Appearing soon at your local dentist’s office, bird cage floor or recycle bin.
Yesterday the April issue of Cleveland Magazine appeared at my door, and it reminded me that I never bragged about my recent cover shot for CleMag. I’m surprised I let a month slip by without a blog post on the subject, but then again I’m not that great at gloating.
My March, 2011, portrait of Dr. Kathryn Teng was a nice change from the more freestyle assignment I am used to. Very tight layout requirements and strict control of background lighting are a few of the challenges of shooting a cover.
Besides commandeering a small conference room for the studio shot on blue seamless, we also did a cover try of Dr. Teng in the lab. Finding the perfect location for an environmental cover shot is a unique challenge, so Art Director Kristin Miller and myself spent a lot of time touring the Cleveland Clinic to find the right spot.
My personal favorite is the environmental portrait, and the magazine loved it too. But market research told them that covers on seamless will sell better, so that shot wound up on the table of contents. (see the pix in my post below.)
Dr. Teng was one of the best cover subjects I’ve had the pleasure to work with. She could turn on the smiles when needed, adjust her poses minutely to our specific needs and could repeat it all endlessly. And unlike a few models I can recall, she didn’t need to count on her fingers to remember the poses. ; )
Anyway, the point of this blog posting is this: March came in like a lion and no one noticed my cover shot on Cleveland Magazine. Now you have to go to the dentist to see it. Or your local library!
Also, see below for my other two portraits of doctors for the March Top Doctors issue. Happy Spring everyone….
