Sally Brown on the cover of Austin Woman

I got to do a cover shoot for Austin Woman last month-Sally Brown at The Lake Austin Spa and Resort. A great location and a beautiful, sassy subject to boot. The weather was not so cooperative though, it was actually raining when this shot was taken. A little digital retouching and...Check out the sky I added (below).

Suzanna Choffel for Austin Woman

I recently had the pleasure of shooting Suzanna Choffel for an Austin Woman style shoot. Suzanna is a singer/songwriter and doesn't normally model. She is amazingly photogenic and was very laid back about the shoot, willing to try whatever. It was a lot of fun. I got to choose the location-an artist compound in East Austin called Artpost. (They host open studios once or twice a year and if you have a chance to get to one, the place itself is worth the trip.) For more images go to http://www.smcintyre.com/

Suzanna waiting for the shooting to start.

Another Cover!

I recently finished a story on the art scene in Austin for Austin Home Magazine and am pleased to see my portrait of artist Roi James on the cover! For other portraits in this series see my website, in the main portfolio: http://www.smcintyre.com/

Tom Smothers

Another story that didn't make it to the About page:

I don't shoot celebrities often. It really is easier to do my job if I'm not distracted by the giddiness that comes from meeting someone bigger than life. But I loved spending the afternoon with Tom Smothers. He was the John Stewart of his day, and had many incites to share, not all of them funny, some in fact, rather dark. But he loved to tell them, loved having an audience to share with. A real people person, you don't often meet.

See more portraits: http://www.smcintyre.com/

Shooting naked

While working on my new website I wrote some stories for the About page that didn't make it into the mix. I thought this blog would be a good place to share them. Here's one:

Most challenging shoot: 5 naked sax players on Auditorium Shores for the Naked Austin Calendar.  I've had more physically difficult shoots, like shooting in a clean room in silicon valley with a mask and gloves on and high humidity (try seeing through a plastic mask when your breath keeps fogging it up), or shooting out of a helicopter, but this shoot sticks out in my mind because of pesky passersby and their camera phones. I like my subjects to feel comfortable, and while this was a very uncomfortable shoot, people stopping to take photos bothered me and I had to run a few off. Note to self...next time maybe don't shoot the naked guys on Auditorium Shores.

See more work: http://www.smcintyre.com/

THE MAN SHOOT

I just finished shooting Austin's 10 most eligible bachelors for Austin Monthly. It was a lot of fun and also challenging. The magazine doesn't have a budget for an assistant, hair and makeup or a stylist. The images they showed me for examples were highly styled, and great images, but tears from magazines with very large budgets. My approach was to make the images more about the guy in it, while having some fun with the atmosphere of the pictures. The ladies from the magazine (Cory Rivademar and Jessica Power) did an excellent job making it all work.

See more in InPrint Portfolio: http://www.smcintyre.com/

My favorite outtake.