Author Archives: JP

Sometimes I like to throw some information out into the world hoping it will help another photographer somewhere along the way. This recent shoot for a group of FIT visual presentation students was a blast. We did the work at the beautiful Mill Neck Manor on Long island, and I must say that this team [...]

Spatial Awareness project Kodak Portra 160 Hasselblad 501c “Untitled 1-10” © 2012 James H. Pickett

For my newest project, which I have entitled “Spatial Awareness”, I shot approximately six rolls of Kodak Portra 160 through A Hasselblad 501c. My initial edit of the 72 frames captured resulted in a tight edit of 21 images, which was later edited to a final 10. The 11 images shown here are the un-chosen [...]

Photographer: James H Pickett First Assistant: Flaviu Nasarimba Second Assistant: April McMillan Stylist: Ray Kimbrough Make Up Artist: Erica Luong Model: Sarah Persson

This is my first venture in video, the entire film was shot in about two hours. Editing took a little longer considering I had to teach myself final cut to produce it. Dancers Courtney Horton and Sarah Music: Jared Funari, “Sunrise”

I have decided to come clean, part of my brain cannot resist vacant lots, and failed businesses. Occasionally I can’t resist the desire to just pull over and set up an image. It has come time for me to start sharing those images with all of you. The following will be the first of many [...]

Its that moment, where there is nothing but passion in your soul, and the world disappears around you leaving you in a silent state of perfection un clouded by distraction… it is what i live for, it is creation. © 2011 James H Pickett