The Afro Project

I am starting a new series of portraits that I am calling "The Afro Project". It is will be a series of portraits of people of all ethnicities and ages with 'fros'. We are going for an urban vibe and everything will be shot with the same lighting and steel background for the series.

Our first shoot was yesterday. As a photographer you have a vision in your head of what you want to capture when you set up a shoot. Yesterday was a perfect example of the photographer and subject working together to go beyond what was initially envisioned and getting some even better photos. My subject, Greg, is a skater and showed up for the shoot with his headphones on, aviator glasses and a skateboard. We went through my intial ideas for the shoot and then started having fun with his "props". Here are some of the results...