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Craig Grant’s Caboodle Ranch for Cats in Florida
By Scott Holstein
Filed under: Behind-the-Scenes, Editorial & Commercial Photography
Out in Madison County, near a place called Lee, Florida, lived a man with 500 cats. Craig Grant loved cats so much that he bought 30 acres of rural property and opened Caboodle Ranch, a safe haven for unwanted felines. Feral cats, stray cats, abandoned cats, unwanted cats, shelter cats who would otherwise be put down – Grant welcomed them all. Tallahassee magazine caught wind of Grant while doing a story on the effort to trap, fix, and re-release feral cats in Tallahassee. So I headed out to Caboodle Ranch to do some editorial photography for a magazine article of…
Photography Tips: The Poor Man’s Underwater Camera Housing
By Scott Holstein
Filed under: Behind-the-Scenes, Editorial & Commercial Photography, Photography Tips
The Tallahassee, Florida region lays claim to a unique topographical feature – the Woodville Karst Plain. The karst plain is made of irregular limestone and underground water channels which are tied into the Floridan Aquifer. The Woodville Karst Plain is home to first magnitude springs, sinkholes, and the longest underwater cave system in the United States. As such, the region has great appeal to a courageous and adventurous type of person – the cave diver. An article in Tallahassee magazine was featuring a local couple who cave dives – Aletheia and Andre Lange – whom I was to photograph. While…
FSU Quarterback Christian Ponder
By Scott Holstein
Filed under: Editorial & Commercial Photography
Tallahassee magazine was doing a story on the local animal shelter – the Tallahassee-Leon County Animal Service Center – which was recently awarded $25,000 from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for inspiring the community and adopting out 1,200 animals in 90 days. As it turns out, local celebrity Christian Ponder, star quarterback for the Florida State University Seminoles football team, had recently adopted a dog from the shelter. So a couple of days before his last game in his college career, I photographed Ponder in Tallahassee with Dallas, his black Labrador Retriever.
Tallahassee Magazine’s Top Singles
By Scott Holstein
Filed under: Editorial & Commercial Photography
I recently photographed Emerald Coast Magazine’s Top Singles in Destin, Florida. Next I was the photographer for more Top Singles for the feature in the current issue of Tallahassee magazine. Over the course of two days I created environmental portraits of 14 of the area’s most eligible bachelors and bachelorettes on location at Hotel Duval in downtown Tallahassee, Florida. The hotel pretty much gave us free reign of the place as we photographed everywhere from the valet to Level 8 Lounge, where Connie Osborn and the view of downtown made the cover.
Editorial Portrait Photography of Florida Gov. Charlie Crist
By Scott Holstein
Filed under: Editorial & Commercial Photography
When Rowland Publishing launched its newest title, 850 Business Magazine, a feature on Florida’s governor, Charlie Crist, “The CEO of Florida,” was the cover story in the inaugural issue of the new magazine and I was to shoot the portraits. On the day of the photo shoot, I arrived at the governor’s office in the Capitol and waited to get set up. I had never been in the his office and never seen the layout nor the décor. I was not granted access to the office ahead of time to scout my location and set up, so I asked his…
Photography Tips & Tricks: What if the Gear Fails Mid-Shoot?
By Scott Holstein
Filed under: Editorial & Commercial Photography, Photography Tips
I recently traveled to HarborWalk Village in Destin, Florida to complete a marathon of 10 portraits on location in a day for Emerald Coast magazine’s “Top Singles” feature. Efficiency is the name of the game – with a schedule like that I’m running-and-gunning – setting up and shooting quickly and moving on with very little time to spare. A few shots into the day I had one of those lovely moments that makes me want to pull out my hair: my Canon 1D Mark III stopped responding. The LCD that displays my settings went nuts for a moment and then…
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