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Carolynne | Musician

headshots lifestyle

June 4, 2011

Carolynne came to visit along with her hubby, Jeff. A little bit ago I shot the author photos for Jeff's book, The Winner's Brain, and this time when he cam back to update his images, he brought along his lovely wife [and stellar kid, too...]

Carolynne is a pretty awesome musician so we spent some time creating some images for her new merchandise, promo material, and cd packaging. We sort of ran the gamut from very commercial to very not. She specializes in worship music so I wanted to make sure that we had a little sense of mystery in some of the images as well as the general happy go lucky lifestyle vibe... so that's what we did. Fun was had by all and we came away with some great images.

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eric

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NTC - Promo

headshots

February 24, 2011

While I was out in Denver last month, one of my charges was to shoot some promotional material for the National Theatre Conservatory class of 2011. After some discussion and throwing around all sorts of ideas we decided to go with a simple seamless, freeing their graphic desiner to go crazy and do something awesome. We had fun into the wee wee hours of the morning with some sexy pizza and delightful company... anyways, here's some of the outtakes of them [and me] being goofy and crazy as we get more tired. Good lookin' class, no? They're all destined for big things, have no doubt. You'll be seeing them in April when I'm out in Denver again shooting the final two shows they'll be doing in REP - Ah, Wilderness and As You Like It. Awesome and awesome :] Can't wait to see everyone again!

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eric

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Ailish says:

These photos are AMAZING! Great work Eric and the posers of 2011 ;)

(02.26.11 @ 04:55 PM)

Corey McNabb says:

"drives me nuts and I see it destroying people"... you said it, brother! Miss ya!

(04.08.11 @ 08:42 PM)

Anne says:

How funny- I just did a shoot similar to this for a 9 piece band. Eventually, it may make it to the blog. ;-)

(04.14.11 @ 10:13 PM)

Headshots for Everybody.

headshots

February 23, 2011

You all know... I already told you. I don't blog my headshot shoots regularly... actually, it looks like it's becoming about once a year. That's OK. I'm sure once a year is about all you all can handle anyways ;] So here's a few to look at - no particular order or anything, just from a few recent shoots that are sitting here on the hard drive. Can you spot yours truly in there? There's a couple from a light test I was doing a few weeks ago and didn't have anyone to sit in...

So in 2010 I had 328 headshot sessions - that's a lot of shooting... it's a ton of shutter actuations and a miracle that any of my cameras still function and respond to me. Actors, business folk, musicians, artists... you name it - from students getting ready to graduate from high school to the executives at Google I had a blast this year getting to learn all about people and where they've come from and where they're going. Capturing the little moments when they come up to the surface and take a quick sip of air...

Feel like seeing more? Need some new ones for yourself? Want someone to create simple and clean imagery that speaks to who you are and not just what you are? Head over to my headshot site and reach out. As always, I'd love to hear from you... even if it's just to say a simple hello :]

seek the joy

eric

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charlotte booker says:

Hey You, Mr. Eric!

I enjoy your Fbook stuff and love your headshots! Caitlin OC and Paul H never looked so good!
Wanted to say HELLO and also that I'd love to do the shots thang with you...but am SO phobic about the camera, blahblahboring...
When are you in NY and what are you up to now? Writing? Adventuring? etc? You sound so peripatetic! Hope you are well and happy and that we'll be able to schedule something when I'm not being neurotic...--xoxoxooxcharlotteb

(02.24.11 @ 12:33 AM)

New Year of Headshots

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January 22, 2010

The year has started off with a smash... shot a handful of weddings, a bunch of actors and performers, and convinced my puppy that peeing outdoors is definitely the way to go. So all's good in the :e:hood.

There's something kind of incredible about spending a serious amount of time noticing the small subtle moments in people's eyes. Whenever I teach classes on shooting headshots and marketing material one the biggest points that I try and drive home is that fact that it isn't portraiture, it's journalism. The moments that you're documenting are on a much smaller scale and all happen within the confines of the eyes, but it's journalism. Marketing yourself is all about who you are, not what you are. I am eric. That's who I am - a unique individual with a distinct prospective and experience. What I am? I'm a storyteller... for the time being ;] I'll contend any day that who someone is will forever be so much more alluring and attractive that what someone is. Thoughts for the day.

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eric

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