After an incredible amount of research and application of her endless and amazing creativity, the wonderful author, J. Courtney Sullivan, has completed her latest novel, The Cliffs. I’m excited to have been the fortunate photographer she selected to take her back cover portrait; shown above. If you’ve never read any of Courtney’s books you simply must. She has a talent that one can only dream about. I wish her amazing success with this book and may she release many more as well-written and engrossing as this one. For me, this was a really fun project. Courtney was not big on the fanfare of a formal photoshoot. So we had to plan a more relaxed setting to make it work - and as it turns out a mutual friend hosted us (and others) for a summer afternoon getaway - where the opportunity presented itself for me to take a more natural shot in a relaxed setting.
Headshots and portraits can be taken in many different settings. Whilst there is often more control gained from lighting in a studio setting (for more formal headshots etc) leveraging the office, outdoors and other settings can present wonderful environmental spaces to take close up or even more full-body portraits.