Virginia Photographer » Portrait

Portrait of Virginia Steinway Artist, Marjorie Lee

admin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:07:45 +0000

Recently we made this portrait of Virginia Steinway Artist, Marjorie Lee. We set up our lighting at Steinway Piano in Tysons Corner, VA. Marjorie and her husband, Kennith Lee, run the Lee studios of music in Vienna Virginia. They are both accomplished musicians and inspiring teachers.Read more about Marjorie and her students at http://www.marjorielee.com/.

The portrait was made in the Steinway Piano store in Tyson’s Corner, Virginia. For more information about Steinway Piano in the Washington DC area, visit: http://www.steinwaypianodc.com/

Reston Virginia Portrait Photography

admin — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:35:36 +0000

I was recently hired to make casual portraits of structural engineers. I elected to use the “structural elements” of the firms building in Reston Virginia.

Modeling Headshots

admin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:21:32 +0000

Stewart Photography now does acting and modeling headshots in our Herndon, VA Studio (Studio 76). In the past we’ve turned these jobs away, but I’ve really enjoyed doing these lately and I’m happy with the resulting images. It’s refreshing to do a little work that’s not “guys in ties” or other business portraits, so I want to promote these portrait photography services. It’s difficult to do a really good single portrait at an affordable price for an individual starting out in modeling or acting. Ideally, a makeup artist would be on set, but this added expense is hard to justify when your just starting out in acting or putting together a modeling portfolio.

We are offering two packages for modeling and acting head shot photography:

HEADSHOT: A headshot is $400 for the portrait session in our Herndon Virginia Studio. This includes changes of wardrobe as necessary to get one spectacular portrait, but it’s head and shoulders only.

COMPOSITE CARD: This $685 package includes three looks that are radically different from each other. The package is designed to be laid out as a group of photographs for a modeling comp card. We also offer layout of the modeling comp cards for an additional $160 and can submit the final product to Washington DC’s top modeling agencies for $80.

These prices are for Personal Promotion only. Head shots for commercial advertising purposes may be priced according to usage.

We also do free model testing on occasion, so send us a JPEG image and we will keep you on file. Model testing is our way of trying out new photography techniques and equipment before we bring them out on assignment. Model testing is play time and sometimes yields the very best photography.

Cookbook Food Photography

admin — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:17:38 +0000

Nile Style: Egyptian Cuisine and Culture has won a Gourmand World Cookbook Award for best Arab cookbook . Stewart Photography produced the food photography and a portrait of the lovely and talented author, Amy Riolo. We congratulate Amy on winning this award for her wonderful cookbook.

Photographic Subject Matter

admin — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:56:34 +0000

The key to making good photography is to get the camera in front of something interesting. Putting the camera in an interesting place or looking closely at something of interest usually make good pictures. I try to find clients that can get me in front of something worthy of photographing. If the product, person, or place isn’t of interest to the intended viewer, then there’s only so much I can do to make a successful photograph. “It is what it is; I just take pictures of it.” My job as a photographer is to recognize the qualities of a subject that are the most intriguing and focus on those qualities.

Finding a good subject matter for photographs has been the driving force in my life. It drives almost everything I do, including having two kids. I told my wife that I wanted kids so that I would have someone to play with, but the truth is I needed portrait subjects.