I recently had the privilege of working with author Mary Mueller on her latest project Stargazer: The Story of Mary Mother of God. Ms. Mueller provided the model, Anna Baranyi, and a cover concept. My job was to photograph Anna in a manner that captured holiness along with a sense of awe in her expression and posture.

From the back cover:

Mary Mueller has created a first century masterpiece in her historical novel of the life of Mary, mother of Jesus. In her retelling of the biblical story, we follow Mary from a young girl, through her betrothal to Joseph, the birth of Christ, his childhood, his ministry, and his eventual crucifixion and resurrection. This heartwarming story will help you better understand the biblical story of Mary and the culture she lived in, as well as bring you to a new understanding of the humanity of Christ.

The cover layout was done by Skip Coryell of White Feather Press.

The book will be available on November 15 and can be purchased from your local bookseller, ordered from places like Borders, or directly from White Feather Press.

:: ISBN-13: 9780976608394 (978-0-9766-0839-4) ::

Below is another advertisement for Nafziger Family Chiropractic. It will be published in the Archbold Buckeye. The ad size is 3.75″ x 4″.

This poster design was done for Nafziger Family Chiropractic. The finish size of the poster is 18″x24″. It will be on display in their booth at the Fulton County Fair to draw in potential clients and then moved to their office in Archbold.

The photo is of Dr. Nafziger’s son and was done in the likeness of his dad’s professional portrait.

The copy at the bottom reads:

My dad helps people feel good. What most people don’t know about my dad is that he turns on their nervous system so they can function better physically, mentally and socially. Many people walk around like a dim light bulb and don’t realize it. My dad turns people into bright light bulbs!

Who knows…I’m not sure what I want to be when I grow up…but I want to help people, just like my dad!

This advertisement was created for F.M. Manufacturing, Inc. which designs and produces specialty equipment for the portable restroom industry. The first running will be the June 2008 issue of PRO.

Special thanks to Brush Creek Sales & Rental for the use of the portable.

This disc sleeve and face project was for Bob Grundell and his debut album Hicksville. The artwork is for a 6-panel wallet and companion audio CD which will be produced at Disc Makers. The audio was recorded at The Loft in Hicksville, Ohio.

The water tower and High Street photos were taken by Mark Gevaart with a Olympus C-5060WZ and then I gave them a pseudo Holga style.