HOW TO ROCK YOUR HIGH-SCHOOL SENIOR PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY SESSION
Hey there, soon-to-be grads! Senior year is the year, isn’t it? Full of “lasts” but also a lot of “firsts,” including your senior portrait session. And with a fresh later summer and early fall weather rolling in (here in Madison, Wisconsin as well as the rest of Midwest), the pressure is on! If you’re wondering […]
BUSINESS PORTRAIT OF DEAN AT UW-MADISON
Meet John Karl Scholz. He’s an economist and dean of the college of Letters and Science at University of Wisconsin- Madison. I photographed him in his work office back in the fall of 2019. Business portrait request I was finishing up several editorial photo assignments for UW- Madison Letters and Science magazine. And then, last […]
EXECUTIVE HEADSHOTS OF COMMERCIAL BANKERS
Initial inquiry This article is about my recent photography project, where I photographed business headshots for commercial bankers at State Bank of Cross Plains. Firstly, their marketing team reaching out for me to put a headshot photography bid together for 60+ bank employees. Figuring out the approach for business headshots Secondly, we’ve discussed the feel […]
BUSINESS BRANDING AND VISUAL IDENTITY PHOTOGRAPHY FOR TRAIN608 GYM
What is business brand? Simply put, your brand is your promise to your customer. Business branding encompasses your business style, your business vision. It tells your clients what to expect from your products and services. It shows how your business differentiates from your competition. Your brand is derived from who you are, who you want […]
PHOTOGRAPHING PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS PORTRAITS OF TWO UW- MADISON SCIENTISTS
About photography assignment: This photo assignment was a second time editorial team from UW College of Letters & Science reached out to me. First time I photographed a professional portrait of University of Wisconsin Economics department professor David Johnson. This time Letters & Science magazine team wanted me to photograph 2 portraits of professors and […]
10 QUICK TIPS ON HOW TO PREPARE AND LOOK BETTER IN BUSINESS HEADSHOTS AND PORTRAITS
PREPARING FOR YOUR BUSINESS HEADSHOT AND PORTRAIT SESSION After nearly a decade of working with people and photographing business headshots and portraits, I’ve found that I need to tell my clients many of the same things to prepare them for their sessions. So here is a quick break down of the topics I feel will […]
CASUAL HEADSHOTS OF AWARD-WINNING FREELANCE WRITER
Photographing casual headhsots of an award-winning writer As an editorial photographer, I get to work and meet some interesting and amazing people. And not just people directly involved during editorial photography session. But also, people who do heavy lifting behind the scenes: art directors, writers, other freelancers, etc. In 2016 and 2017 I had a […]
7 Key Differences Between Headshot and Portrait
In article below, I’ll briefly discuss several key differences between headshot photography and portrait photography. I will also include some photo examples from my portrait and headshot images from my archives. I hope this guide will help you to learn more about differences between headshots vs. portraits and learn what suits your needs best. 1. […]
BUSINESS PORTRAIT OF MADISON POLICE CHIEF
Photographing Business Portrait Of Police Chief Mike Koval I’m sitting in a small room with two doors. I entered the room via the one on the right. The one on the left one has sign. Sign says had “Restricted access”. I’ve been staring at the “Restricted access” sign latter for about 10-15 minutes now. Suddenly, […]
TRAINS, MILKWEED, LITTLE PEOPLE AND OTHER MIRACLES OF FALL
TRAINS, MILKWEED, LITTLE PEOPLE AND OTHER MIRACLES OF FALL Fall is my favorite time of the year. Partly because I finally can spend more time with my family after a busy editorial and wedding photography season. But also because of tranquility. Long walks. That damn delicious fresh air in my lungs. And definitely fair amount […]
PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO FOR RENT IN MADISON WI
PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO FOR RENT IN MADISON WI UPDATE: STUDIO IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR RENT PLEASE CHECK OUT STUDIO 54 AT HINCKLEY PRODUCTIONS INSTEAD Photography studio conveniently located near East side of Downtown Madison WI, about mile away from Wisconsin State Capitol. While photography studio is occupied and used by its resident photographers on a daily […]
HOW MARRIOTT REWARDS CONCIERGE TEAM ROCKED LAMBEAU FIELD
When event coordinators from IMG Live (an Atlanta, GA based experiential marketing company with award-winning strategy) reached out to me late last fall I had no idea who they are nor what they do. Even after talking to them and learning about the company and corporate event that had to photograph I still had no […]
BUSINESS PORTRAIT OF A FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER
Business portrait of a freelance photographer Rômulo Morishita Ueda reached out few weeks ago with pretty a straightforward photography request. He’s looking for an updated business portrait taken for his website. However, two things make his request more challenging. First, he’s a good friend of mine. Second, Romulo is a photographer himself. While I take […]
Dark Days :: Why Grass is Always Greener On The Other Side?
DARK DAYS by PAULIUS MUSTEIKIS I knew it would come. I was expecting it. It happens every winter. And this winter is not any different. Work load slows down. Life slows down. My brain starts to pick up a signal. I’m about to start new chapter. And it’s then when the cold winter darkness descends […]
ONLINE FARMER’S MARKET | PRODUCT PHOTOGRAPHER MADISON WI
For one of my recent work projects I did some product photography for Madison WI based online farmer’s market with home delivery for local food called Square Harvest. Square Harvest online farmer’s market store is scheduled to fully launch in April 2015 and will feature a wide selection of produce, meats, fish, dairy and eggs. […]
SLOPIG 2015 PHOTO BOOTH | MADISON FOODIES GET WEIRD AGAIN
SLOPIG 2015 PHOTO BOOTH by PAULIUS MUSTEIKIS Spring of 2015 brought us back to The Madison Club for SloPig event. A mix of 0ver 300 of local farmers, vendors, food lovers, food industry folks showed up for the 5th annual event. I was given several bottles of Wondermint Peppermint schnapps liqueur by Death’s Door Spirits and […]
BEHIND THE SCENES | FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY PROCESS STEP BY STEP
FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY PROCESS STEP BY STEP It all starts at the restaurant where Dan and I sit down at the bar and talk. We have very limited amount of time (2 days only) and a list of approximately 15 dishes. What we need is to select 3 dishes out of those 15 and photograph them. […]
ISTHMUS FOOD ASSIGNMENT | MAD CITY FRITES POUTINE + TEDDYWEDGERS
MAD CITY FRITES POUTINE AND TEDDYWEDGERS So yesterday I got a new assignment from Carolyn, art director at Isthmus. This time I had two stops. Both very conveniently located with three blocks on State Street. I put Teddywedgers and Mad City Frites on my stop list. After a nice 30minutes winter walk I meet Anthony […]
MADISON MAGAZINE: SANDWICH FEST | SHOOTING MAGAZINE COVER
SANDWICH FEST: SHOOTING MAGAZINE COVER I’ve been photographing a lot of food lately. Maybe because food and winter go well. Maybe its because my food photography network did increase exponentially. Maybe a little bit of both. (: One of the bigger recent assignments was an article called “Sandwich Fest” with 9 sandwiches from 9 different restaurants […]
MADISON CLUB EMPLOYEE HOLIDAY PARTY PHOTOGRAPHY @ BISHOPS BAY
EMPLOYEE HOLIDAY PARTY PHOTOGRAPHY by PAULIUS MUSTEIKIS It’s 2015 and we just opened up new season for our photo booth here in Madison, WI! Everybody knows photo booths are fun. That’s a scientifically proven fact. Our photo booths happened before and they will happen again in the future! We say there is nothing wrong with […]