Pittsburgh Commercial Photography Shoot Here are a couple portraits from a commercial photography shoot I did for an local (international) client. We spent two days in a coal mine in Utah and got some really great images. I’ve been playing with a couple different post-production techniques and each of these I did with a…
Pittsburgh Industrial Photography shoot on location I love doing most types of commercial photography, but one of my very favorites is industrial photography. I find is so interesting to drop into a location or business, and see what it is they do there. I’ve been to some very interesting places over the years, both…
Pittsburgh Photographer Michael Ray, talks about is Magazine photography shoot for Grocery Headquarters Magazine. Project: Cover photo of the CEO of Giant Eagle, for Grocery Headquarters Magazine Composition: You can see that the composition was pretty loose, to allow plenty of flexibility for the magazine’s Art Director. I needed to allow room for the…
Here’s a portrait from earlier today. And Interesting face for sure…
No, I’m not getting into baby photography, but I love this personal photo and wanted to share it…
I had a job postpone this afternoon and I decided to take a little walk down into the Strip District of Pittsburgh, and take along my camera. I’m usually not a photo journalist type of photographer, but I’ve been thinking about coming up with a personal project to develop in my days off. So out…
Yet another Pittsburgh Chef Portrait of Bill Fuller in one of his restaurants, Soba
It’s a tough job, but somebody’s gotta do it… Here’s a recent model headshot I did here in the studio. Wish her luck in her NY trip!
Here’s another Pittsburgh Chef. Some of these guys are really nice people and easy to work with and this guy was especially cooperative, and very photogenic to boot! I’m trying to include a lot of environment into the shots, but I think in the future, I might pull in a little tighter…
In keeping with my Pittsburgh Chef / Restaurant photography theme, I thought I’d share with you a video I did for Light Of Life Mission. The interview was conducted to give the mission ammunition for its social media campaign, to be used on their blog, facebook, twitter, and the like. We ended up getting four…
Here is a portrait of Pittsburgh Chef Kevin Sousa of “Salt of The Earth Restaurant”.
Here’s another portrait of one of Pittsburgh Great Chefs, Justin Severino of the Cure Restaurant.
Here’s another chef shot. I’m finding that these chefs are all really great guys and this one is no exception. The Hyeholde Restaurant is actually an historic Landmark, built the the 1930s, and a very beautiful place. My goal in shooting all these chefs is to include their environment, as much as graphically possible. I’m…
I’ve started a new personal project that I hope Pittsburgh Magazine will pick up later in the year. The idea is to capture the “Chefs of Pittsburgh”. I know it’s nothing profound, but neither am I… :o) Here’s the first shot in the series…
Here are some recent photos I shot for a very good cause and some really great people, the Light Of Life Rescue Mission.
Here’s a fun shot we did for a Pittsburgh client, Write automotive. I just couldn’t help myself from doing a little “post production” to enhance the photo, but nothing too crazy. And for payment, I tried to trade my services for the yellow car, but the client, for some strange reason, wouldn’t go for in…
Had a great shoot these last couple of days shooting industrial photography, not in Pittsburgh, but in Charleston, WV.. More sample to come when I get a chance to edit through the images…
The new techniques that I’ve been playing with are really great with most commercial photography situations. Here are to industrial – type commercial photos from the same shoot, that I’ve applied the techniques to,with good result.
I’ve been reworking some past executive portraits with a new post-production technique that pulls out detail otherwise lost. I’m really seeing how this makes a huge difference in the overall feel of the photos.