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As pianist, violinist, and vocalist, Lindsay Garritson is another great example of the talent that has roots and ties to our community. 

As winner of several concerto competitions, Lindsay has performed with the St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra, University City Symphony, and the European Philharmonic Orchestra, among others. Most recently, she was awarded second prize in the 2011 Montreal International Piano Competition and first prize at the 2010 Mozarteum International Chopin Competition in Salzburg. She recently received her Masters Degree at the Yale School of Music studying with renowned pianist Boris Berman and is currently on staff as an Accompanist at Yale.

She engaged me for some portrait work while she was home for the holidays and performances with the Atlantic Classical Orchestra.

I love working with musicians, they are always inspiring. They also become easily distracted by their instruments and tend to forget my presence….

Working around her concerts last week, we were able to get some time in her home and at the Lyric to make these great images.

Lindsay was a pleasure to work with, her beauty, personality, and talent blend perfectly…

-tw

Last night I went fishing with Capt. John Meskauskas of Stuart Fly Fishing…

Ok, well I really didn’t go fishing, but rather went out to make a portrait of Capt. John…

Since making environmental portraits is my specialty, I took John into his work space, in and around the water. So we went to the sandbar area just inside the St Lucie Inlet in Stuart FL.

Pacing ourselves against the tide and the sunset was the game plan, and it worked out just perfectly. Below is a production shot…and yes, my gear is in the water, just above the rapidly rising water…

It was actually a great night to be out on and in the water, real peaceful and relaxing. There were so many birds flying low and fish jumping around us. A much different scene from the weekend boat crowds.

John was great to work with, really easy going and relaxed…

my favorite image of the set…

to learn more about John and Stuart Fly Fishing: http://www.stuartflyfishing.com/

to see more of my environmental portraits: http://www.thomaswinter.com/

a behind the scenes video of the shoot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns907W-FU4E

-tw

See You at the Pole (SYATP) is an annual gathering of Christian students of all ages at a flagpole in front of their local school for prayer, scripture-reading and hymn-singing, during the early morning before school starts. The American SYATP events occur on every fourth Wednesday of September. This annual gathering began in 1990. It has grown by word of mouth, announcements at youth rallies and churches, and the Internet; SYATP meetings now occur internationally.

We attended the short service this morning at Bessey Creek Elementary (“BCE”) in Palm City where my 2 boys attend. The service was led by The Rev. Matthew Kozlowski of St Mary’s Episcopal Church in Stuart FL. It was the largest gathering yet for SYATP at BCE and it was a nice prayer break from our usual morning routine.

Rev. Kozlowski (“Fr. Koz”) is Assistant Rector at St Mary’s Church in Stuart. Fr. Koz is new to our community and St Mary’s but his ministry at the church is becoming very popular among young families seeking a comfortable place to worship.

-tw

Debbie and Bill Gardner are consultants to the private aviation industry, and they are also pilots. The challenge for their business portraits was to tie them to their business, but not necessarily to the cockpit where they had spent so many years flying. We needed a “corporate aviation” theme to support their current business.

We looked at some interior offices and conference rooms with the airport scene in the background, but I thought we needed a little more. We decided the best place to work would be on the tarmac of the local airport in Stuart, FL.  Business attire with an aviation theme would pull it together. We arranged the space, secured an real large prop, and got to work…

Their company is PDM Consulting, and Debbie Gardner operates their worldwide private air charter service:

Bill Gardner provides comprehensive consulting services related to industry compliance, and aviation operations management.

For more information on their business, you can follow this link to their website: http://www.pdmaviation.com

To see more of my professional and executive portraits, please visit: http://www.thomaswinter.com/#/portraiture/

-tw