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Authentic child portraiture, dirt and all

By Eric Minton
December 2017 issue Profiles

It’s dirty work, and there’s nothing to smile about. Such is portrait-making truth for Pete Rezac, M.Photog.Cr., CPP, whose black-and-white fine art images of children follow a recipe: Get them dirty, tell them not to smile, and aim for authenticity. “That word ‘authentic’ resonates in everything I do,” says the Reno, Nevada-based photographer.© Pete RezacAt his Imaging USA workshop “Black-and-White Children’s Character Portraits” in Nashville, Tennessee, next month,... Continue Reading >

Pete Rezac: Anatomy of an Image

By Eric Minton
December 2017 issue Tech

© Pete RezacPhotographer: Pete Rezac, M.Photog., Cr., CPPDate: September 8, 2017Location: Pete Rezac Photography Studio, Reno, NevadaSubject: Pete Rezac’s son dressed as musician SlashCircumstances: Halloween costumeEquipment: Nikon D750 Camera, Nikon 85mm 1.4D Lens, Studio Titan camera stand, Sekonic 758dr light meter, Paul C. Buff lighting and modifiers, medium softbox key light, strip box for separation light, 20-degree grid with barn doors for background light, 60-inch... Continue Reading >

“Disastrous” Santa sessions a hit with clients

By Jeff Kent
November 2017 issue Business

Jeff Roffman Taps Into a Profitable (and Hilarious) NicheFive years ago, Jeff Roffman held his first Santa day at his Atlanta studio. It was a modest event with about 15 sessions. Almost every kid cried.Chalking it up as a failed experiment, Roffman readied himself to move on when he began getting feedback from the parents. They loved the photos. In fact, about halfway through the following year, clients started asking if he was doing them again. So he did, hosting another Santa day at the... Continue Reading >

How Jeff Roffman’s hilarious Santa portraits went viral

By Jeff Kent
10.25.2017 Business

Jeff Roffman’s first couple years of Santa photos were a disaster—or so he thought. After dozens of shoots, most of the images were of kids crying.So Roffman did something different. Rather than shuffling those images away as outtakes, he shared them online. After all, they were real. He dubbed the collection of photos “The Naughty List,” and put them up on his website and on social media.The parents loved them. Many of the images went viral on social media. Last year alone, Roffman... Continue Reading >

2018 Grand Imaging Awards finalists: Children’s Portrait

9.7.2017 Galleries

Each year, the top 10 images or albums in each of 10 categories are selected as finalists competing for the prestigious Grand Imaging Award, which is named in January at Imaging USA. These finalists are chosen from among the best entries in PPA’s International Photographic Competition. Take a look at these 10 outstanding images in the children’s portrait category. (Images other than the top three awards indicated are presented in random order.)See all 2018 Grand Imaging Award... Continue Reading >

Photographer’s personal project leads to nonprofit launch

By Jeff Kent
6.26.2017 News

A passionate voice“It’s never too late to be what you might have been.” So says portrait photographer David Peters, M.Photog.Cr., F-ASP, when describing his inspirations for founding Passion Voice, a faith-based nonprofit dedicated to promoting charitable causes related to the abuse of children. Peters founded Passion Voice after traveling to Fortaleza, Brazil, with Iris Global, a Christian missionary organization.In Fortaleza, Iris operates a program aimed at breaking the cycle of... Continue Reading >

How one photographer tackled a book project

By Jeff Kent
July 2017 issue Business

Tera Girardin was at a crossroads. After running her Minneapolis portrait photography business, Tera Photography, for a dozen years, she was stagnating. She wondered where she was going as an artist and if she should find a new direction.Girardin began thinking about revitalizing her passion for photography by pursuing a personal project. She wanted to separate her life’s work from her client work and refill her creative cup with a project that was just for her.© Tera GirardinA... Continue Reading >

Meghan Doll portrait photography

Photography by Meghan Doll
2.25.2017 Galleries

Meghan Doll's child, family, and professionals portraiture is captured in her loft studio, where enormous windows cast light onto her subjects and her sets. Her simple yet joyful wall art photography is a hit with families who see in her photos a reflection of the love they feel for one another. Read more about Meghan Doll's work.  Continue Reading >

Wall art with heart: A portrait approach that emphasizes prints

By Amanda Arnold
March 2017 issue Profiles

Crisp and clean in style yet snug and sweet in spirit, Meghan Doll’s baby and family portraiture isn’t fine art, she says. It’s “heart art.”People get hung up on what constitutes art and what’s appropriate for their walls, she explains. But ultimately what most parents want is something that makes them smile, that swells their hearts, and that reflects the love they feel for their children. “It’s different from fine art,” she says. “It has a different place in your life.... Continue Reading >

2017 GIA Awards: Children

1.24.2017 Galleries

This gallery represents the top 10 photos in the Children category of PPA’s International Photographic Competition in 2016. The entries are displayed in order of placement with the category winner first.  Continue Reading >
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