Fusion – abstract photography
It is not often that I print my Rust Rapture pieces on paper – normally I print on canvas because they print up so well in large formats like 2 x 3 feet. This client asked for a large format print on epson luster paper so they could frame it for their front foyer. This piece is called Fusion. It is from a 1940 Buick Rat Rod. These abstract photographs are all derived from the exteriors of old vintage hot rods whose exteriors have been left to the demise of mother nature – the heat, rain, sun and belt sanders. The resulting patinas are spectacular. Often these print can be hung in any direction but on Fusion, there is a door knob – yep that is a door knob in the top left which sort of need to be in the right place.
![Mosle Installation of Fusion Abstract Photography](https://www.johnnystevens.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif)
Mosle Installation of Fusion Abstract Photography
Shooting formal portrait of Charlotte
Shooting formal portrait of Charlotte
Charlotte Dalton is 102. I met her a year ago when she called me to ask me about an abstract photography print I had on display at the Flatbed Press Art Gallery here in Austin. Charlotte is an accomplished painter and artist. I thought it was time to shoot a formal portrait of her, so I enlisted my sweet wife Samantha to help with makeup. I love enlisting Samantha as my assistant to help me shoot, because it is the only time I can tell her what to do.
![Formal portrait of Charlotte by Johnny Stevens Austin Texas](https://www.johnnystevens.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif)
Formal portrait of Charlotte by Johnny Stevens Austin Texas
![Shooting Portrait of Charlotte Dalton](https://www.johnnystevens.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif)
Shooting Portrait of Charlotte Dalton
Buck Moore Feed and Pet Supply Composite Portraiture
As my architectural photography work slows in the winter, it lets me enjoy my next favorite passion – composite portraiture. When I saw the Austin American Statesman article about Buck Moore Feed and Pet Supply closing after 72 years in business, I was inspired to ask the owners, John and Ken Bushong, if I could shoot their portrait for posterity. The shop was ideal for a photo shoot since it has iconic items like a 1920’s cash register:
![Buck Moore 1920 era Cash Register](https://www.johnnystevens.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif)
Buck Moore 1920 era Cash Register
a 1930’s adding machine, and scales that are over 50 years old. I knew this setting would be perfect for a composite portrait where I light and capture the people first, then remove them and the lights from the scene, and then go around the room and pop a light on different areas and paint in those spot lit areas layer by layer in Photoshop.
![Johnny Stevens portrait photographer Austin spot lighting at Buck Moore](https://www.johnnystevens.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif)
Johnny Stevens spot lighting at Buck Moore
![Spot lighting the portrait scene at Buck Moore](https://www.johnnystevens.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif)
Spot lighting the portrait scene at Buck Moore
I love the drama that spot lighting gives you because each light pop comes from a different direction.
![John and Ken Bushong composite portraiture](https://www.johnnystevens.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif)
John and Ken Bushong composite portraiture