Playing in the studio with my friend ,Jake Somnath, from DuvallMac Talent.
He brought his hat, so I brought the mountain stormy sunset.
Two RGB side lights to match Jake to the background colors on the 65” LG 4K.
85 mm wide open on Canon R5.

Omar Humphrey, dancer, choreographer, teacher with his new guitar. The Ankh symbol for eternal life lives on his guitar and side.
Studio portrait composited in post production.

Alumni Kylie Oleson with projected gobo mandala and background fire masked the same gobo shape in post.
Face also light painted with fiber optic brushes.
I am fascinated with mandalas and hope to find more faces to create a collection.

So far Jake’s roles haven’t involved singing, but just for fun we used a few small props, smoke machine and headband light to mockup a possible album cover.

BG shot on a rainy night in Dallas combined with studio image.
RGB tube lights matching skin edges to background colors.
New talent Ikean volunteered to model for spec CD cover art.
A 4K projector with my title page skimming cheek for interest and mystery element.

Alumni student Emily Ryan in a sci-fi portrait using her own sphere lamp from her bedroom.
1 Emily’s bedroom sphere lamp for background ring colors
2 Studio bounce blue gel for background undertones
3 Face lit with two in hand emergency lights
4 stripes-spot gobo light with orange gel
5 PS layer

Rachel Rice rocking in my studio. She is represented by Linda McAllister Talent here in Texas.

“Cherished When Silent“
This was my personal statement on the unprecedented reduction in Women’s rights and medical privacy in America.
Model Rylie Oleson is one of my photography alumni.

Studio photographer who loves people, photography, art and science fiction.

Newbie to Bluesky