On the Rocks

Photography: Kelly Grzasko Model: Justin Merker

4am

Justin and I were both were up at 4 am to drive several hours (from opposite directions) in order to meet at Clingman’s Dome to take advantage of the early morning light, the misty misty air, and the fantastic vistas. Model: Justin Merker of Suit & Tie Magic Photography: Kelly Grzasko

Behind the Scenes

Some photographers are able to get exactly what they want in camera. Honestly most of my images are about 90 percent where I want them to be off the card, but, I almost always give my images a little 10 percent boost. I thought I’d show you how things go down: I’m not doing anything […]

In a world devoid of color

For this one I was a little more experimental. I don’t generally like selective color, I think it tends to look tacky and amateur. I can’t decide whether I was successful in my endeavor to make it not so. But the scene was already very much devoid of hue, and I simply altered the sky […]

The Beat with Noelle

I found Noelle through model mayhem where I fell in love with her stunning brown eyes. As I typically do when I’m browsing models, I look for someone who inspires an image or a feeling for me. When I saw Noelle, I imagined her as this french girl from the 60s leisurely reading and smoking […]

Mermaid Rachael

Wonderland 3

I’m not totally loving this logo, but I’m practicing. Design is something that I really struggle with. This one seemed cool at first, because I’ve been thinking about using my initials (since my name is really hard for people to spell…) but the K just looks to Asian. My own signature is pretty hard to […]

Wonderland 2

Drink

I wanted to play around some image fuzz. I like the imperfect hazy look. It seems like it adds a certain nostalgic moodiness to the imagery. I don’t know, I’m playing with it.

The best part of the Meal

This was going to be for a shoot that I dreamed up for JFG coffee. Note, I do not have any affiliation to, preference for, nor represent this company or their coffee..Its just a local-ish coffee brand that has a sign on the South side of town. I wanted to start creating mock ad campaigns […]