A little while back I had the opportunity to do headshots for a guy that’s not only my friend, but also my SEO/SEM consultant. Charles Lumpkin is as good as they get in my opinion when it comes to paid search. If you’re looking for someone with that area of expertise, give him a call today. I don’t think I’ve ever been around him when I haven’t learned something.

Anyway, he came to me during the middle of a personal rebranding and asked for some headshots reflecting his new style. I knew exactly how I wanted to play this. With such a handsome subject, my job was a cakewalk.

Unfortunately the day we were shooting was also the main day of the Atlanta flooding. This sent us into his office for most of the day. Using a custom 6′ wide roll of seamless paper (and by “custom” I mean I ripped it off the end of a wider roll), I was able to grab these two high key images.

I especially like this next one. Maybe it’s the photo journalist in me, but I love shooting people while they’re working. He had some stuff to get done, so I just said “Work away while I shoot.” This is a shot of an actual expert in the wild.

Later that afternoon, the rain stopped. Sorry ladies, he’s taken.

This is one of my favorite locations. If you time it right, you can make it look like traffic stands still for your subject. Plus it’s always fun to stand precariously in the middle of the street waiting for the light to change.