December Twilights

I figured December would be a slow month - I figured wrong. Several interesting projects came my way, including a 1,000 sq. foot condo, several large homes over 13,000 sq. feet, and a ranch formerly owned by Dale Evans. Each property lent itself to a twilight photo - here are some of my favorites.

Restaurants X 4

I again had the pleasure of shooting more food for a project at The Dallas Morning News. Specifically, 4 restaurants at a new(ish) mall. Only problem, they needed to be shot quickly, and as timing would have it, some were to be shot during the lunch rush. Typical schedule for a newspaper shoot.

I had about 2 hours to get all the food photographed (normally, I would spend at least that long in each restaurant) while also shooting various product in some of the shops. Below are a few of my favorites.

NBA Championship Trophy

iPhone photo

While shooting a promo photo for an upcoming event featuring members of The Dallas Mavericks staff, I was able to squeeze in a few photos with the NBA World Championship Trophy. Pretty cool to see it up close.

iPhone photo

iPhone photo

Friday Night Football

I have not photographed a football game in well over 10 ten years, but this past Friday a client asked me to get a few shots of the Southlake Dragons game against Fossil Ridge. I only had time to shoot part of the first quarter, but was able to walk away with a good mix of photos. Here are a few of my favorites.

Good Enough To Eat

I love to photograph food and restaurants and a recent assignment at The Dallas Morning News had me shooting four restaurants at Lakeside Market in about two hours. Normally I spend at least two hours on one restaurant, but that's the way it goes in the newspaper business sometimes.

Here are some of my favorite shots from the shoot.

Reds Bar and Grill

Reds Bar and Grill

Seabreeze

Ziziki's

Breadwinners

I Want This House

copyright 2011 - stephen reed photography

I am lucky enough to photograph a lot of beautiful homes, and while they are extraordinary, most are too big and not to my taste. I recently photographed a home for Tricia Weiner of Dave Perry-Miller & Associates  (www.daveperrymiller.com) that had me from the get go. I knew as soon as I walked in the front door that this house would be special. Everything, from the furniture to the art to the finish out, really caught my eye.

Here are a few of my favorite photos from the shoot.

Now, all I need is to hit the lottery and this puppy is mine!

One Doc, One Light, Two Looks

I recently had the privilege of photographing Dr. Alan Miller at Baylor Hospital's new Sammons Cancer Center. The plan was to shoot Dr. Miller in his new lab, but with the grand opening about a week away, the lab wasn't photo ready. Plan B - photograph him in one of the spacious infusion rooms.

Not the most photogenic, umm, it wasn't photo ready either. Plan C - panic. Looking around, I found a hallway leading off the infusion area that might provide a nice backdrop. I quickly set up one speedlight and a shoot through umbrella to get this shot.

I thought that I could make it a bit more dramatic or at least give it a more scientific/medical feel, so I gelled the flash with a full CTO, switched the camera's white balance to tungsten and came up with this.

Didn't change much, but got a much different feel, all in a couple of minutes.