Johnny Mega Portrait Session

by dav.d

Get ready for a big post of photos! Johnny needed a large variety of photos for his new website to promote his various talents. In addition to a day job, he is an actor, model, event organizer, and I’m sure he fights crime at night. I’m not saying he’s Batman, but they haven’t been seen together in the same room at the same time. Just saying.

Johnny dressed to the nines
Johnny dressed to the nines

Johnny had a list of several movies to draw inspiration for clothing, locations, and scenes. LA LA Land was one of those movies. He had rented an event center in downtown SLC that had a small piano to recreate the moody piano scene from the movie. We also borrowed the front steps of a local “lodge.”

We also photographed in Studio o2o in Draper. I’ve been using the studio for years! It’s great for portraits. We took advantage of the different brick, seamless paper backgrounds, and reclaimed wood wall.

Blue sparkly jacket for the man on the go
Blue sparkly jacket for the man on the go

It’s Miami Vice… or at least a recreation of the look.

Johnny a la Miami Vice
Johnny a la Miami Vice

We have LA LA Land and The Great Gatsby as inspiration here.

Male portrait with the fancy jacket
Male portrait with the fancy jacket

We used the pool at Johnny’s apartment. We tried to stay out of the way of the other residents. We don’t want to be “those people.”

Johnny in a rustic scene
Johnny in a rustic scene

Johnny has this rainbow suit for various Pride events. And I did some color correction to fix some of the balloons that weren’t quite the right color. I’m a man of many Photoshop skills.

Portrait with a Rainbow suit and balloons for Pride
Portrait with a Rainbow suit and balloons for Pride

Here are a few more fitness photos. We used the gym at the apartment complex. We did some boxing, weight lifting, and tennis. It was a hot day in August for this shoot. Hooray for bottled water.

Johnny in the pool
Johnny in the pool
Boxing with Johnny
Boxing with Johnny

This photo shoot took 3 different days to complete. We shot them all in one week. Johnny picked his favorite photographs for me to retouch. Woo hoo!

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dav.d is a portrait photographer based in Utah.