© Longmont Times-Call 2014
It has been a long time since I have posted anything. Here are a few editorial portraits I made in the last couple of months. Enjoy. Continue reading
Speedlights
Environmental Portrait: Longmont Welder
© Times-Call 2012/MediaNews Group 2012
I made this picture for a story on a local welding company owned by the woman in the photo. It was an idea I had for a while but didn’t have the opportunity to shoot. To create it, I used the cutting torch as the main light and a variety of gelled speedlights to shape the rest of the environment around the subject. It turned out more or less how I had envisioned and it ran at a decent size in the printed edition. Click through to see the final page.
Work From the Workshop
© Matthew Jonas 2011
Whew! My apologies for the lack of new posts lately. I have been busy recharging. Last week I attended the Rich Clarkson Sports Photography Workshop in Colorado Springs. What an experience! Here are a few of the pictures I made on a self-assigned shoot during the workshop. Special thanks to “Billy” Blair for taking time out of racing to shoot a few portraits and for allowing me to strap an unwieldy remote rig to the fork on his bike. I promise I will use a lighter camera next time!
Assignment First: Water Polo Player Portrait
© Matthew Jonas 2011/Evergreen Newspapers 2011
I love “assignment firsts”. Making a portrait of a high school water polo player for the Columbine Courier sports section was definitely a first for me. I didn’t know we even had non-collegiate water polo clubs in Colorado.
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