Inspirational Story

CLIENT: SC Living
EDITOR: Keith Phillips
ART DIRECTOR: Sharri Wolfgang
SUBJECT: Kara Robinson

The assignment was to create a portrait of Kara Robinson. Ms. Robinson's story is very inspirational. When she was 15 years old, Kara was abducted by a serial killer, stuffed into a plastic storage container, and transported to the abductor's apartment. There she was sexually assaulted and held for 17 hours. Ms. Robinson managed to escape her abductor when he fell asleep, then gave authorities details which led them to him (he eventually committed suicide as police closed in). The serial killer had already raped and murdered three other young women.

In August of this year, Ms. Robsinson, now 23, graduated from the SC Criminal Justice Academy and is a sheriff's deputy with the Richland County Sheriff's Department. She is a resource officer at a local high school. It was an honor to meet and work with Kara. She refuses to be called a victim. Her determination and courage are inspiring.

Here is the magazine's selection. It was lit with a large Chimera. The sun was diffused by a Matthews 12' x 12' overhead frame (which blew over right before the shoot). I shot it with a Canon 5dII with a 24-70 f/2.8 lens.



And, as usual, I had to shoot a little film too. The portrait was lit with a 22" beauty dish with a grid and a medium Chimera for fill. Two 24" x 36" Matthews flags helped control the light from the beauty dish. The background was gray seamless paper. I shot this with a Hasselblad 503 with a 150mm lens with extension tube. As you can see, the film was Kodak Ektar 100.

Diabetes Forecast Magazine

CLIENT: TMG/Diabetes Forecast
PHOTO EDITOR: Sara Elder
SUBJECT: Florene Linnen

Sara Elder, senior photo editor at Diabetes Forecast magazine, asked me to create an environmental portrait of Florene Linnen. While talking with Mrs. Linnen about possible locations, she mentioned that there was a river close to her home. After scouting, we decided to shoot there. We had light rain during the shoot, but that also gave us great clouds.

I used a large and medium Chimera to light the portrait. It was captured with a Canon 5dII and a 24-70 f/2.8 lens.

Here is Sara's pick for the magazine



Of course after capturing the digitals for the client, I had to drag out a film camera. In this case, I used a Holga, modified by HolgaMods (www.holgamods.com).

SC Living Magazine

Client: SC Living Magazine
Editor: Keith Phillips
Art Director: Sharri Wolfgang

Keith Phillips asked me to photograph the cover for SC Living magazine. The cover story concerned the football rivalry between Clemson University and the University of SC. We hired two models - Amanda and Brian Bluestein - from the Millie Lewis Agency in Columbia, SC to help us illustrate the story. Amanda and Brian were great to worth with. Their professional, fun demeanor contributed greatly to the success of the shoot.

Keith, Sharri, and I had brainstormed many ideas for the cover. We tried several variations and props. In the end, Keith and Sharri had quite a few options to choose from.

The image was shot on white seamless with a large Chimera as a main light and a 22" beauty dish with grid for a fill. I used a Canon 5dII with the 70-200 f/2.8 lens.

COVER IMAGE




Me with Amanda and Brian



Of course, I prefer this cropped version ... (no offense Brian).

Diabetic Cooking Magazine

CLIENT: Diabetic Cooking Magazine
SUBJECT: John Pasztor, Fayetteville, NC

I photographed Mr. Pasztor with a Canon 5D II with a 70-200 f/2.8 lens. I also used a Sinar X 4x5 camera with Provia film.

CSO Magazine

Client: CSO Magazine
Art Director: Steve Traynor
Subject: Brad McFarland, South Financial Group

The assignment was to produce an environmental portrait of Brad McFarland. After scouting, I decided to produce one exterior shot and one interior to give art director Steve Traynor a couple of options.

We were shooting around mid day in full sun so I used a 12' x 12' overhead frame on two hi roller stands with an artificial silk to soften the daylight. I then filled in with flash using a couple of umbrellas.

On the interior portrait, we had lots of available light coming through a bank of windows. I added one head with a grid on Mr. McFarland's face and an umbrella fill.

I photographed the portraits with a Canon 5DII with the 24-70 and 70-200 lenses.

New Website.

My new website is now complete. Please take a look - www.MiltonMorris.com . I would like to thank Angela Krass at fotoprojx - www.fotoprojx.com - for all of her assistance during this process. I also want to thank Robbin Stratford - www.RobbinStratford.com - for his great design on the new logo and website.

Palmetto Portraits

Palmetto Portraits
Images by Contemporary SC Photographers

Last night was the opening of the Palmetto Portraits exhibit at The State Museum in Columbia, SC. There are 275 photographs by 24 South Carolina photographers on display. Most of the photographers were present, as well as many of our subjects.

I would like to thank The Medical University of SC, The State Museum, and the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art for the opportunity to be a part of this project.

The photographs will be on display until January 2011.

CIO Magazine

Client: CIO Magazine
Art Director: Terri Haas
Subject: George Muller, CIO, Imperial Sugar Company

The assignment was to produce an environmental portrait of George Muller, the CIO of Imperial Sugar Company. Art director Terri Haas wanted a portrait that captured the industrial environment.

Since the company had experienced a deadly accident several years ago, safety is their top priority. Consequently, there were many restrictions as to where we could shoot and what equipment we could use. My assistant, Jeff Smith, and I were required to wear fire retardant suits, hard hats, safety glasses and steel toed boots at all times.

After scouting the plant, we found a great location that would give us the feel that we wanted for the portrait. We shot the job with a Canon 5DII and a Horseman 8x10 camera with Portra 160NC 8x10 film.