Fine Art Portraiture

Fine art is where I work without a brief. There's no LinkedIn crop to fit and no firm standard to match — just light, color, styling and a story told in one frame.

Planned like a painting

These are staged portraits, and each one starts long before the camera comes out: first the light and the set, then the wardrobe, then the person. A woman in period dress working with clay bowls by lamplight. A potter at her wheel in a rustic workshop. A girl in a lilac gown walking toward a stone tower in morning mist. Most are made in camera; a few are finished as digital compositions.

Why it's on a headshot photographer's site

I came to photography from graphic design, and this work is where that shows most. The things that make a fine art portrait work are the same things that make a good headshot work — where the light falls, what the background is doing, how a face holds an expression. Fine art is how I keep that eye sharp.

Shown, not sold

This work is here as a portfolio. It is not for sale as prints. If you came for a session, see headshots, portraits and personal branding.

Fine-art portrait of a woman in period dress working with clay bowls by lamplight.
Fine-art portrait of a woman in a striped satin gown beside antique milk cans.
Fine-art portrait of a woman at a potter's wheel in a rustic workshop.
Fine-art portrait of a woman in a flowing gold gown against a painterly dark background.
Moody portrait of a woman seated with an acoustic guitar.
Digital artwork of a Day of the Dead figure in a floral hat and black lace beside a car under a stormy sky.
Fine-art portrait of a woman in a silver gown seated on an ornate carved chair.
Fine-art portrait of a woman in a gold gown with large golden wings.
Portrait of a young girl in a blue-green dress on a red leather sofa.
Portrait of a young child in embroidered traditional dress among antique rugs and cushions.
Fine-art portrait of a girl in a lilac gown walking toward a stone tower in morning mist.
Fine-art portrait of a girl in a dark dress on a red velvet sofa holding a teddy bear.
Fine-art portrait of a girl on a swing in an ornate red patterned dress against a brick wall.
Beauty portrait of a woman with dark hair resting her hands beneath her chin on a teal background.
Portrait of a girl in denim overalls seated against a weathered blue wall.
Fine-art portrait of a woman with red curly hair in a cream gown holding ballet pointe shoes.
Painterly fine-art portrait of a woman in period dress with a blue headscarf holding gold silk.
Conceptual portrait of a woman in a white gown embracing a large globe.
Artistic studio portrait of a figure seated behind an acoustic guitar.