The Class of 2021 - Pinnacle Awards // 850 Business Magazine
The Class of 2021 - Pinnacle Awards // 850 Business Magazine
We teamed up with Rowland Publishing for the feature in 850 Business Magazine. This can also be found in Emerald Coast Magazine and Tallahassee Magazine.
Dog's Best Friend // Tallahassee Magazine
Dog's Best Friend // Tallahassee Magazine
I (Alex) had the opportunity to spend the morning with Dr. Kevin Drygas and his family. As a father and business owner, being present with my kids is one of the most important things in the world to me. It was amazing getting to be a “fly on the wall” as Dr. Drygas put the scrubs away and exchanged it for a skateboard. He shared about their journey to Tallahassee and building a business here. He and his practice makes Tallahassee a better place for all the pet owners in out community. We were grateful for Tallahassee Magazine sharing these images!
A Spirited Business // Tallahassee Magazine
The Workmans photographed Ology Brewing Company's distillery team and products at their Tallahassee facility for Tallahassee Magazine's feature on the brewery's expansion into vodka and rum.
A Spirited Business // Tallahassee Magazine
Tallahassee Magazine assigned us to photograph a feature on Ology Brewing Company for their May/June 2021 issue. The story, written by Bob Ferrante, covered Ology's expansion from craft beer and coffee into distilled spirits, and the assignment took us to their facility off Powermill Court in Tallahassee to capture photographs of the team, the distilling process, and the products themselves.
Brewery and distillery photography is one of those assignments where you're balancing people, products, and space all in the same session. Ology's facility has a lot of visual interest; there's stainless steel equipment, bottles on shelves, the distilling setup, and the taproom and beer garden that regulars already know well. The challenge is making all of those elements feel cohesive in a magazine spread rather than like a disconnected collection of detail images. You need portraits of the people behind the product, close-ups of the bottles and the process, and wider compositions that give the reader a sense of the space.
For the product photography, we used Profoto lighting to give us control over how the bottles and glassware looked. Photographing glass and liquid is tricky because you're dealing with reflections, transparency, and the way light passes through different colors of spirit. A bottle of clear vodka behaves completely differently under lights than a bottle of rum, and getting both to look good in the same visual language takes some attention to how you position and modify the light. We also photographed portraits of lead distiller Jason Grant and members of the Ology team in and around the production space, using the equipment and environment as the backdrop rather than pulling them out of context.
As Tallahassee photographers, we've watched the local craft beverage scene grow over the last several years, and Ology has been a big part of that. We've photographed their space for other assignments as well, including the 10 Places to Chill feature we did for INFLUENCE Magazine. Having that familiarity with the location and the team helps when you're working on a tight editorial timeline because you already know the layout, the light, and the spots that photograph well.
This kind of editorial photography sits at the intersection of food and beverage, portrait, and commercial work. It's one of the areas where photography in Tallahassee has a lot of room to grow, and features like this in Tallahassee Magazine help put the local scene on the map for readers across the region.
This feature was photographed by The Workmans for Tallahassee Magazine and appeared in the May/June 2021 issue and was written by Bob Ferrante. The Workmans are a husband-and-wife photography team based in Tallahassee, Florida, and we work with publications across the state of Florida, in Washington D.C. and around the United States. You can explore more of our editorial photography in the archive, see more of our work across our website and connect with us on how we can best serve you!
Beers at Dawn-Thirty // Tallahassee Magazine
The Workmans photographed food and beverage pairings at Madison Social in Tallahassee for Tallahassee Magazine's feature on the breakfast beer trend across North Florida.
Beers at Dawn-Thirty // Tallahassee Magazine
Tallahassee Magazine assigned us to photograph the food and drink imagery for a feature in their March/April 2021 "Gastro & Gusto" section on breakfast beers across North Florida. The story, written by Thomas J. Monigan, covered craft breweries and bars from Tallahassee to Pensacola, and our assignment was to capture food and beverage photographs at Madison Social here in Tallahassee.
Food and beverage photography is its own discipline, and it's one we really enjoy. The goal is to make the reader want to reach into the page and grab what's in front of them. With this assignment, we were working with both plated dishes and poured drinks, which means you're managing different textures, colors, and levels of detail in the same frame. A breakfast plate like chicken and waffles with syrup has warm tones and a lot of visual weight, while a beer or cocktail next to it is translucent and reflective. Getting both to look their best in the same image takes some thought about how you light and compose the frame.
Madison Social gave us a great environment to work in. Restaurant photography in Tallahassee always involves working within the realities of the space; you're fitting your setup around tables, service flow, and whatever natural light the room provides. We used Profoto lighting to give us consistent control over the food styling while keeping things moving at a pace that let the kitchen plate dishes fresh. Food photography has a short window; once something is plated, you have a few minutes before it stops looking its best, so the workflow has to be efficient.
We worked with Canon lenses that let us get in close on the details of the food while still being able to pull back for wider compositions that showed the full table setting and the drinks alongside the plates. The variety of pairings in the story gave us a chance to create images with different visual personalities. A dark stout next to a breakfast plate tells a different story than a bright citrus beer next to eggs and hollandaise, and those differences give the magazine's art director options when laying out the spread.
As Tallahassee photographers, we've worked with a number of local restaurants and bars for editorial assignments, and food photography is one of the areas where photography in Tallahassee continues to grow. There's a real food and craft beverage scene here, and publications like Tallahassee Magazine do a great job of showcasing it.
This feature was photographed by The Workmans for Tallahassee Magazine and appeared in the March/April 2021 issue and was written by Thomas J. Monigan. The Workmans are a husband-and-wife photography team based in Tallahassee, Florida, and we work with publications across the state of Florida, in Washington D.C. and around the United States. You can explore more of our editorial photography in the archive, see more of our work across our website and connect with us on how we can best serve you!
Color Her Vivid // Tallahassee Magazine
Color Her Vivid // Tallahassee Magazine
We teamed up with Rowland Publishing for the feature in Tallahassee Magazine.
2020 Pinnacle Awards // 850 Business Magazine
2020 Pinnacle Awards // Tallahassee Magazine
We teamed up with Rowland Publishing for the feature in 850 Business Magazine. This can also be found in Emerald Coast Magazine.
H3lp is at Hand // 850 Business Magazine
H3lp is at Hand // Tallahassee Magazine
We teamed up with Rowland Publishing for the feature in 850 Business Magazine.
Pandemic Pivots // 850 Business Magazine
Proof Brewing Co./ Pandemic Pivots - 850 Business Magazine
Covid affected different businesses differently and everyone had to make adjustments. It was amazing to see how TLH community pivoted to survive the pandemic and serve the community. We were thankful to be a part of sharing the story of how Proof Brewery adapted and started making hand sanitizer. We teamed up with Rowland Publishing for the feature in 850 Business Magazine.
Culinary Excellence // Emerald Coast Magazine
Culinary Excellence // Emerald Coast Magazine
We teamed up with Rowland Publishing for the feature in Emerald Coast Magazine.
The Life of Marta // Tallahassee Magazine
The Life of Marta // Tallahassee Magazine
It’s not everyday I get asked to photograph someone who doesn’t have much time to live. In the fall of last year, we partnered with Rowland Publishing on a project. I had the opportunity to spend an afternoon with Marta while she was in her final weeks of life at Big Bend Hospice. She shared her story of fleeing Communist Cuba and making a new life here in the United States. Her smile lit up the room and her joy was contagious. It’s interesting how today, contagious seems like such a bad word. There are so many things that can be contagious and not necessarily in a bad way. How can we be joyful and how can that joy be contagious to those around us?
New Prosecutor in Town // 850 Business Magazine
New Prosecutor in Town // 850 Business Magazine
Goals matter. The first of year brings out thoughts of personal and professional goals. One of my goals was to capture an image for the cover of a magazine. I didn’t have a particular subject or publication in mind, but I wanted something that would challenge me to think of “the shot” instead of the entire photoshoot. I had the opportunity to take portraits of US District Attorney Keefe and I was so excited when it became the cover of an issue of 850 Business Magazine.
Cultural Change Agents // 850 Business Magazine
Cultural Change Agents // 850 Business Magazine
We teamed up with Rowland Publishing for the feature in 850 Business Magazine.
Florida's First Family // Tallahassee Magazine
The Workmans photographed Florida's First Family at the Governor's Mansion for Tallahassee Magazine's May/June 2019 feature, capturing portraits and candid family moments.
Florida's First Family // Tallahassee Magazine
Tallahassee Magazine assigned us to photograph their First Family feature for the May/June 2019 issue, and it remains one of the most memorable editorial assignments we've done. The assignment was to capture photos of Gov. Ron DeSantis and first lady Casey DeSantis with their two young children at the Governor's Mansion for a story written by Pete Reinwald. As Tallahassee photographers, we've worked in a lot of historic spaces around the capital city, but the Governor's Mansion presented a unique combination of challenges: priceless interiors, tight security coordination, and two toddlers who had their own plans for the afternoon.
The Governor's Mansion is a photographer's dream and a photographer's puzzle at the same time. The rooms are full of rich wood, historic artifacts, and carefully curated details that previous families have added over the decades. But those same elements create tricky lighting situations. We brought Profoto lighting to give us control in the interior spaces while keeping the look natural and warm. The goal was to make the images feel relaxed and lived-in, not stiff or overly produced. When you're photographing a family with a 2-year-old and a 1-year-old, there's no such thing as a perfectly controlled frame, and that's actually what makes the pictures work.
Some of our favorite moments from the session happened on the patio, where the family gathered after the interview. The kids were exploring, grabbing oranges, doing what kids do. That's where the real personality came through. We kept our Canon lenses long enough to give the family some breathing room while staying close enough to catch the candid interactions. Editorial photography like this lives in the in-between moments; not the posed portrait, but the glance, the laugh, the toddler reaching for something she shouldn't.
Photographing inside a working governor's residence means coordinating with security teams, working within specific time windows, and being respectful of the space. As editorial photographers in Florida, we've developed a workflow for high-profile sessions in sensitive locations. You come prepared, you work efficiently, and you stay flexible when a toddler decides the session is over before you do.
This feature was photographed by The Workmans for Tallahassee Magazine and appeared in the May/June 2019 issue and was written by Pete Reinwald. The Workmans are a husband-and-wife photography team based in Tallahassee, Florida, and we work with publications across the state of Florida, in Washington D.C. and around the United States. You can explore more of our editorial photography in the archive, see more of our work across our website and connect with us on how we can best serve you!
Dailey Life // Tallahassee Magazine
Dailey Life // Tallahassee Magazine
On May 2nd, 2019, I spend a little more than half a day with Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey. We meet at the Tallahassee Police Department Headquarters, for a memorial service. Then, I rode with him to the Tallahassee School of Math and Science where he read a few books and had a Fortnite Dance Competition with a class of kindergarteners. We drove the city, talking about growth, development and preservation of the history in our community. Next stop was the Leadership Tallahassee Class 36 graduation and finally to the Bond neighborhood. And that was all before 1:15pm… We partnered with Rowland Publishing to share the story of Tallahassee’s new mayor in Tallahassee Magazine.
