Bret Grafton Creative

visual branding
Portraits

Small Business Photography: His Stuff

His Stuff is a high-end men’s clothing store with very current fashions, for their branding I like the idea of select close-ups of their merchandise and some portraits of the owners.

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Small Business Photography: Scout

For Scout, I wanted to do a mini editorial story, featuring the furniture and the owner, who has amazing taste.

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Portrait Photography: Matthew Lew

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Portrait Photography: Laugh Track- Hosted by Adam Guerino and Bradley Thomas

Laugh Track is a re-occuring comedy show at Sidetrack bar in Chicago.  They feature a hilarious evolving roster of stand-up talent.

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Portrait Photography: Chicago Athletes

These photos were part of a photojournalistic series on Chicago athletes, all shot in my studio.  The text overlaid each photo is taken from each athlete, their words and handwriting.

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Celebrity Portraits: Jeffrey Altergott

I got special permission to shoot at The Old Town School of Folk Music for my session with Jeffrey Altergott. He’s a singer/songwriter  and his current full-length release, Balloons (2009), contains the Billboard World Song Contest winning track, “Don’t Prove Me Right“.  Check him out.

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