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Photo gallery: Series chronicles father’s cancer treatment

Images by Tawny Chatmon
April 2019 issue Galleries

When Tawny Chatmon's father was diagnosed with prostate cancer, he and her mom moved in with Chatmon and her family while he was being treated. During that time, Chatmon decided to chronicle her dad's treatment via a series of photographs. "All of us felt certain that I'd be recording his victory over cancer," she says. "But that's not the way it turned out."RELATED: Learn more about Tawny Chatmon's journey to photographic art.  Continue Reading >

Tribute to American portrait photography

By Amanda Arnold
April 2019 issue News

© Judy HostExhibition considers portraits past and presentMore than 40 photographers’ works were hung for the exhibition “Portraits Americana: A Brief Survey of American Portrait Photography.” The show honoring American portrait photography was curated by Glenn Rand for the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art in St. Joseph, Missouri.The exhibition, which ran from November 2018 through January 2019, included portraits by renowned photographers Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, and Gordon... Continue Reading >

Tawny Chatmon finds fulfillment in driving cultural change

By Robert Kiener
April 2019 issue Profiles

Change Agent“My heart wasn’t in it anymore.” That’s how Tawny Chatmon remembers feeling about her commercial photography career after her father died. Sitting in her spacious studio, the basement  of her Upper Marlboro, Maryland, home, she chokes back a tear as she remembers the self-selected assignment that changed her life.“After my father was diagnosed with prostate cancer, he and my mother moved in with us here while he was being treated. I decided to chronicle his treatment... Continue Reading >

John and Coleen Graybill revisit an ancestor’s passion project

By Eric Minton
April 2019 issue Profiles

Mary Lou Slaughter was a schoolgirl in Seattle when her teacher mentioned a photograph of Mary Lou and her Native American grandmother that was displayed at the county fair. Learning of her heritage, classmates of Mary Lou subjected her to name-calling, spittle, and bullying for being a “dirty old Indian.” Slaughter shunned her heritage until, at 50, she witnessed her son’s talent for wood carving. Embracing her indigenous background, Slaughter became a master basket weaver. Now 80 years... Continue Reading >

Capture your subject’s true colors

By Hernan Rodriguez
2.13.2019 News

1. Understand your subjectMaking good portraits relies heavily on photographers' personal perceptions and judgements, neither of which is related to the technical aspects of photography. Good portraiture is a display of who the subject believes himself or herself to be as well as an interpretive expression of who the photographer believes the subject to be.Sometimes these perceptions can end up on the opposite side of the spectrum. This is why it's important to get to know a subject before... Continue Reading >

Mark Seliger heads up McDonald’s portrait project

By Amanda Arnold
February 2019 issue News

Is McDonald’s the tie that binds? Editorial and portrait photographer Mark Seliger created a documentary-style portrait series for the restaurant chain that highlights both the diversity and the commonality of the restaurant’s patrons.The idea for the series evolved during a brainstorming session between Seliger and ad agency We Are Unlimited. “We put out there this idea that everybody has something in common,” he says, “and the idea that you can go into a McDonald’s and there’s... Continue Reading >

Why Tony Hewitt’s photography business thrives on diversification

By Jeff Kent
February 2019 issue Profiles

"It’s fair to say that I’m not someone who likes to sit still.”Anyone who’s met Tony Hewitt wouldn’t argue that. An Australian Institute of Professional Photography Grand Master of Photography, Hewitt is former Australian Photographer of the Year with a resume full of accolades. The Perth, Australia-based photographer started out in weddings, covering about 1,000 of them before evolving more into portrait work, then commercial photography, then fine art, landscape, and aerial... Continue Reading >

At the precipice: Jay Philbrick’s cliffside wedding portraits

By Amanda Arnold
February 2019 issue Profiles

“What about the Eaglet?” the message read. Immediately Jay Philbrick knew what his friend was proposing.Most of Philbrick’s dramatic cliff portraits are set on New Hampshire’s Cathedral Ledge, a rock-faced cliff where subjects are lowered down to an outcrop by rope—no climbing skills required. But this friend was suggesting a portrait atop the Eaglet, a narrow rock spire that can be summited only by an experienced climber.© Philbrick PhotographyWas Philbrick up for it? Of... Continue Reading >

Photo gallery: Jay Philbrick’s cliffside portraits

Images by Jay Philbrick
February 2019 issue Galleries

Former climbing guide and current wedding photographer Jay Philbrick has made a name for himself with his cliffside wedding portraits at New Hampshire's Cathedral Ledge. Although the photos are jawdropping, the photo sessions are perfectly safe, he says, thanks to the advanced expertise of his mountain guide partner who anchors the couples to the rockface.“They are way safer during the process of the photo shoot than they are driving to and from the cliff," Philbrick says. "It’s a matter... Continue Reading >

John Gress’ perfectly lit portraits

Images by John Gress
December 2018 issue Galleries

John Gress knows how to light. With a career that spans two decades and experience in photojournalism, commercial photography, portraiture, and videography, he's one of the nation's foremost lighting experts.His secret? Use artificial light and light modifiers to enhance reality. In other words, natural light, only better.Take a look at this gallery of images to get a feel for his portait lighting. Then be sure to attend his educational session at Imaging USA 2019 in Atlanta to gain... Continue Reading >
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