Steve knows how to solve problems. He does not consider himself to be the most important person on the shoot. He does not lose sight that he's there to help his/your client to make money. He does not care how hot, cold or wet…Steve knows how to solve problems. He does not consider himself to be the most important person on the shoot. He does not lose sight that he's there to help his/your client to make money. He does not care how hot, cold or wet he is when shooting. (When he's done, THEN he cares.) He has an ardent passion for creating wonderful images and loves a visual challenge. Steve says, "I'm really happy getting into the details of a visual problem or an unexpected situation. I'm happier when I solve the problem (See below), but the path to get to the solution is a lot of fun too!" Steve is a winner in the ASMP "Best of" award. The ASMP is an international professional photography guild 7000 members strong. He has a working knowledge of French and Italian. Major client list for stills and/or motion: UPS, Invesco, American Express, General Motors, Valvoline, Hallmark, Citizens, Hyatt, Trane and Ferguson. NOTE!! I do NOT have a fixed day rate, it is based on the job.WWWSteve knows how to solve problems. He does not consider himself to be the most important person on the shoot. He does not lose sight that he's there to help his/your client to make money. He does not care how hot, cold or wet h…
Steve knows how to solve problems. He does not consider himself to be the most important person on the shoot. He does not lose sight that he's there to help his/your client to make money. He does not care how hot, cold or wet he is when shooting. (When he's done, THEN he cares.) He has an ardent passion for creating wonderful images and loves a visual challenge. Steve says, "I'm really happy getting into the details of a visual problem or an unexpected situation. I'm happier when I solve the problem (See below),…Steve knows how to solve problems. He does not consider himself to be the most important person on the shoot. He does not lose sight that he's there to help his/your client to make money. He does not care how hot, cold or wet he is when shooting. (When he's done, THEN he cares.) He has an ardent passion for creating wonderful images and loves a visual challenge. Steve says, "I'm really happy getting into the details of a visual problem or an unexpected situation. I'm happier when I solve the problem (See below), but the path to get to the solution is a lot of fun too!" Steve is a winner in the ASMP "Best of" award. The ASMP is an international professional photography guild 7000 members strong. He has a working knowledge of French and Italian. Major client list for stills and/or motion: UPS, Invesco, American Express, General Motors, Valvoline, Hallmark, Citizens, Hyatt, Trane and Ferguson. NOTE!! I do NOT have a fixed day rate, it is based on the job.WWWWSteve knows how to solve problems. He does not consider himself to be the most important person on the shoot. He does not lose sight that he's there to help his/your client to make money. He does not care how hot, cold or wet he is when shooting. (When he's done, THEN he cares.) He has an ardent passion for creating wonderful images and loves a visual challenge. Steve says, "I'm really happy getting into the details of a visual problem or an unexpected situation. I'm happier when I solve the problem (See below), b…
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Steve knows how to solve problems.
He does not consider himself to be the most important person on the shoot.
He does not lose sight that he’s there to help his/your client to make money.
He does not care how hot, cold or wet he is when shooting. (When he’s done, THEN he cares.)
He has an ardent passion for creating wonderful images and loves a visual challenge. Steve says, “I’m really happy getting into the details of a visual problem or an unexpected situation. I’m happier when I solve the problem (See below), but the path to get to the solution is a lot of fun too!”
Steve is a winner in the ASMP “Best of” award. The ASMP is an international professional photography guild 7000 members strong.
He has a working knowledge of French and Italian.
Major client list for stills and/or motion:
UPS, Invesco, American Express, General Motors, Valvoline, Hallmark, Citizens, Hyatt, Trane and Ferguson.
NOTE!! I do NOT have a fixed day rate, it is based on the job.
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Jun 2021by Emiliano Leonardi
Steve is an excellent teacher. What he can give you in a week can't be compared to what I have learned reading books in a year. He is a very energetic and optimistic person to work with, precise, punctual, fair, organized and always gets the job done. No matter the weather.
★★★★★
Jun 2021by Alessandra Castillo
Steve is a wonderful person and an incredible photographer. I've hired him for a food shooting, and the result was simply stunning. It has been an useful to work with him, because he gave me the opportunity to see my work from another point of view!
★★★★★
Jun 2021by Daniel Alexander Trejos Hampf
Steve Thornton is quite simply, the best in the business.
Beauty image shot on location in a private home.
This contemporary fashion/beauty project was shot in a private home near Atlanta, GA USA.
The challenge for me was to limit where the light went in this very small room. By keeping the Lantern close to the model, and using the blackout skirt, I was able to have a lot of light on the model and due to…This contemporary fashion/beauty project was shot in a private home near Atlanta, GA USA.
The challenge for me was to limit where the light went in this very small room. By keeping the Lantern close to the model, and using the blackout skirt, I was able to have a lot of light on the model and due to the inverse square rule of light, I was able to keep the rest of the scene relatively dark.
The disadvantage is when the model moved a small amount closer or farther away from the light source, it changed the light intensity on the model. This is not a big deal if you understand light AND are careful to pay attention to the distance the model is to the light. Consequently I moved the light a lot throughout the shoot.
The video is here: stpvd.com/19/39
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thestevethorntonWWThis contemporary fashion/beauty project was shot in a private home near Atlanta, GA USA.
The challenge for me was to limit where the light went in this very small room. By keeping the Lantern close to the model, and using the blackout skirt, I was able to have a lot of light on the model and due to t…
On location Beauty image of a young black women smiling.
I directed and shot the image.
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thestevethorntonWWI directed and shot the image.
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Beauty
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On location Fashion photography shot in Zona Tortona in Milan.
This on location advertising Fashion photograph was shot in Milan, Italy 1 block over from Via Tortona, a major fashion and model agency street, near the Porta Genova train station.
This was obviously shot at night and I used a battery powered strobe to add some Pop to the model and garment.
Go…This on location advertising Fashion photograph was shot in Milan, Italy 1 block over from Via Tortona, a major fashion and model agency street, near the Porta Genova train station.
This was obviously shot at night and I used a battery powered strobe to add some Pop to the model and garment.
Go here to see how I shot this image:
stpvd.com/21/29
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This was obviously shot at night and I used a battery powered strobe to add some Pop to the model and garment.
Go h…
On location Beauty photography
This advertising relaxed and casual beauty lifestyle image was shot on the grass of a private residence. All the light is ambient sunlight going through a Sunbounce Sunswatter (AKA a silk on a 6'x8' - 183cm x 244cm frame). The silk is very close to her face, just out of the photo.
This image was shot…This advertising relaxed and casual beauty lifestyle image was shot on the grass of a private residence. All the light is ambient sunlight going through a Sunbounce Sunswatter (AKA a silk on a 6'x8' - 183cm x 244cm frame). The silk is very close to her face, just out of the photo.
This image was shot about at noon.
Go here to see how I shot it: stpvd.com/21/24 - just copy & paste.
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thestevethorntonWWThis advertising relaxed and casual beauty lifestyle image was shot on the grass of a private residence. All the light is ambient sunlight going through a Sunbounce Sunswatter (AKA a silk on a 6'x8' - 183cm x 244cm frame). The silk is very close to her face, just out of the photo.
This image was shot abo…
On location Beauty image
This relaxed and casual beauty lifestyle advertising image was shot using a low hanging tree branch on the private home grounds.
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thestevethorntonWWThis relaxed and casual beauty lifestyle advertising image was shot using a low hanging tree branch on the private home grounds.
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On location Beauty photograph
This on location lifestyle advertising beauty advertising image of a young Asian woman was shot in a coffee shop. All the light is ambient sunlight.
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thestevethorntonWWThis on location lifestyle advertising beauty advertising image of a young Asian woman was shot in a coffee shop. All the light is ambient sunlight.
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On location Beauty photograph
This close-up contemporary beauty advertising image was shot in a private home using an LED light.
Video & BTS here: stpvd.com/20/6 - copy & paste
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Video & BTS here: stpvd.com/20/6 - copy & paste
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Video & BTS here: stpvd.com/20/6 - copy & paste
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Beauty
This advertising Beauty project was shot in a private home near Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Go here for the video: stpvd.com/p18/8
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On this project I did not know for sure what the light/weather was going to do, which is not uncommon for summer in the southeast…This advertising Beauty project was shot in a private home near Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Go here for the video: stpvd.com/p18/8
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On this project I did not know for sure what the light/weather was going to do, which is not uncommon for summer in the southeast USA, so I brought a wide selection of lighting gear:
A Sunbounce roller bag with reflectors, silks, boom sticks w/grip heads,
a case of Lumedyne strobe gear,
3 1000 & 5 500 watt hot lights, 2 with softboxes,
several "C" stands,
sand bags,
apple boxes,
a bag of cameras with 7 lenses,
plus a fluid head with CF sticks.
In other words, a lot of gear.
I walked into the home and said hello to Emily, the model, and Sav, the make up artist and hair stylist. When shooting any image with models, it is important to make the model feel comfortable with everyone on the set. After saying hello, I then looked to see where I wanted to shoot.
Knowing that I wanted dramatic light (High contrast), I noticed in the living room there was a French door that had great soft light washing into the house. So after dragging a mountain of lighting gear to the shoot's location, I only needed 4 small items: The tripod, the fluid head, one camera and one lens.
Oh, the chair we were going to use for the model to sit in, it was too high making the hair "Hat" even with one of the picture frames in the background, so I used an apple box of the for the model to sit on and I used another apple box for me to sit on.
There was a table with a lamp and shade plus another decorative item on the right side of the photo/video, so I asked a crew member to move them out of the frame.
I directed Emily for each clip so I could have a selection of different looks: Lean forward, roll the head to give different angles, put her right hand behind her neck, slowly look to her left of the camera and to avoid looking into the camera. Fortunately for us, Emily is primarily an actress so she takes direction very well.
The stylist had her in a strapless black dress and I shot about 100 images and I was not thrilled with any of them.
After stopping and analyzing the images, I realized I just did not like how the dress made her shoulders and arms look.
So the stylist changed her into the fabulous little black dress you see in the the photo and video.
After she sat down to shoot with the new dress, Sav checked the make up and hair and gave me the go ahead: 155 still images, 6 video clips and 13 minutes later, we were done.
Video here: stpvd.com/p18/8 - copy & paste.
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thestevethorntonWWThis advertising Beauty project was shot in a private home near Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Go here for the video: stpvd.com/p18/8
Copy & paste and feel free to share.
On this project I did not know for sure what the light/weather was going to do, which is not uncommon for summer in the southeast USA,…
Fashion photography in Como, Italy
This fashion shot was taken in The Palace Hotel, now a Villa d'Este property in Como, Italy, during a remodeling in Como, Italy in 1985, within 2 weeks after I moved there.
This hotel has a residential side as well as a hotel side. This staircase led to the residences. The wardrobe pulled by the wardrobe…This fashion shot was taken in The Palace Hotel, now a Villa d'Este property in Como, Italy, during a remodeling in Como, Italy in 1985, within 2 weeks after I moved there.
This hotel has a residential side as well as a hotel side. This staircase led to the residences. The wardrobe pulled by the wardrobe stylist was amazing as was the location. The make up artist, Francis, and the hair stylist, Gary, were very good at their craft. To me the candelabra prop was one of the keys of the success of this image.
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This hotel has a residential side as well as a hotel side. This staircase led to the residences. The wardrobe pulled by the wardrobe …
Jessica - Fashion photography shot in a building under restoration - Milan, Italy
This fashion editorial image was shot in Milan, Italy.
An acquaintance told me about this location and he got us into the building. We were not supposed to be here so we moved and shot as quiet and as quickly as we could. The building was in a state of disrepair and had "Stuff" laying about.
I loved the…This fashion editorial image was shot in Milan, Italy.
An acquaintance told me about this location and he got us into the building. We were not supposed to be here so we moved and shot as quiet and as quickly as we could. The building was in a state of disrepair and had "Stuff" laying about.
I loved the glass door but If I exposed for the model, the glass would have been 100% a blow out, totally white with no detail, you would have seen the frame, but that would have been it. So I asked my crew to put the strobe together so I could use the strobe light to "Overpower" the sunlight coming from the huge glass windows.
Do not think just having a strobe will fix all of your lighting problems... it will not. Adjusting the strobe position, how close/far the strobe is from the model, the strobe power setting, deciding on the quality of light you want from the strobe, what the ISO you set the camera to, what f stop you use and shutter speed all have to be considered and adjusted correctly.
The term "Quality of light" is the range from very hard to very soft, in this image it is very soft light.
Go here to see behind the scenes photos and see how I shot this image: stpvd.com/p17/28
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An acquaintance told me about this location and he got us into the building. We were not supposed to be here so we moved and shot as quiet and as quickly as we could. The building was in a state of disrepair and had "Stuff" laying about.
I loved the …
Jonas- On location fashion photography shot in an alleyway - Milan, Italy
This intense fashion portrait was shot as part of a fashion project shot in Milan, Italy for an american client.
We are in what most Americans would consider to be a very narrow alley when in fact it is a street and connects, about 200 feet (61 meters) to the right, into one of Milan's original 7…This intense fashion portrait was shot as part of a fashion project shot in Milan, Italy for an american client.
We are in what most Americans would consider to be a very narrow alley when in fact it is a street and connects, about 200 feet (61 meters) to the right, into one of Milan's original 7 streets. So we are in "Old Town" Milano.
I shoot on this location often as the light, backgrounds, ease of use, lack of traffic makes it just great to use. You would need to be brain dead to not be able to shoot something cool during the day in this location, it is just a little gift I found in Milano.
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We are in what most Americans would consider to be a very narrow alley when in fact it is a street and connects, about 200 feet (61 meters) to the right, into one of Milan's original 7 streets.…
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