My series in dramatic portraiture continues with Mark Brouwer – a model from Chicago with comedy and acting skills.

So imagine this session: photography, laughter, fun conversation, and music – life is really good when these elements come together. Mark was fun to work with – he kept things lively, and I appreciate that. I am typically the one making sure everyone is laughing at my photo shoots. So having Mark contribute to the liveliness that day was really fun.

I wanted to create some dark images with Mark. I asked if he could bring clothing that would work well with the “dark” themed photo shoot, which led to a conversation about what I meant by “dark”. He mentioned that he had a dark green trench coat. Perfect. The trench coat ended up looking great on screen. I also wanted the lighting to be more harsh than with my previous dramatic shoots. I made sure to stay away from softboxes and only used gridspots and bare-bulbs on my strobes.

You can check out photos from previous model photo shoots: Camille Kurowski, Debra Lopez, and Ankita Baxti.

Here are a few of my favorite images from our photo shoot with Mark. The final composite images will be on a new blog post soon:

Behind The Scenes

My many thanks to Mark for his professionalism and humor! I hope you have an amazing career in modeling and acting. You rock dude! And a super thank you to my amazing wife, Christina, for being so supportive, for doing a great job on Mark’s hair, and for rocking out the Flip Mino HD. Thanks babe!

The Set-Up

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