One of the candids I took while I was on location in Philadelphia. I love the way the man in the chair is headed into the bright light streaming into the windows, completely blowing out the details making it look like he’s rolling into some sort of abyss. Is mentioning the exit sign too obvious…?
I did a quick shoot yesterday in the office of a employee for the firm’s website. We needed a casual, seamless shot like most of the photos I’ve been taking. She was a bit nervous and, like most people that I’ve shot, she said she was terrible at getting her picture taken. I assured her [...]
One of the things about my new career path that is exciting to me is getting to experience all of these new things which haven’t happened recently or at all in my design career. I get savor the little things along with the big things, and I’m far more excited about my work these days [...]
Last night was a night of a few firsts. It was the first time I’d set up a full blown studio shot at home in my apartment, it was the first time I shot using a plexiglass base for the setup, and it was the first paid freelance shoot that I did outside of work. [...]
As a designer, I often find myself critiquing design every where I go – would I have set the type the way this billboard is, or, how did the designer get that effect. Now that I am doing more photography I’m finding that I’m doing the same with photos, although since I’m so new to [...]
Jonathan Gayman is a St. Louis photographer who specializes in corporate, commercial and food photography. Exhibit5a was Jonathan's first blogging adventure but is largely dormant at this stage. For more recent postings check out Jonathan's new St. Louis food blog called Shoot To Cook