GH Nagai Photographics

Portraiture

I like to think of a portrait as an intimate view of the individual - a side that shows who the person is, what she or he is like, and maybe what she or he likes....it reflects the relaxed quality that is sometimes hidden amidst the hurley-burley of a rushed existence, the quality of the individual that glows at twilight when the guard is down, that warms to the touch of a loved one, that smiles under the gaze of a friend...
I like to work with people when they're relaxed and more themselves - usually there will be a separate focus such as an event, something in which the individual will become involved and taken up, or a setting in which the person feels comfortable, all of which opens up the possibility for the relaxed side of the person to emerge and leave her or his mark on film or a digital sensor - when I've accomplished this in that moment, I've succeeded in capturing the individual in her or his best light...

Some examples of my work with people...