North Carolina based commercial and portrait photographer

New Tony Barnes Promos

2011-10-24T19:45:00.003-04:00

Rebecca's Bridal Portrait

2011-10-23T11:02:00.002-04:00

I like Portraits

2011-09-10T11:38:00.000-04:00

Another Caddy Angle

2011-09-06T22:03:00.000-04:00

Kaleb Duggan Design

2011-09-06T21:08:00.002-04:00

http://kalebdubblog.wordpress.com/

Keleb Duggan a friend of mine and graphic designer just started his new design blog. Check him out. He is one talented muchacho.

50's Caddy

2011-09-04T00:06:00.002-04:00

Another view of Golden Gate

2011-06-03T18:00:00.002-04:00

This is the same shot with a little different editing done to it.

Golden Gate Bridge

2011-05-25T17:18:00.001-04:00

I shot this on my last trip out to California.

Mors Non Separabit

2011-04-22T00:09:00.001-04:00

Dance

2011-04-17T00:06:00.002-04:00

Family Photo Session Donation

2011-04-08T00:40:00.001-04:00

I want to do a free photo shoot with a deserving family that may be down on their luck. I think everyone should have photographs of their family. They allow us to hold on to memories that could be lost forever. Send me your suggestions (in a private message) for a family who you think fits what I am looking for. Please write and tell me a little about the family. I would prefer the family be from central North Carolina. I am looking for a family that would be appreciative and who could not afford it otherwise. Suggestions will be completely private as will the photographs. These will not be posted or announced online, I simply want to do this shoot and provide a needy family with cherished memories. Thank you and I eagerly await responses.

Message Justin Alan Saunders on facebook for suggestions. Thank you.

Ion Sporting Watches

2011-03-03T20:46:00.003-05:00

Cool new product from brand new company Ion Sporting.

Check them out HERE

Like Clock Work?

2011-01-18T12:35:00.002-05:00

Kaylan!

2011-01-16T00:26:00.005-05:00

Blue Family!

2010-11-15T23:53:00.004-05:00

2010-11-13T10:40:00.004-05:00

I had a chance to shoot portraits of a family that was a big part of my childhood this fall. Laura, the grandmother, contacted me about doing some portraits of the young ones and of course I couldn't wait to do it. We had a great time and it was so good to spend some time with people I have known my whole life.

Kristin and Casey Engagement

2010-09-17T18:41:00.004-04:00

Goodbye Becky!

2010-08-15T02:36:00.005-04:00

We had a gathering of friends from photo school at my apartment to say goodbye to Becky who is going to be living and assisting a photographer in Orlando. These are some shots from the night. We are all going to miss you Becky!

Jessica Whitten Shoot

2010-07-11T17:55:00.003-04:00

Jessica and Kayleigh

2010-07-02T16:55:00.005-04:00

I had a couple of my really good friends, Jessica and Kayleigh model for me Wednesday night. We had fun with a good dinner following. It was a good time.

Front Porch With My Parents

2010-06-19T16:31:00.003-04:00

Brad and Kara Engagement

2010-05-12T15:20:00.004-04:00

Here are a couple more shots from my shoot with Brad and Kara.

Brad and Kara

2010-05-07T00:30:00.003-04:00

I shot Brad Stockham and Kara Brittner's engagement pictures today. They are from Southern Pines, NC and will be getting married on Nov. 20th. It was my first experience with engagement style work, but I put my own little spin on it and I can't wait to finish working on all the images. This was one that I just turned into a quick jpeg as a little teaser. Enjoy!

West Coast

2010-04-16T03:35:00.001-04:00

Monterey Bay

2010-04-13T03:34:00.001-04:00

Self Promo Shoot

2010-04-11T01:50:00.004-04:00

I wanted to do a little self promotional shoot, and got my friend Kristin Barker in on the scheme. The shoot went well, and I think Kristin should do more modeling.

Spring Time!

2010-04-09T11:18:00.002-04:00

I am not typically a fan of spring time. I love my cold weather. But while out scouting locations for Alderman yesterday I took this shot and I think I can see my self liking the lighting on these spring mornings.

Just a little experiment

2010-03-27T17:44:00.003-04:00

I never seem to play around with any photos anymore that aren't with people or for a specific purpose. It is this type of thing that first sparked my interest in photography. So I was pretty happy to create this. It's not much but I like it.

MS Walk 2010

2010-03-27T17:32:00.003-04:00

Today my family and a few friends attended the MS Walk at the NC Zoo in Asheboro, NC. We walked to raise money and support MS patients like my mother Gail Saunders. There was a pretty big turn out and everyone had a lot of fun.

The Chase

2010-03-04T10:03:00.002-05:00

This was our final project for our multimedia class. I hope you like it!

The Chase from S Jessica Deal on Vimeo.

Second Shoot with Tony Barnes

2010-02-23T17:18:00.005-05:00

Hey! It's Chuck!

2010-02-18T11:47:00.001-05:00

This was an assignment given by Chuck, for our advertising photography class. It was to take a portrait of him.

Tony Barnes Shoot

2010-02-17T14:13:00.006-05:00

Here is the rest of the shoot. (the digital portion)

Tony Barnes Promo Shoot

2010-02-16T23:45:00.003-05:00

This is one of many photos I took today of musician Tony Barnes in Southern Pines, NC. I will be posting more of the session tomorrow, and hopefully getting the film prcessed so I can post those too! But here is a little teaser, I hope you like it!

My First Stop Motion Experiment

2010-02-04T23:09:00.002-05:00

This was my first attempt at stop motion photography. I am actually fairly happy with the result. I wanted it to have a sort of old school home movie feel to it. Thank you Holli Hartman for not minding that I took your picture multiple times!

Another Shot From My Joint Project

2010-02-04T18:54:00.003-05:00

This is another shot for my joint assignment that we were given to work on with graphic design students. We have to come up with an ad campaign for a company of our choice. The company we chose is my partners, cousins, bakery.

Cake

2010-01-27T18:19:00.005-05:00

A little wedding cake action.

A Few Shots From My Multimedia Interview

2010-01-26T08:48:00.003-05:00

The Chair

2010-01-21T11:46:00.001-05:00

This is the chair.

Dessert

2010-01-19T09:15:00.001-05:00

Dessert Shots That I Didn't Use

2010-01-15T12:02:00.006-05:00

These are the shots from our dessert assignment at school that I didn't use.

Brad Stockham THOWBACK

2010-01-12T09:49:00.002-05:00

A picture I forgot about from my shoot last year with Brad Stockham.

A couple shots from Alderman

2010-01-04T15:16:00.003-05:00

A few oldies I dug up.

2010-01-01T12:04:00.003-05:00

These are a few pictures I found on my computer from the fall of 2008.

My Nephews!

2009-11-28T12:30:00.000-05:00

I had a little seasonal photoshoot with my sisters two sons yesterday. They are almost too wild to shoot, but we had fun and came away with a few keepers.

Thanksgiving

2009-11-27T00:27:00.001-05:00

Here are a few pictures from my thanksgiving with my family.

More Alderman playtime

2009-11-21T10:09:00.000-05:00

These are some more shots from the "table-o-toys" at Alderman.

Alderman Crayons

2009-11-19T19:29:00.000-05:00

Today I had nothing to do, so my boss at Alderman Company (the place where I am interning) told me to just play around with some random props. I found a glass jar with crayons in it and decided to play around with it. It was pretty fun just seeing how many different ways I could come up with to shoot the crayons.

Self Promo #6

2009-10-05T15:59:00.000-04:00

This photo was inspired by a mild interest in hiking that I happen to posses. Recently I have gotten really in to trying to recreate sunlight when there is none available. I was also inspired by one of my favorite photographers out of Asheville, North Carolina. Steven Mcbride is his name, and he is a graduate of RCC as I hope to be one day.

Self Promo #5

2009-10-05T15:29:00.000-04:00

For this self promo shot I wanted to do something a little different than earlier assignments. I wanted to have a simple object on a simple background that still could tell a powerful story. I like the way this one turned out and this image is as shot with no retouching, only re-sized for the internet. I hope you like it!

Client #5

2009-09-30T23:37:00.000-04:00

These are pictures from our latest client assignment. These are just a few that went on an audio/video project I put together. Not all of the pictures were duotoned like this one, but I kinda liked them. I am not a fan of using this type of toning all the time but I am happy with how these turned out. The first two are of a Gibson guitar my dad got for his birthday when he was young, the other two were taken out at my great-grandparents old home place.

Panoramic Assignment

2009-09-22T18:13:00.000-04:00

This assignment was to go out and shoot enough pictures to make at least a full 180 degree panoramic image. I was having a hard time finding a subject to photograph and then I thought of trains. I wish I could have gotten more of the train and the tracks in the frame, I guess that's something I will have to remember for my next panoramic project.

Self Promo #4

2009-09-21T20:10:00.000-04:00

This idea came to me in the middle of the night. I don't know why or how but for some reason I thought it would be a cool concept to have a sad, frowning clown that looked down on his luck. I think it ended up quite nicely. I'd like to thank Jack for being a good sport with the face paint.

Self Promo #3

2009-09-14T22:38:00.000-04:00

This was my third self promo shot. I have always loved fly-fishing and the sort of craftsmanship that goes along with the sport, so I wanted to do a table-top shot that highlighted that craftsmanship. The lures in the picture are hand made.

Us and Them

2009-09-09T15:34:00.000-04:00

This image was created for commercial photography class as book cover for a book called Us and Them. The book is about diversity and descrimination so i thought I would take a portrait of a bunch of different people and blend the images together in photoshop. I am not really happy with the ending result but it is ok.

Self Promo #2

2009-09-03T09:52:00.000-04:00

This assignment allowed us to do what ever we wanted to do. I decided to do some more food photography because I wasn't very pleased with my breakfast shot. I wanted to do something with pasta. I am a little happier with this shot. What do you think?

Large Format Portfolio

2009-09-01T11:44:00.000-04:00

These were shots taken with a large format view camera. I used these images for the portfolio for large format class during the 2009 summer semester.

Brad Stockham Live Show in Southern Pines

2009-08-29T16:42:00.001-04:00

These pictures were taken last night at the Jefferson Inn in Southern Pines, NC. Brad Stockham and Tony Barnes played a 3 hour long acoustic set.

Brad Stockham Shoot

2009-08-26T00:57:00.000-04:00

These shots were taken for my first, second year self promo photography assignment. They were taken using one White Lightning behind his back to create flare and ambient sunlight. Brad is an up and coming musician from Pinehurst, North Carolina who plays at least three times a week in the area and will be playing at The Jefferson Inn, in Southern Pines this Friday night with Tony Barnes of Mckenzie's Mill. You can listen to his music and get showtime information on his myspace page.

http://www.myspace.com/bstockham

HI! Take a look at my 2009 summer semester portfolio!!!

2009-08-20T16:08:00.001-04:00

This was an online portfolio put together for one of my 1st year summer semester classes. Hope you enjoy it.

www.photo-thompson.com/rccstudent/2009/justinsaunders