Root Beer © Leland Bobbé
This is one of the portraits I shot last summer at an upstate New York summer fair. This woman and her husband were selling root beer floats and everything else root beer and were both dressed in these red and white outfits. We first asked the man and he declined but his wife was into it. I thought this plain whit wall with its vertical lines complimented the outfit well. This was shot in open shade using a reflector and punched up in Photoshop.
Love-Harley © Leland Bobbé
I found these two beautiful kids at an upstate NY summer fair in Walton, NY. We approached each kid’s parents, told them we were there to shoot portaitz and the kids and the parents were into it. I love the way they compliment each other. Shot with natural light and a reflector.
Jed © Leland Bobbé
This is another portrait from my recent trip to New Orleans. I found Jed playing stand up bass in a band on the street in the French Quarter. I approached him during a break and it turns out the band came all the way down to New Orleans from Maine just to play on the streets. I found this great wall right around the corner and shot this in about 5 minutes.
David Roselyn © Leland Bobbé
Recently in New Orleans for a wedding Robin and I spent some time roaming the French Quarter looking for interesting faces for portraits. Armed with my camera and a reflector we came upon this gentleman playing guitar and selling his cd. I love these kind of faces, so much character. He was game and this was the result.
Dr. Flux Triptych © Leland Bobbé
I recently saw a snapshot of Dr. Flux on Facebook in his half woman half man persona and immediately got in touch with him to see what we could do together in the studio. He brought some costuming but we decided to go for the stripped down approach to really emphasize the message. I shot the profiles to possibly use next to each other and while we were editing Flux suggested looking at the full nude shot in between the individual profiles and this is the result. Below is the tighter single that we liked best. I’ll go out on a limb and predict some contest wins down the road.
Dr. Flux © Leland Bobbé
VFW © Leland Bobbé
Cheeky Lane © Leland Bobbé
Frank © Leland Bobbé
Three of my portraits have been awarded in the 2011 Loupe International Competition. VFW and Cheeky Lane each won Bronze awards while my studio portrait titled Frank won a Silver Award. A nice way to end the year . . .
© Leland Bobbé
My portrait above taken at a summer fair in Deposit, NY was selected by the editorial committee of the One Life Photography Competition to be included int their upcoming museum quality book titled One Life Photos. This was an international competition and only a select few images will appear in the publication. Thank you One Life!
Owen © Leland Bobbé
My photograph titled Owen was just awarded as a nominee in the 5th Annual Photography Masters Cup in the portrait category. This competition honors color photography only. This was shot right on the streets of NYC using a 200mm lens, natural light and a reflector.
