Visualist Images Photography, Austin Texas » Portraits

John Gerald Taylor; Portrait of a Rancher

John Rogers — Thu, 17 May 2012 00:45:50 +0000

Mr. John Taylor (his family calls him ‘Pops’) has spent his life working a ranch that his grandfather settled in the late 1800′s. Unfortunately, I didn’t have the opportunity to photograph him on his land. (I actually photographed him at a hotel.) So I placed him on a ranch I had previously shot. This technique also works great when photographing corporate clients. It takes far less time (and money) than taking the client out to a remote location.

Thank you Mr. Taylor. It was a pleasure.

Flying the Friendly Skies

John Rogers — Tue, 15 May 2012 02:59:30 +0000

Here is another in a personal project series on United Airlines.

United Airlines had one of the truly great ad slogans of all time. After all, most people over 20 can complete the sentence; “Fly the friendly skies of …”.
I believe it struck a chord with the American psyche because almost above all else, humans want to connect. People want a pleasant ‘friendly’ experience regardless of their endeavor, but especially when they travel. The bottom line is happy employees, make friendly employees & friendly employees make customers want to return.
This is Andy. He is a Service Director and spends most of his days on the ramp gently loading thousands of pounds of luggage on to aircraft destined for far away locations. And although he works very hard, he is virtually always smiling. Just what you would expect from ‘The Friendly Skies’ of United.

Still the Friendly Skies; ‘Finny’

John Rogers — Mon, 14 May 2012 03:33:22 +0000

United Airlines had one of the truly great ad slogans of all time. After all, most people over 20 can complete the sentence; “Fly the friendly skies of …”.
I believe it struck a chord with the American psyche because almost above all else, humans want to connect. People want a pleasant ‘friendly’ experience regardless of their endeavor, but especially when they travel. The bottom line is happy employees, make friendly employees & friendly employees make customers want to return.
You may never meet Finny because he is usually on the ramp loading your luggage on to the aircraft. But he is probably smiling; still glad to be part of ‘The Friendly Skies’ of United.

Congratulations Ben, Class of 2012

John Rogers — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 01:14:21 +0000

Senior sessions are fun. This is one of Ben’s senior photos. Ben is a very soon to be graduate of a local Austin High School. If you happen to be a central Texas follower of mine and know anyone in the class of 2013 that might be interested in being one of my limited Senior Models. Please have them contact me.

Mary & Johnathon

John Rogers — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:27:15 +0000

I had the great pleasure earlier this week to shoot engagement photos for Mary & Johnathon. I flew up to Stillwater Oklahoma for a quick session and had a blast. I’ll be posting more photos of this adorable couple soon.

Grandpa Luke’s Formal Dog Portrait

John Rogers — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 13:55:50 +0000

With his grey trimmed eyebrows and ears Luke appears quite grandpa like. And in fact, had it not been for a minor operation he had performed many years ago, I’m sure he would have had been a proud papa and grandpa.
Luke seemed to enjoy his portrait session. Perhaps he is smiling because of the short respite from his normal job of guarding the yard from invading squirrels and birds, perhaps because of the treats and opportunity to sit on the couch, or more likely, because more than anything else, he wishes to please.
You can see some of my other pet photography here.

Amos; (Before the Pounce)

John Rogers — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:48:05 +0000

This photo sorta goes with my last post (Sir Jack;Old English Bulldog). Amos was sitting in the window the entire time Jack was having his portrait done watching the whole process. I’m not sure if Amos was Jealous (I doubt it since cats always know they are really in charge) or simply waiting for his close up.

Sir Jack; Old English Bulldog

John Rogers — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:06:49 +0000

Jack is an Old English Bulldog that was in need of a formal portrait. Due to his very busy social schedule I only had a short period between state functions to shoot his photograph. Despite his rather professional demeanor I found him exceptionally charming and quite warm. (I probably shouldn’t spoil his “tough guy” image but he was quite friendly & greeted me immediately with repeated wet slobbery kisses.)

Olivia; Senior Portraits

John Rogers — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 03:57:24 +0000

This is a composite from a couple of Senior photos I did for Olivia. Olivia is on a five year program at A&M to get her Masters Degree in Accounting. The first four years she was in the Corps of Cadets and her one and only wardrobe selection was her Corps uniform. Since you may only be in the Corps for four years she is back to wearing ‘regular’ clothes around campus while finishing up her Masters. I wonder if it was easier before she had to decide what shoes to wear?… You will have to agree it doesn’t matter; Senior boots or high heels, she is beautiful.
On a side note, after working on blending the two photographs it occurred to me that this composite feels a little strange to me because Olivia does indeed have a twin sister. I’m used to seeing the two of them together rather than just seeing Olivia times two.

Austin Texas Portrait of Denise

John Rogers — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 17:11:00 +0000

A previous client returned last month to get a few updated images. Our previous shoot was in an urban setting so we thought we would do something different for this session. Denise put on her cowboy boots & jeans and we shot in local park that still had some color in the trees. (One advantage of shooting in Texas is the leaves don’t really drop till late December.) The shoot was tons of fun & Denise ended up with some great images to update her portfolio.
You may see a few images from the urban shoot here: http://johnrrogers.com/austin-texas/austin-portrait-session-with-denise-holyn/

and a couple of more images from this shoot on my flickr photostream here:

www.flickr.com/photos/visualistimages/5343458286/ and here:
www.flickr.com/photos/visualistimages/5343425492/