Eliza Vogel | Portland, Maine | Lifestyle and Commercial Photographer
Who doesn’t love a flower crown? I wanted to give this image a vintage/foggy look so I shot this through a piece of glass that I sprayed with dry shampoo.
Flowers for the weekend | Portland, Maine | Commercial and Lifestyle photographer
Eliza Vogel | Portland, Maine | Commercial and Lifestyle Photographer
Summer in Portland, Maine. My husband and I have talked about taking a few different trips this summer, but I’m the one who keeps turning them all down. This is where I want to be in the spring, summer and fall…still working on winter. Where do you like to spend your summer?
Petalage Florals | CERAMICA CO | Skye's Artisan Bakes | Portland, Maine | Commercial and Lifestyle photographer
I got to spend the afternoon with some magical ladies who all make different things. Michelle from Petalage, Hannah from Ceramica Co., and Mackenzie from Skye’s Artisan Bakes.
The three girls are all friends and they invited me in to capture the work they create. I had a lot of fun talking and getting lost in my head while creating some dreamy images.
Thank You Design | Commercial and Lifestyle Photographer Portland, Maine
I got to photograph Thank You Design’s new website photos and it was truly a pleasure. The day was jam-packed, about 30 minutes after I got there and unpacked I got a frantic call from my husband telling me that our basement had flooded so badly that he was shoveling water out of our basement through the windows. We had been having some work done on our roof and the workers left tarps on the roof through a storm that funneled lots of water into our basement.
ANYWAY, even though I was pushing really hard to get some good photos so that I could get back to help my little family I’m proud of what I was able to capture in that short amount of time.
Shucks Maine Lobster | Portland, Maine Product Photographer
Some work I did last year for Shucks Maine Lobster
I did these during the first summer of COVID in my home without a stylist. It is a lot to have to think about lighting and composition for a product shoot, but I had so much fun getting in my own head and making these images come to life.
Flux Jewelry | Portland, Maine | Commercial Photographer
I got the opportunity to do some work for Flux Jewelry this year. Not only is Carly just a lovely individual, but she is also an incredibly talented artist. I’m not going to lie, I LOVED working with these pieces and I might have worn them around my house wishing they were a part of my personal jewelry collection.
I’d love to hear what you think!
Tulip - Dutch Floral Still Life - Portland, Maine
When the pandemic started I started to search for things to photograph in and around my home here in Portland, Maine. I turned to flowers. This tulip was growing outside and I loved the colors. The yellow, the black, the deep red, they all told a story. I wanted to capture it like a painting so I focused on a long exposure moving the light around the flower to get the effect I was looking for.
This is one of my first and favorite photos from the early pandemic days.
The magic of Maine - Portland, Maine
Working on campaigns with brands is one of my favorite things to do. Getting to know a brand and to help that brand come to life via photography is the reason I do what I do.
That being said, I need to let my own creative juices flow sometimes and the lovely Jalyssa is always up to create things with me. She met me at my little neck of the woods where I spend a lot of time with my bambino. This little stream is pretty magical to me and when the sun sets through the trees you can truly be transported to another place in your mind. I’ll often sit with my feet in the stream while the bambino plays and watch how the light dances through the trees onto all the different forms of life the little stream attracts.
The shoot was about a girl who knows the magic of the stream and really delights in all of it, by herself, picking flowers and enjoying the sunset.
My Holiday Card - 2020
This year will be the first year for Jessica Webb Photography holiday cards. I’ve been wanting to do this every year, but when the holidays came around I was too busy with a bambino. With things being slower in 2020 I’ve had the opportunity to slow down and spend more time with my family and really sit down and focus on some of the aspects of the business that I’d like to expand. One of my musts for this year was getting the holiday cards out.
I selected the photo of the Anemone that I took this year. I’ve always loved flowers, but when the pandemic hit and I couldn’t take photos of people I really focused on the things that surrounded me in Maine. I was fortunate enough to meet Michelle from Petalage Florals. She invited me into her studio and I got to hand pick some flowers that spoke to me.
This image is made up of 5 plates that are stitched together to get the right level of dew, light, and shadow on the flower that I was trying to achieve.
I then had the image sent to Maine Photo Works in South Portland, where I was helped by Regan who did a lovely job of walking me through their printing process as well as their paper options. I chose to get samples to ensure I achieved the look I was going for and then moved onto printing. They offer a 15% discount when you order 20 or more prints!.
The rest of the process was getting the right paper, envelopes, and handwriting messages to everyone on this year’s list. This is a limited edition print and each print is signed, numbered, and dated.
I’ve so enjoyed the process and I’m already scheming up next year’s photo.
Photographer's Gift Guide - Portland, Maine
With the holidays around the corner, I wanted to touch on some of my favorite photography books. I love that books can help give us a glimpse of what other photographer’s works are/were, what they were thinking when making an image, and in turn, give one inspiration.
Annie Leibovitz at Work - A great book that dives into behind the scenes of her work and other photographer’s work.
Imogen Cunningham: A Retrospective - A great book covering Imogen’s work. My favorite photos are, of course, her flower work.
Sheila Metzner: From Life - Confession this is on my own wish list this year. I got a few moments to browse through it at a local bookstore and I knew I had to have it. Sheila’s work spans from fashion to intimate portraits of her family.
These would be great gift ideas from a budding photographer to a well-seasoned one.
Happy Holidays!