Bowhunter Portrait: Dan Jones
April 18th, 2009
When one of your buddies agrees to be picked up at 6am on a Saturday, and you’re not heading out to hunt or fish, you had better have something good in store!
I had worked with Dan Jones on a shoot recently, when John Myers was doing some photography for Catalyst Direct. Dan is an Art Director with that agency. During the afternoon, I had asked Dan if he’d be interested in being photographed for my portfolio of bowhunting related work. I thought that he would fit the project really well, especially with the beard he had grown since last time I’d seen him. He said sure, but there was a catch. He was getting rid of the beard in a few days, so we needed to do the photography very soon!
Dan was willing to hang on to the beard just long enough for me to organize the details and find the right kind of day to photograph him. We had scheduled the shoot for this morning and after picking Dan up at his house, made a stop at Starbucks on the way out of town. We then drove to one of my favorite locations, the property I hunt in Canandaigua, NY. I’d had the idea for this portait in my head for some time, and had done some quick test shot a couple weeks prior when I had been on the same property with Matt Smythe.
The morning was overcast at first, but weather reports claimed that there would be breaks of sun. For a while, I wasn’t sure that was going to happen, but eventually, things worked out just as I had hoped they would. We had a really great morning, a good visit and a few laughs during the ride and the shoot. I’m really pleased with the photography, and have popped in a few samples here. Thanks again, Dan. I really appreciate your help, and hope the beard wasn’t too painful coming off!
Special thanks to Mark Bibbens and family for allowing me to create these photographs in such a gorgeous location!
Camera: Canon EOS 1DS Mk 3.
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