Just for fun photography People’s Brewing Co. and Rachel Brooke

October 6, 2014 by admin | Comments Off

I was actually assigned to photograph a little local color.  People’s Brewing0001Peoples Co.’s taproom, an on-site place to sample the latest offerings on tap, and occasionally listen to some live music.  Click image for a larger view>>>

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Aerial Assignments

September 30, 2014 by admin | Comments Off

An engineering firm asked me to document a few projects from the air. I was within a couple miles of the Fowler Ridge turbine field, so I directed the pilot to fly to the turbines.  With the  work for the engineers completed,  this bonus is one of my favorite images of the morning’s flight.

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Fowler Ridge Wind Turbines Near Lafayette, Indiana

 

 

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Architectural Photography, Mid-Century Modern Home

September 23, 2014 by admin | Comments Off

The owners/builders of this wonderful home have a lifetime of memories within. They are moving onward and commissioned me to document the home. These photographs are part of the multi-faceted undertaking.7VW_6332-2

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Confident Portraits, and the Confident Photographer

July 18, 2014 by admin | Comments Off

I photographed Noam Chomsky and Alex Haley back in 1986 as a photojournalism student. My liberal arts education, along with each assignment building on another, now numbering in the tens of thousands; allow me to work confidently. These experiences instil3UPBLOG confidence and trust with all manner of people and personalities, and it comes through in the image.
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Bishop Timothy Doherty

July 17, 2014 by admin | Comments Off

I was honored to receive a call from the incoming bishop of the Lafayette Diocese a couple years ago.
I made a series of portraits, and this friendly view is what the bishop chose as his favorite. Another more sober view made on black and white film was printed in the darkroom by me and now hangs in the chancery.
I have seen this portrait hanging in many churches and halls around Indiana.Bishop Doherty

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Lafayette Symphony Director – Nick Palmer

July 17, 2014 by admin | Comments Off

These portraits were created a while back for the LSO. I really enjoy classical music, especially from the Russian composers, Sergei Rachmaninoff is my favorite. Specifically: Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 3/2.

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Formidable Portraits -Coach Gene Keady

July 17, 2014 by admin | Comments Off

This is an older portrait created for editorial use in Gene Keady’s last year at Purdue. Working with formidable people, and pleasing an art director at the same time is always a challenge. This isn’t the photograph I would have made if I were untethered, but a fitting portrait of a successful and loved coach. I uncovered it from the huge archive I have while looking for another decade old image.

Gene Keady

Gene Keady

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Product Photography

June 23, 2014 by admin | Comments Off

I’ve been doing product photography since 1986.
This photograph of a hub was created for Oerlikon Fairfield about a decade ago.9and10

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We are dynamic, we have to look that way.

April 7, 2014 by admin | Comments Off

I was retained to photograph a group of cutting edge consultants for a new initiative.  I was given the freedom to do something unexpected and engaging, the client was pleased.  I decided to post this today, because I saw many of these portraits posted elsewhere on the internet, and forgot how much I liked this group of photos.  Click image for larger view>>Purdue Foundry

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Big city work for Big Louie and Frank!

April 5, 2014 by admin | Comments Off

My studio may be in the middle of Chicago, Indianapolis, and nowhere; I am equipped to do big city work. Four hundred pound, 12 foot Foba studio stand to get shots like this, and plenty of lighting. I’ve worked with Kate, Big Louie, and Frank for a number of years. This still life is for the 2014 From Frank®0118ff catalog. Kate got a new friend for Frank and Louie named Walter? Kate, anything to do with me?

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