I met and photographed Howell at a recent Civil War Days event at the Heritage Museum of Orange County. Howell plays a circa 1870 Lenhart left-handed tuba, and became interested in Civil War re-enactment via an introduction to a group through Tuba Christmas. I found him with several members of a military band who were warming up when I arrived.
I photographed Howell at the event and was so taken with his look that when I forwarded the images on to him later, I asked if he would be interested in sitting for a more formal / controlled studio portrait session. To my delight, he agreed! Better still, he agreed to model for my studio lighting students at a local college! So, not only did I get to work with him, but my class was provided an incredible opportunity to create some beautiful portraits.
Some of my favorites from the session:
We even got to do a few film images with the Mamiya RB67 Pro SD…
I’ll be seeing Howell again at the Huntington Beach Labor Day Civil War days event. Planning to take the 4×5 view camera to see if we can create some more awesome portraits…
