Hyper-Reality Composite Portraits

What is a Composite Portrait?

Composite portraits are a unique way to capture your family's personality with hype-realistic art.  I'll tell your personal story by creating a portrait using dozens of individually captured images, masking them on the computer, then layering them into a full composition.  The result is a personalized interactive portrait you'll cherish for years to come!

This is not your standard family portrait.  

I've shot hundreds of family portraits, but these composites require a completely different process.  

First of all, they take more time than you can imagine to create.  Each composite can take over 40 hours to complete just on the computer alone.  That doesn't include the time learning about your family and what you're looking for, the actual photo shoot, and possible additional shoots.  I typically limit the number of clients I have to three per month. This gives adequate time to produce your unique portrait with the highest quality possible.

Secondly, due to the time and expertise to create these pieces of art, unfortunately they're not the inexpensive family shoot taken at a local park.  This style takes planning and endless editing after the shoot. To give you a ballpark figure, my reservation fee is $500.  My composite portraits start at $1,700 depending on the package you choose and the canvas size needed for your home.

But fear not, payment plans are available!  I know that the price tag on this type of portrait will scare away a lot of people.  It's hard to justify the price when there are so many other things you could spend money on.  Cable, cell phone bills, car payments, vacations, etc.  But think about this, will cable help you remember this time of your kids lives?  Will you remember that conversation you had on your cell phone in a month, year, decade?  These family portraits capture who you are, right here, right now.  

Now I'm not advocating dumping cable to get a portrait done, but with a payment plan, isn't it worth it?

"I Love Them!  How do I get one for our family?"

Because of the high demand for these composite portraits, availability is limited.  Contact today to schedule a time for us to meet!

Kooky Kids

These are so much fun!!  During your family composite shoot, we can also capture the personality of your children.  I can find an out-of-the-way spot in your home to set up my flashes.  When the kids start to lose interest in the composite shoot, they can let off a little steam by making faces at the camera.  I'll play with the images in post and get some prints made for you.  Yes, they're WAY over the top, but that's what makes them so much fun!  And the best part is there's no extra charge!  This is just part of your composite portrait experience!

SPORTS

While working for an online newspaper, I was able to shoot professional, college and high school sporting events.  This was far from lucrative, but sure was a good time!  I've let my press credentials slip a bit as life has given me different opportunities, but I still shoot high school games and athlete profiles when time allows.  It won't be long before the itch grows stronger and you'll see me at more Vikings, Twins and Gopher games!

HDR OIL PAINTINGS

When time allows I have been working on my first book.  I've developed a style of landscape photography that I haven't seen before.  I shoot HDR photography and manipulate it in Photoshop to create a painted look.  In the mean time, many of these images are available for purchase on Fine Art America.