Philip Nealey Omaha Photographer -unsharpmasked

Photo: Boy and his hamster

pnealey — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:33:39 +0000

This shot was part of a stock photo shoot for Getty Images. It just happens to be an image I really like– something about his expression and the fact the hamster was looking at the camera too. Some have asked if this and some of my other photos are “HDR” And the answer is no, and it is [...]

Food Photography: Burger

pnealey — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:21:35 +0000

If you want to be a food photographer in Omaha you should probably have some meat in your portfolio :) This was shot as a stock photo. I have retouched hundreds of burgers for McDonald’s and some for Burger king. Both have very specific ways in which they want to present their product — tomato w/water droplets or without, color of the [...]

Portraits and Photoshop: Matt

pnealey — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:22:15 +0000

Here is another corporate portrait done in a similar style (and an alternative) to the last two I posted. For several reasons, we opted to shoot the portraits on a neutral color and composite them in Photoshop with the backgrounds in post production. While its not always the best way to handle it, there are [...]

Photo: Geri’s portrait

pnealey — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:44:56 +0000

As a continuation of the Corporate portrait case study I recently posted here is another image in this series. Recently I’ve been thinking more and more about the typical corporate head-shot. Granted there are a lot of good corporate photographers out there, but many of the portraits remind me of my old school yearbook pictures. [...]

Stock Photo: Think Summer – Margarita

pnealey — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:18:24 +0000

As I look out my window here in Omaha Nebraska there is very beautiful softly falling snow. The trouble is, although I like snow, I think I’ve had enough this year. So this stock photo is for everyone (like me) who needs a few minutes to think thoughts of summer. Notes on the [...]

Food Photography: Pancakes

pnealey — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:11:58 +0000

I have recently been working on updating my portfolio of food photography. My focus while shooting stock photography over the past several years has been people and lifestyle, but really enjoy shooting food (I enjoy food in general), and have included it in my stock photography. For over eight years, I was business partners with [...]

Photo: My little assistant

pnealey — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:22:19 +0000

When I was setting up for the corporate portrait session from the last post, my little girl was in the studio and wanted to be my assistant. She was very diligent helping me set up, and used a couple of her stuffed animals for stand-ins, then came over to the camera and I let her take [...]

Case Study: Corporate Portrait

pnealey — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:03:26 +0000

This is a recent corporate portrait for a friend of mine, Mark Johnson of Mark Johnson Communications. We used just a small crop of the image on his business cards. The final image will be used in other marketing material. As you look at the other images you can see the progression of the concept. First the image [...]

Photo: Red and White Tulips

pnealey — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:17:27 +0000

Fine art photo of red and white tulips A tulip is a perennial plant in the genus Tulipa.

Photo: White Tulips

pnealey — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:59:43 +0000

Fine art photograph of white tulips