Hurricane Isaac Photo Journalism | Pensacola, FL and Gulf Shores, AL
Well another Hurricane hit the Gulf Coast on August 26th, 2012, giving me another opportunity to achieve media attention with my images. Thankfully we did not get the brunt of the storm, but that also meant I did not capture images that garner national attention. But...
Pensacola Family Beach Portrait Session | Pensacola, Beach, FL
I was contacted by this family to shoot their family portrait as a momento of the parent's 25th wedding anniversary coming up. We agreed to do the session out at Fort Pickens. They were around 45 minutes late for the session, which would be fine if the sun wasn't...
Couples Beach Photography Session | Pensacola, Beach, FL
I had canceled the evening before this session due to wind, and unfortunately the wind was about the same this evening as well. However her hair was well suited to blowing in the wind and added a nice lively, flowing element to the images. We started shooting at "The...
Navy Memorial Service | Fort Barrancas, Pensacola, FL
I was contacted to document a Naval Memorial service for a man that had served in 3 wars and survived each one to live on to be 94 years old. The son, who was the person who contacted me, wanted me to take artistic style shots. And although the venue was not as...
Family Beach Portrait Photography Session | Rosemary Beach, FL
Originally I was going to photograph this family in Pensacola, but then realized they were staying in Panama City, which is 2 hours east. I had another shoot I could do down that way as well so I went ahead and took the session. We did the shoot at Deer Lake State...
Impromtu Portrait Session | Pensacola, Florida
I am involved i the Mahabhuta Yoga Festival that is scheduled to take place in November and have been shooting Yoga instructors for marketing materials. One of the instructors that needed some images came into Pensacola and we needed some images of him for the site,...
Corporate Headshots
Not sure what lighting or backdrop he needed for his company head shot, so we did several.
Family Beach Portrait Session | Pensacola Beach, Florida
I felt a little silly because when I spoke to them I thought they said family of 4, but when they showed up, there were 6 of them. So I just assumed they were one big family, especially since they were all in matching clothes. Eventually as I kept sticking them all...
Family Beach Portrait Session | Pensacola Beach, FL
This family got hold of me on a short notice but I had no sessions scheduled so it worked out perfectly. The oldest daughter was getting married, and they have never gotten a family photo before, so they figured this was the last opportunity before they welcomed...
Family Beach Portrait Session, Pensacola Beach, FL
I had wanted to photograph this family sitting on a lifeguard stand down in Fort Pickens but due to an unusually high amount of beach goers still around I had to change my plans to another close by location I have shot at in the past. We eventually went back to the...
Wayward Bypass Music Band Photo Session, Milton, Florida
This band is a group of friends that make great music together. I shot this photo session several years ago, but have since gotten better at post production and wanted to rework these shots as I always liked the way they came out.
Political Campaign Photography, Pensacola, FL
I have been working behind the scenes on political campaigns for several years. I have always enjoyed politics from afar, especially local races. This race for Circuit Court is proving to be especially interesting. This shoot was with the charismatic and photogenic...
Maternity Session, Seville Square, Pensacola, FL
While on vacation in New Orleans this couple contacted me about doing a maternity session, and the main concern was timing as she was due in about a week. So the day after getting back I arranged to photograph them. I don't like to do gimmicks much when it comes to...
Family Beach Portrait Photography, Pensacola Beach, Florida
This family from Arkansas was down in Pensacola on vacation and the wife decided she wanted to get some beach portraits taken. They located me online and called me. I had a light week so I was able to fit them in the next evening. The weather was perfect. Slightly...
Randy’s images from Pensacola flood gain national exposure
Recently Pensacola was deluged with over 21 inches of rain in under 24 hours. The largest rainfall in a single day in Pensacola's history. With that rain came epic floods here. I almost became a victim of the flood but escaped just barely. I knew this was news in the...
Real Estate Property Photography, Pensacola, FL
This was a gorgeous home in Aragon Court, a small development downtown that i dedicated to creating homes in the old Florida coastal-style. This house had many features that reminded me of our home, which is an original old Florida home, built in 1889.
Family Beach Portrait Photography Session, Pensacola Beach, FL
This fun family from Indiana found me through my website after searching online for a Pensacola Photographer. I had a really good time with them and felt like I really got some great shots for them. I did have to work around a father who, like me, did not like to have...
Mahabhuta Yoga Festival Presenter Portrait, Pensacola, Florida
I have been lucky to shoot several area yoga instructors for the upcoming Mahabhuta Yoga Festival and this shoot was one of the most satisfying. Or maybe the most relaxing I should say. It was a beautiful and warm early summer evening, right at the golden hour. It was...
More Nora Portrait Photography, Pensacola, Florida
If you don't know already, I like to photograph my daughter, a lot! I try to keep from posting most of the shots on here as she has her own website for that. However I really like the way these came out. I have been experimenting with tweaking colors and such in...
Newborn Photography Session, Pensacola Beach, FL
Our friends, Isaac and Lauren Newlin, had a little baby girl just 2 1/2 weeks ago and I offered to photograph her to help build my newborn photography. One of the poses I really wanted to try was the basket sitting on an old antique scale I purchased some time ago for...
Pensacola Wahoos Photography for Snowbirds Magazine
For the last few years I have been the main photographer for Snowbirds Gulf Coast. I have done over a dozen covers and other stories, but this assignment may have been the most fun so far. I was asked to cover opening night of the Pensacola Wahoos inaugural season....
Family Beach Portrait Session | Navarre Beach, Florida
This photoshoot was with a family who had several family members come in town over Thanksgiving. I knew a few of them already, and we were invited to share Thanksgiving with them, dressed as indians. The started a tradition that year of everyone dressing up as either...
Local Home Builder Project Shoot | Pensacola, Florida
This was the first time shooting photography for this Pensacola builder. I had only communicated with a representative of the company through emails and text messages, and the day of the shoot she was unable to make it so I have yet to meet anyone from there face to...
Project Photography, Pensacola, FL
I have been doing photoshoots for Sarah at Urban Objects now for several years, many of them being my favorite product photography I have ever taken. This shoot was done a little while back but I just find the angles and the curves to be so interesting I wanted to...
Portrait Session, Pensacola, Florida
My wife has gained many moms as friends through a great mom's network she is part of. This Pensacola portrait photography session was with a sweet little girl named Caoilinn and her mom. As usual it takes a few minutes for a child to warm up to the idea of a huge...
Magazine Cover Shoot, Panama City, FL
I was assigned to photograph this month's cover couple for Snowbirds Gulf Coast magazine. They were down in Panama City, but I was in the area already because I had been photographing yoga studios so I didn't have to travel down there just for the one shoot. We had...
Event & Festival Photography, Pensacola, FL
I got involved with the Non-profit festival, The Greater Good, about a year ago when the organizer needed to revamp the website design. In addition to creating and managing the website, I agreed to do photography of the one-day event. Unfortunately the day was washed...
Pensacola Visitor Guide Cover Shot, Pensacola, FL
This was just a shoot I was doing to practice with a new lens outdoors using my daughter, Nora, as my subject. It was pretty serendipitous that day with everything coming together perfectly. The skies were bright blue, the water was as clear as I have ever seen it,...
Staff Portrait Photography, Cincinnati, Ohio
This salon located outside of Cincinnati, Ohio is co-owned and operated by my longtime friend Beth Magella. I am the developer of her website and insisted she needed some good shots of her and her staff to make it come alive. To give it a personal touch. She tried a...
Moza and Company Photography, Pensacola Beach, FL
This is another client that I produced their website as well as service their photography needs here in Pensacola. This project was one of 4 I shot that day. This location was the Beach Club on Pensacola Beach. The main focus was to accent the tile work her business...