Headshots promoting inclusivity for people with disabilities on the North Shore

Headshots aren't just pictures. They are recognition. They are awareness. And they are a passport to the next big thing.

I recently teamed up with HumanKind Casting and the non-profit Northeast Arc to provide headshots and modelling portraits for people with disabilities. The fantastic make-up and hair is by Alexandra Dale.

This well-attended photo-clinic was designed to help promote inclusivity for talent casting, and employment integration for those living with disabilities.

We were on-site at NorthEast Arc’s location in the Liberty Tree Mall in Danvers, Massachusetts.

Making Portraits with Local Non-Profits

Taking stock of my recent work, I have a significant number of portraits from collaborations with local non-profits. They range from staff headshots to LinkedIn-ready profile pictures of students in their various initiatives.

I’ve met some really great people, and people who really make a difference in their neighborhood and the entire city.

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Avenue

Avenue (www.avenuecdc.org) build affordable homes in Houston, with education programs to help families build long term assets. I had the opportunity to capture staff headshots in their headquarters.

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LISC

The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (www.lisc.org) assist community organizations in underinvested places. We made headshots for the graduates of their leadership development workshops during an ambassador reunion event.

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CCSC

The Christian Community Service Center (www.ccschouston.org) work to reduce the effects of poverty in the local community through emergency services, food bank and education programs. Headshots of JobNet graduates get them a head-start on building LinkedIn profiles and their resumes.

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Families to Freedom

Families to freedom (www.familiestofreedom.org) serve victims of domestic abuse. The ladies in the staff headshots below literally transport people away and to safety.

Portraits of a DeLorean owner in Houston

In this ongoing series of DeLorean owner portraits, I’ve had the honor of meeting a number of owners and got a close up look at their vehicles. This one is Robert with a 1983 DMC12. It is in great shape and has been regularly driven which seems to lower maintenance issues compared to low mileage examples.

You can find more images from this series of DeLorean owner portraits in my DeLorean Gallery.

If you are a DeLorean owner in Southern Texas, feel free to contact me if you’d like a portrait taken with your vehicle!

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Reality is distorted, and photographs correct it.

When you look up, the parallel sides of tall buildings seem to converge into the distance due to perspective.

A large format camera, as used to take this picture, can correct the verticals back to parallel for a more stable-looking architectural picture.

But in shots such as this, the camera is too close to the buildings to completely correct the lines. As a remedy, the image has been scanned and a second correction is made digitally to finish the effect.

Digital and film are working hand in hand here because the camera wasn’t able to complete the correction, and a digital correction alone would have degraded the image quality dramatically.

An interesting paradox of architecture photographs is now uncovered – what we call ‘corrected’ is actually a highly processed and distorted view that never existed in reality.

Below are a few examples from my series of Houston architecture images ‘Dueling Towers’. Fine-art pigment prints using high quality metallic paper are available for collectors - contact me for more information.

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Fillippo Nenna's prints at Art on the Avenue

The annual Art on the Avenue auction is a huge event. Rooms and rooms and corridors full of spectacular art.

I had two photographic prints in the auction - both were of a 2017 lightning storm over downtown Houston, and both of which sold with all of the proceeds going back to Avenue.

This is the first public showing of my fine art prints, and the images were really nice. I chose a wide black mat with a white core and a deep metal frame.

Cityscapes have been a way for me to explore Houston, and auctions like this one for Avenue have been a great way for others to see, and even own one of those prints. My work is almost exclusively black and white film these days, and I aim to have some darkroom prints available in the future.

Fil's interview with Voyage Houston

I had the opportunity to describe my work to Voyage Houston, and the article was published today.

I used it as an excuse to show off some of my vintage camera collection, get the story out that I take epic city-scapes as well as portraits, and self-indulgently feed my own ego. It has not been fed in a while.

Voyage seem to be exhaustively cataloging all of Houston’s artists and entrepreneurs. Even though their almost un-edited style can make for a difficult read sometimes, it is nice to have a site full of local creatives sharing their stories.

Thanks for reading!