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What is the purpose of a headshot?
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What is the purpose of a headshot?

assignments, Headshots, Studio

What is the purpose of a headshot?

2026-04-14T17:26:45-04:00April 14th, 2026|assignments, Headshots, Studio|

A business headshot isn’t just a nice photo. It’s your first impression, your personal brand, and in many cases, your silent salesperson. Before someone reads your bio, responds to your email, or takes your call, they’ve already made a judgment based on your image. Whether it’s on LinkedIn, your website, or a speaking engagement page, your headshot sets the tone. It tells people who you are, how seriously you take your work, [...]

Maestro
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Maestro

assignments

Maestro

2024-05-03T16:58:51-04:00December 7th, 2023|assignments|

Bradley Cooper's movie Maestro is a bio-pic about composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), a towering figure in American cultural history. I found the movie to be uneven, but with great cinemaphotography, amazing makeup and non-stop cigarette smoking. I don't want to give anything away, but the movie was mostly about his personal life and not about his impact on music, theatre and culture. I had an assignment for Lord & Taylor at their [...]

From my archives: magazine assignment to photograph Maryanne Trump Barry

2024-05-03T16:58:51-04:00November 13th, 2023|assignments, Phil Cantor|

I was assigned to photograph Judge Maryanne Trump Barry for New Jersey Monthly magazine. The date was July 1994 and Judge Barry was a Senior United States Circuit Judge

Assignment: Album cover for well-known Vibraphonist
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Assignment: Album cover for well-known Vibraphonist

assignments, creative

Assignment: Album cover for well-known Vibraphonist

2024-05-03T16:58:51-04:00May 31st, 2023|assignments, creative|

Album cover photograph for Ted Piltzecker's latest album "Vibes on a Breath."

What’s in the Bag?
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What’s in the Bag?

art photography, assignments, Corporate photography, Photo tip, Photography, photography tips

What’s in the Bag?

2024-05-03T16:58:51-04:00March 10th, 2022|art photography, assignments, Corporate photography, Photo tip, Photography, photography tips|

The contents of my main hard shell camera case & soft bag. These came on every on-location photography shoot that I went to, mostly corporate photography assignments.

Photo Restoration: Old memories made new
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Photo Restoration: Old memories made new

assignments, Montclair, Photography

Photo Restoration: Old memories made new

2024-05-03T16:59:30-04:00April 10th, 2020|assignments, Montclair, Photography|

You’ve had that box of old family photographs tucked away in a closet, gathering dust. Photographs of your parents, grandparents— memories that are LITERALLY fading away. Well, now that we’re all stuck at home all day, maybe it’s time to digitally restore those precious family heirlooms and bring them out of the closet.