"If a day goes by without my doing something related to photography, it's as though I've neglected something essential to my existence, as though I had forgotten to wake up".
Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989)
Nothing evokes memories and emotions for me like a photograph. I love viewing them, and I love creating them.
The world is beautiful, and life is amazing. It is my desire to use my talent to capture the power of a moment, and the essence of the individuals who make them.
The special events in our lives pass too quickly. Let me ensure you have the best possible photographs to record and immortalize those powerful moments.
The focus of my work includes journalistic coverage of events, and emotive portraiture.
My client list includes:
Beretta USA
AAPC
Southern Virginia University
Alliance for A Cappella Initiatives
SoJam
A Cappella Innovations
LoveJoy Jewelry
Truth LLC
Ethical Publishing LLC
The News Gazette
In addition to the many couples and individuals who have allowed me into their lives to record some of their important moments.
So in my last post we met some of the individuals who make up Svengali and Spa Virgo. In this post I’ll share some of the images I took of their space, and their work. This is a full service establishment, offering everything from facials, hair, nails, and many types of massage. Definitely worth checking out!
Svengali and Spa Virgo can be found at, 225 Lark Street, Albany, New York 12210. Call 518.462.0560 to set up an appointment, tell them Michael sent you!
My friend Moira works in a salon called Svengali or Spa Virgo. When they saw the work she and I had done, they approached me about doing some for them. What resulted was a very fun day with some beautiful and talented people.
Here are some photos I took of these beautiful people!
I’ve been talking to my friend Jory for awhile now about doing some work together. She’s an amazing athlete, and a beautiful woman, who I thought would be an excellent candidate for some ideas I’ve had about expressing ideas of womanhood and strength. Today we got together for some test shots, and I think my hunch was right on the money. I can’t wait to do more work with her!
Well, I’ve been looking forward to it for months, ever since I heard there was a chance I might have the opportunity to take photos of the upcoming visit of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. It was postponed once, but the World Ethical Foundations Consortium came through, hosting a wonderful event, and doing Albany the great honor of bringing His Holiness for his first ever visit to the area.
His arrival at the hotel was greeted by local Buddhists who lined up for a chance to meet His Holiness. He graciously took a moment to acknowledge each of them as he moved past the many cameras and reporters who had also gathered to record his arrival, and participate in the press conference which would be held soon.
To be fair, these aren’t new images, but I’ve been seeing a lot of flowers popping up in my friend’s galleries lately as a result of this lovely warm weather, and it brought me back to these images, which were the first I ever took with my D700.
A week ago I went down to Salon Virgo in downtown Albany to do some shots for my friend Moira Mills (the one with the dogs). She does bodywork, and we had conceptualized some images we could do with some of her clients that she could use for her website, advertisements, and to decorate her workspace and apartment. She brought in four of her clients, all of whom were great to work with. Here are some of the images from that shoot.
I’ve heard it said that genius is close to madness. I’ve even heard it claimed that the greatest artists have to be a little crazy. I don’t know that I believe that, but it’s interesting to consider.
I have a friend named Moira who does Rolfing, a type of deep tissue massage that makes grown men cry. It’s reputedly very good for one’s posture, and general structural alignment, but I’ll get more in to that later. What’s relevant to this post is the fact that several months ago she did some work on me in exchange for a photo session with her dog Sassy. The months were cold, and time passed, but this warmer weather prompted us to take Sassy to the dog park, along with her new family member Cisco. The four of us had a lovely evening, both at the park, and back at the house. These are some of my favorite images from that session.
I’ve decided to put some effort into my blog and see if I can’t create something I’m actually interested in publicizing. So here is my inaugural post to commemorate a day of learning all about web hosting, domain pointing, and ftp management!
In celebration, here’s an image from a recent shoot with Mike Baker. He and I are working together to create a series of images for use in an upcoming edition of “Odin and the Sphinx”, which I’m very excited about.
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