No Color. No Environment.

No Color. No Environment.

Color and environment consistently define my portrait work. Or so I thought. 

A new client recently contacted me to shoot portraits of a corporate staff. 

“We want them in black and white against a solid gray backdrop,” they wrote. 

I raised an intrigued eyebrow and continued reading. 

“We want to showcase the human element and drama of who the staff are,” they wrote. “And we can tell by your work that you have a great connection with people.”

As much as a try, it’s impossible to see my own work as an outside observer. I really value this feedback when I receive it from my clients. It helps me see my work in a new way and push my limits as a photographer.

 

 

An asian american man sits with a notebook and pen in front of a gray backdrop in a black and white portrait

A young woman in a black dress sits with her hands crossed in front of her chest in front of a gray backdrop in a black and white portrait

A bearded man with a black sweater sits with an apple laptop on his lap in front of a gray backdrop in a black and white portrait

A woman with short hair and a nose ring wearing a white top sits cross-legged while writing in her journal in front of a gray backdrop in a black and white portrait

A man wearing a hat with an N on it and holding a dog sits in front of a gray backdrop in a black and white portrait

A woman in a black blazer and long blonde hair sits in front of a gray backdrop in a black and white portrait

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