Maternity Session with Adriana and Danny

I had a 9 am Maternity session with Adriana and Danny Tuesday. Adriana went into labor during the session and left for the hospital after the photo session and delivered their 5 pound 6 oz son Iden @ 9:01 pm. That was cutting it a little close...New born session next week.

Santa Baby Pin-up Session

I had a fun Santa Baby Pin-up session Wednesday night with Jessica Queen and Lisa Featherstone. All the images were captured at the Studio On Main Street in Fort Mill, SC.

Sunrise Portrait Session Uptown Charlotte, NC

Saturday morning I had a sunrise portrait session with the lovely Grace Valentine in Uptown Charlotte, NC on the Little Sugar Creek Greenway. The Greenway has a great view of the Uptown Charlotte which makes a great back drop for Urban Portraits.


Strobist Info:
All photo lit with 2-bare 580EXII + 1-430EXII flashes camera right. Triggered with Radiopopper PX system.Post-processing done in Photoshop CS5.
Model: Grace Valentine
MUA & Wardrobe by: Grace Valentine

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! Hope you have a wonderful and Safe Thanksgiving! Such a great day to spend with our friends and family. Now to get geared up for the Christmas Holiday.
 Here's a few Children Christmas Portraits taken earlier this week.

High Key Portrait of Laura

Laura, a photo by G. H. Holt Photography on Flickr.

High Key Portrait of Laura taken at the Studio on Main in Fort Mill, SC.

Low Key Portrait shot during the After Dark Education Event

After Dark Charlotte, NC, a photo by G. H. Holt Photography on Flickr.

Low Key Portrait shot Sunday night during the three day After Dark Education event held at the Hilton University in Charlotte, NC. This was an awesome photographic learning experience. Great mentor and a lot of awesome models and make up artist. I can't imagine the amount of planning that took place to pull off such a great event. My hats off to everyone involved in make this event happen! And thanks for bring After Dark to Charlotte, NC.

Steampunk

Steampunk, a photo by G. H. Holt Photography on Flickr.

Single AB800 with Octabox and Grid camera left. Triggered with Cybersyncs.

Kimmery

Kimmery, a photo by G. H. Holt Photography on Flickr.

Another portrait of Kimmery shot at the Studio On Main in Fort Mill, SC.
Lit with sigle AB800 with 50" Apollo Softbox camera left. 40"x72" silver reflector camera right. Triggered with CyberSyncs.

Portrait Kimmery Stepanek

Kimmery Stepanek, a photo by G. H. Holt Photography on Flickr.

Portrait of Kimmery taken at Studio On MAin in Fort Mill, SC.

Portrait of Terri Lynn

Terri Lynn, a photo by G. H. Holt Photography on Flickr.

Natural light portrait of Terri Lynn Smith. Taken at the Studio On Main in Fort Mill, SC.

Low Key Portrait Terri Lynn

Terri Lynn, a photo by G. H. Holt Photography on Flickr.

Another Low Key Portrait of Terri Lynn at the Studio On Main in Fort Mill, SC.
lit with Single AB800 in 50" Apollo Softbox 90 degrees to model Low camera right. Triggered with Cbersyncs.

Low Key Portrait of Terri Lynn

Terri Lynn, a photo by G. H. Holt Photography on Flickr.

Low Key Portrait taken of Terri Lynn.
Strobist Info:
Single AB800 in 50" Apollo Softbox 90 degrees to model camera right. Triggered with Cybersyncs.

Senior Portrait Session With Sonya of Ardrey Kell

Senior Portrait Session With Megan Glunt of South Mech

Senior Portrait Session with Karen from South Mech

Portrait Stephanie Hatley

Portrait Stephanie Hatley , a photo by G. H. Holt Photography on Flickr.

Portrait of Stephanie Hatley shot in natural light in The Cave at Studio On Main in Fort Mill, SC.

Senior Portrait Session

Fun Senior Portrait Session today at the Studio On Main with Karen and Megan from South Mech High and Sonya from Ardrey Kell High.

Better Late Than Never...The Books finally published

Strobox 2010 finally made it to the printer. This turned out to be a tougher project than imagined. Well better late than never...

Portrait of Kindra

Kindra, a photo by G. H. Holt Photography on Flickr.

Portrait of lovely Ms. Kindra

Butterfly Portraits

DSBG 8-11-2011 5, a photo by G. H. Holt Photography on Flickr.

Went to Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens Thursday to shoot something with more than two legs...

Portrait of Brittney Welch

Brittney Welch, a photo by G. H. Holt Photography on Flickr.

Another portrait of Brittney Welch shot in "The Cave" at the Studio On Main in Fort Mill, SC.

Erin and Will's Wedding Party

Erin and Wll's Wedding Party, a photo by G. H. Holt Photography on Flickr.

Erin and Will's Wedding party shot on July 2, 2011 in Charlotte, NC.

Portrait Of Brittney

Brittney, a photo by G. H. Holt Photography on Flickr.

Portrait of Brittney Welch in The Cave at Studio On Main in Fort Mill, SC.

Portrait Terri Lynn

Portrait Terri Lynn, a photo by G. H. Holt Photography on Flickr.

Portrait of Terri shot at Drapper Wildlife Management Area in McConnells, SC.

Strobist Info:
2 bare 580EXII + 1 430EXII on Bracket camera right, Triggered with PocketWizard Flex and Mini Combo.
Iso 100 f2.8 1/500

First place CPMG Portrait Contest Aug 2, 2011

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!

Charleston, SC Shoot-out Weekend, a photo by G. H. Holt Photography on Flickr.

Shoot Out Week-end in Charleston, SC.

Coffee Carolina Style

Nothing I like better than sipping a nice cup of home roasted coffee in my morning room.

Portrait of Brittney

Brittney, a photo by G. H. Holt Photography on Flickr.

Another portrait of Brittney shot in "The Cave" at Studio On Main in Fort Mill, SC. Lit with 2-580EXII fired through umbrella camera right.

Another Portriat Of Brittney

Brittney, a photo by G. H. Holt Photography on Flickr.

Another portrait of Brittney Welch shot is The Cave at Studio On Main in Fort Mill, SC.

Brittney at the Studio On Main in Fort Mill, SC

Brittney at the Studio On Main in Fort Mill, SC, a photo by G. H. Holt Photography on Flickr.

Black and White Portrait of Brittney Welsh. Shot at the Studio On Main in Fort Mill, SC.

Depth Of Sunflower Field

Sunflower, a photo by G. H. Holt Photography on Flickr.

Shot at Drapper Wildlife Management Area in McConnells, SC. We will be doing a Wildlife shoot in the fields on Sunday 7/24 with members of the Charlotte Photography Meet-uo Group and Charlotte Wildlife Photography Group.

Yet another sunflower Portrait Session

Yet another sunflower Portrait Session, a photo by G. H. Holt Photography on Flickr.

Getting the most out if the Sunflower fields in McConnells, SC. We had a nice evenings shoot in the Sunflowers fields. I think they will hold out through the weekend if you still have not had a chance to shoot there yet. They won't last much longer so don't delay your session!

Amanda-Sunflower Portrait Shoot Drapper-WMA McConnells, SC

Amanda-Sunflower Shoot Drapper-WMA McConnells, SC, a photo by G. H. Holt Photography on Flickr.

Portrait of Amanda in the Sunflower field at Drapper Wildlife Managemant Area in McConnells, SC.
Strobist Info:2 bare 580EXII + 1 43oEXII on Bracker camera right, Triggered with PocketWizard Flex and Mini Combo.
Iso 100 f2.8 1/800

Sunflower Portrait Session

We had a fun day shooting portraits in the Sunflower fields in the Drapper Wildlife Management Area in McConnels, SC.