Magazine Assignment: Ft. Benning

Late Friday afternoon, I got a scratchy cell phone call at my office from the editor of RTO ONLINE MAGAZINE; one of his employees was at Ft. Benning for his son's graduation from Airborne School and he wanted photographs for a story. Luckily, I was able to adjust my schedule and was at Airborne Walk at 8:30am, where I worked for two hours on a very cold and windy Saturday morning. Here are a few of the best shots. Note the orange and white towers in the background of the portraits; these are iconic structures for the Airborne community, where trainees are hoisted to the top under their opened parachutes and dropped 250 ft. to the ground, the final phase of training before they leap from "perfectly good airplanes". The father, Jim Deering, was himself an Airborne graduate thirty years ago, which was the reason for the story.

Honor our troops and Keep Shootin',

Kenny

Columbus Ballet: Studio Portraits

Hello, everyone. My studio, in the Rankin Art Center, is a wonderful resource for area photographers. I teach classes there (CSU Continuing Education) and it is available for rent by those qualified to use it. More and more former students and freelancing pros are reserving the studio, and I am impressed with the portraits they produce.

I had the pleasure of photographing all of Columbus Ballet's Nutcracker dancers, in costume, just before Thanksgiving and thought you might be interested in my lighting diagram. The three-dimensional look of the portraits is largely due to the two skim lights, which are a recent addition to our lighting options in the studio.

See more of my ballet portraits here.

Columbus Ballet here.

Register for studio and other photography classes here.

Support the local arts and Keep Shootin',

Kenny