Senior Portrait Photography Session, Watercolor, Florida
Since I am wanting to expand into the senior portrait arena I was excited to be chosen for this senior's session. She was a lot of fun to work with and I feel the session yielded some really nice images of her. The idyllic community of Watercolor served as a great...
Grayton Beach Family Portrait Photography Session
This was my first of several photo sessions at Grayton Beach near Seaside, Florida. The whole area is known as 30a, after the small stretch of highway called 30a. Since it is a very affluent area, with expensive accommodations we opted to stay in the Ark at Grayton...
Fort Walton Corporate Headshot Photography Session
This was a session I was able to work in for a man in Fort Walton, FL. The session took place in his kitchen as I happened to be in the area where he lived. It was a quick turnaround. It was a nice change up from Beach portraits where I am at the mercy of the...
Pensacola Beach Family Portrait Photography Session
This session consisted of 3 families that have traveled together as years, and basically operate as one big family. They were a lot of fun. I included many of the "photo bomb" shots and bloopers as they help capture the atmosphere that evening.
Standing with Brayden
I got an email from a grandmother a few weeks back about scheduling a beach session for her 1 year-old grandson, Brayden. She went on to tell me that Brayden has cancer in the form of an in-operable brain tumor. My heart sank of course, as I cannot imagine what pain...
Pensacola Beach Family Portrait Photography Session
2 days in a row now I have been able to be rain free on my sessions. This was another beautiful night in the paradise I call Fort Pickens. I started the session inside the fort itself due to the sun being a little too high and bright still which on the beach, produces...
Orange Beach Family Portrait Photography Session
For the first time in what seems weeks, I was able to have a session at the normal 6:00 time in order to take advantage of the "golden hour." The rain subsided and left me with a perfect evening finally. This session took me to the other side of Pensacola Pass to...
Pensacola Beach Family Portrait Photography Session
The theme of dodging thunderstorms continues. This time it had an additional degree of difficulty as the clients were just passing through Pensacola on their way to Orlando and wanted to stop for some family shots on the beach. Which meant I had a specific time frame...
Pensacola Beach Family Portrait Photography Session
And the rain continued. So once again I was forced to improvise with time and location. This time we found a window of dry weather from about 1pm until 3pm. I decided to shoot at the pier again because of the location to shelter from a downpour should we need it....
Pensacola Beach Senior Portrait Photography Session
Yet again, a session almost lost due to rain, and I mean torrential rain! We did manage to find a small break in the rain to get a few images. Not nearly the quantity I like to do for a senior portrait session, therefore I significantly discounted the session for...
Pensacola Beach Family Portrait Photography Session
This was my first session after vacation in Cincinnati. Unfortunately it did not go smooth as we were experiencing torrential downpours. I already had one session canceled and was determined to figure out how to accommodate this family. After speaking to them we came...
Pensacola Beach Couples Photography Session
This couple came to me to get some nice shots of them on their first getaway together since they had children. Once again, it was a beautiful evening for hanging out at the beach. I just love photographing out at Fort Pickens.
Pensacola Beach Family Portrait Session
After several session with wildcards (the one young kid in the group who does not like to sit still or smile :), it was kinda refreshing to have all the kids sit and smile on cue. Another beautiful evening out on the beach that ended with another gorgeous sunset....
Pensacola Beach Family Portrait Session
This was an early morning session, 7am. I forgot how much I enjoy being at the beach at sunrise. I also have not photographed at the Pensacola Beach Pier in a long time due to summer crowds. I just love the light, textures and structures, not to mention the incredible...
Pensacola Multi Family Portrait Photography Session
This may have been the largest group shot I have taken. And of course as with every large group there is a wildcard. And this one had a 2-year-old boy, J.T., that fit that role for them. He was tough to capture, but somehow I got him facing the camera in all three big...
Pensacola Corporate Headshot Portrait
In the midst of the chaos that is tourist season, I managed to squeeze in a quick headshot session. My office is the perfect size for headshots. But it does take over an hour to set up and tear down each time which is 4xs as long as it takes to get the shots. [gallery...
Perdido Key Family Photography Portrait Session
This family from Louisville, near my hometown of Cinccinati, had a great time visiting the National Seashore and enjoying the natural beauty and remoteness. It always makes it easier to get good shots when families are enjoying themselves. Fortunately all the families...
Navarre Beach Family Portrait Photography Session
Seems every shoot has been coming with its challenges lately, this time it was the combo of the wind and sun. Mid-day sessions are hard enough with the heat and harsh shadows of the sun but I can usually overcome that with an umbrella or disc diffuser. However the...
Pensacola Beach Multi Family Photography Session
This session was centered on getting some father's day shots among others. There were 3 families, A mother and father with their 2 daughters and husbands, each with a young child. They also requested that I take some "smash the cake" shots of the little boy who...
Pensacola Beach Family Portrait Session
This family of 5 were in from Texas, right around the area we stayed at several times while living in the motorhome. The 3 girls were so interesting to interact with as they had such different personalities from each other. Again I had the challenge of getting young...
Pensacola Beach Photography Session
This was just a quick session for a good friend with her beautful girls. She just wanted a nice shot with her girls, and a few by themselves. I think it was a great way to commemorate their trip together. I know I am biased, but my favorite shot is the one where my...
Pensacola Beach Portrait Session
Some good friends were in town and wanted to get a good family photo as they have no recent ones of them as a family. S I obliged and we shot out back of the Hilton. It was a little early in the day so the sun was still pretty harsh. Which normally can be fixed by...
Pensacola Senior Portrait Session | Fort Pickens, Florida
This was my first official senior portrait session! And I really liked it. Hopefully I can get more, especially once the family beach portrait season slows down. There are some things I think I need to incorporate into the sessions to bring out more of the...
Pensacola Beach Photography Session
A few years back this couple from Arkansas got married at this location on Pensacola Beach and since then had twin girls. They wanted to get beach shots taken of them and their girls in the same place and contracted me to shoot the session. It proved to be a somewhat...
Pensacola Beach Photography Session
The is the first of many to come luckily. I have had a surge in bookings and am elated about it. This family is from Oklahoma City, which recently has been shreded by tornadoes but fortunately for this family, they were not hit. Originally they are from West Virginia,...
Pensacola Beach Family Photography Portrait Session
It was another beautiful early summer evening on Pensacola Beach. This session was a mother and father from East Texas, with 5 children under the age of 8! Talk about getting worn out. But overall they were very well-behaved but, just as with any young kid, not eager...
Pensacola Family Portrait Session | Pensacola, FL
I see a lot of photographers here in town doing sessions at the Pensacola landmark 17th street bridge, aka Grafitti Bridge, and wanted to check it out for myself. And the family I was scheduled to photograph were a good match being eclectic and Pensacola residents.It...
Family Portrait Session | Cantonment, Florida
This was a nice break from the beach scenery, not that I don't love it, sometimes it is good to mix it up. This shoot was out in a more rural part of the Pensacola area on a homestead. The variety of shot set ups was endless, but I think I loved the corrugated metal...
Pensacola Wedding Photography (Part 2) | Pensacola, Florida
Sometimes with weddings it is so hard to have enough time to get the shots you want of the bride and groom together between the ceremony and the reception. Luckily that was not a problem as the bride and groom were less traditional and did not worry about the groom...
Pensacola Wedding Photography (Part 1) | Pensacola, Florida
It has been a busy last few days at Hamilton Images. One of the reasons is because I got the opportunity to document a wedding celebration, all the way from the rehearsal, to the reception. This group of images represent the session just before the rehearsal dinner....