I have a great client named
Giffin and Crane Construction. Bruce Giffin and Geoff Crane are not only truly nice guys, but they are the best in construction. What makes them a great client for me is they ask me, to do “my thing” for them. Every few months I get a call to photograph someone to use in a newsletter they send to clients.
I get to construct a photograph for them.
This one of Project Engineer Steve Potter was just that, a construction project. Steve was game for my ideas of making it look like he was able to walk on water.
What you don’t see in this image is all of the infrastructure we had to create to hold it together. Just like a house, you don’t notice the foundation, the wall studs, or insulation, what you see are the finishes.
This was made of lots of parts. The sky was from one frame, and becasue the clouds were moving the dappled sunlight on the house and lawn came from still another frame. The light used on Steve’s face was rather close to him and had to be removed. And then of course there is the capture of Steve, again it’s own snap. I had to make sure everything fit together. Also, I love to suggest a little humor in my photographs whenever I can and so the umbrella adds just that little bit of question.
I create narrative driven portraits on location. This time, Montectio California.
