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Color portraiture is just that.  We consult attire with background selection  to enhance the full subject and color theme.  Laura wanted our experience to make the right look for her and her jean jacket with brown elbows.  The blue enhance muslin background with folding in the opposite composition area crates a tonal, color and composition portrait for the timeless look a that will never go out of style. 

 

 

South Plantation High School
   
 

The white background is the timeless option that will never go out of style.  My High Key, white background, lighting techniques create flattering soft tonality to bring out skin tone and color.

 
 

By DAVID FLICK / The Dallas Morning News
dflick@dallasnews.com

Jack Ruby’s .38-caliber Colt Cobra would be unremarkable except for two things — it made history and it has had astonishing resale value.

The gun purchased in 1960 for $62.50 by the Dallas nightclub owner, who used it three years later to kill presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, will be auctioned in Las Vegas later this month.

Its owner, Florida real estate developer Anthony Pugliese III, declined to divulge his minimum auction price, other than to say it is more than $1 million.

Mr. Pugliese, who bought the gun for $220,000 in 1991, is happy to talk about almost everything else.

“It’s a matter of passion,” he said, explaining why he is selling the weapon. “If I do something, it’s a matter of passion, and now I have a new passion.”

Florida real estate developer Anthony Pugliese III says the reserve price for Jack Ruby's gun is at least $1 million
Blake Spurlin/Spurlin Photography

Florida real estate developer Anthony Pugliese III says the reserve price for Jack Ruby's gun is at least $1 million

Blake Spurlin/Spurlin Photography
Ruby revolver on display  at the Palms
 

 

The Maltese Falcon is one of the most famous statues in the world.  Mr. Pugliese's marketing staffed called me to create a portrait of him with the Maltese Falcon to match the portrait take 60 years earlier with Humphrey Bogart and the same exact statue. THE MALTESE FALCON
We took the portrait in the opposite position and concentrated on the signature Bogart lean.
 

City Lights was photographed in the studio on the very stage that you see.  I used Photoshop to cut out the group and stage.  I created the bucket lights and checkered floor were added as layers in Photoshop to complete this 2003 production.  Below is one of my favorite bands.  The "Insects" came in for a simple group of for with guitar.  The sunglasses set the feel.


 

 

The low camera angle was designed to bring out the grill and perfect look of the antique car.  I positioned the tripod to be just below head angle for the little girl.  Now mom needs to lean forward toward dad and everything is complete.  That is except for the baby crying.  The final product, which I cannot show due to contract, the baby looks great.  Out of 150 shots the baby came out good in about 6.  I took one of those faces and place it within this same image for a complete image. 

 


Marci and Landon have artwork of grape leaves in every room of their house. 
This tunnel of foliage is in Jupiter Florida.
 

The beach is one of Florida's most popular location for family photographs.  There are two times of the day that the lighting is available for beach portraiture.  The early morning and the half hour before sunset.
   

 

Multiple lights in subdued lighting is the magic that exposes the image.   Our style is to find a fade away background that complements the subject.  We know the spots in South Florida and the right time to complement the locations lighting.

 


 


 

 

 





 

 

Christy wanted to create something extra special during her time in Florida while of vacation from Kansas.  She knew a photo session on the beach would lift her husbands spirits while serving the armed forces in Iraq.  I gave her the right times of day for portraits and we met to start the session.  Kids are particular and need to be entertained, otherwise they will loose enthusiasm.  I photographed for a solid 45 minutes and never lost the kids attention.  Using Photoshop, I placed the ocean behind the girls individual portrait and I placed the boats behind the boys individual portrait.

 

Kids portraiture is taken on location only.  The majority of kids don't react well when they are brought into a dark room with strange people sticking an Elmo that is not theirs into their face.  This is why I only photograph kids in their own environment, parks or the beach. 

Mason had a great time with his portrait session.  We started in his nursery and then went to the living room.  To sit in his own environment kept him entertained and happy for the duration of the session.

Spurlin Photography has been in operation in South Florida since 1991.  At that time Blake Spurlin worked principally as a Miami photographer until Hurricane Andrew took the town and Blake, with his family, moved to Broward County and has been working as a Fort Lauderdale, Weston, Boca Raton and Miami Photographer ever since.  Fort Lauderdale photography is fast paced and competitive.  Spurlin Photography keeps the photography and service first with community service a close runner up.  Over 60,000 portraits have been produced by Spurlin Photography over a 23 year period.


 

  


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