of collaborating with Santa Monica-based luxury travel, food, and hospitality photographer Natasha Lee.

Our main goal for her site was to create an overview page that showcased a mix of interiors, details, food, portraits, and destinations. I love how it came out!

Select clients of Natasha’s include Apple, Food & Wine Magazine, Airbnb, Ritz Carlton Magazine, Tahiti Tourism, Geico, and Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, among others.

See her work at bynatasha.net.

Natasha Lee's new portfolio overview


Eric Pohl Portfolio

Central Texas-based food, hospitality, and lifestyle photographer Eric Pohl and I teamed up to create a new print portfolio. He chose Artifact Uprising’s layflat book for his high-end paper and cover materials. We opted for a mix of multiple images, double page spreads, and single images to showcase his narrative approach to brand and editorial storytelling.

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Eric Pohl Sotol Promo

Eric Pohl and I teamed up to create new marketing materials to kick off the fall season. He recently created a body of work for Desert Door, America’s only sotol distillery. I loved the work and thought it would make a great promo piece. This tri-fold card showcases a great mix of portraits, documentary images, cocktails, and details.

Eric is based in the Austin, Texas area and specializes in travel, hospitality, and food. See more of his work at epohl.com.

Kari Medig

I’m so happy to share images from a recent website update I did for @kari_medig. Kari and I have worked together a few times over the years, long enough to have seen many a website trend come and go. But what never goes out of style is connecting with people and places in a true, meaningful way. It was a joy to create a fresh new look for Kari. Check it out at karimedigphoto.com

Kari is based in Vancouver BC and gets to travel the world making beautiful images. Lucky guy!

Here are a few of my favorite images from the new galleries:

Dell Technologies Magazine

New work for Dell and their executive journal, Realize. We commissioned Noah Berger to document work being by @draperlab, @chicostate, and @calfire to use satellite imagery and data to help predict wildfire behavior.

We also got to use some of Noah’s excellent work from the #paradisefire. @noah3929 .

I also commissioned Bob O’Connor to photograph Dell Technologies CTO John Roese.

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