PHIL HAWKINS PHOTOGRAPHY

Portraits

  
  
     
  
  
  
     
  
  
  
Laura 's newest addition to her herd of horses, a Warmblood mare.
     
  
  
  
     
  
Although she's only 20, she's been riding since she was 5, and training horses and instructing riders since she was 16.
  
  
     
  
  
  
The clouds were looking very dramatic, so I told them "Stand right there" and framed the shot for best effect.
     
  
  
Kelsey is 25 years old, with a graphic arts degree from North Carolina State pursuing a marketing career.  Amazingly, she has never considered modeling.
  
     
  
  
  
I plopped the baby (Matty) in the oldest's lap (Cody) and started shooting.  No posing, no props, just put them on the floor and shot what occured.
     
  
94 year-old Mickey Muzinich and his wife of 60+ years, Gloria, pose for a portrait at the Eagle Field Warbirds Fly-in and Benefit Dinner-Dance.  Mickey was a flight instructor during WWII and was noted for being able to teach a student to solo in only three lessons.
  
Their engagement shot displayed at their wedding.
  
     
  
Cary on his 95th birthday.  This is the last portrait ever taken of him, as he passed away three months after this shot was taken.
  
Tyler caught a 6 pound catfish and this was the only fish they kept.
  
With storm winds blowing, this was an exercize in futility.
     
  
  
Lindy, on a recent trip to Las Vegas, taken at 2am on The Strip.  This is a 2 second exposure on the background while zooming wide on a 24-70mm with manual 2nd curtain synch on the flash.
  
Unlimited energy!
     
  
  
Kelsey is 25 years old, with a graphic arts degree from North Carolina State pursuing a marketing career.
  
Jeremy basks in the great hit he put into shallow right field to make it to first base in a little league game in Clovis, CA.
     
  
An unidentified breast stroke swimmer at a swim meet at Buchana High School in Clovis, CA.