A Brightened Future // Tallahassee Magazine
A Brightened Future // Tallahassee Magazine
The Governors Club is an iconic staple in Downtown TLH. They’ve recently been through a large renovation, so it was great getting to photograph the space and see how they’ve honored their history while modernizing the club for Tallahassee to enjoy. Thanks to Barry for your hospitality and Tallahassee Magazine for the opportunity to capture content for this story.
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?
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.
Beacons that to us Beckon // Tallahassee Magazine
The Workmans captured aerial photographs of the historic St. Marks Lighthouse in the St. Marks Wildlife Refuge for Tallahassee Magazine's July/August 2016 feature.
Beacons that to us Beckon // Tallahassee Magazine
Tallahassee Magazine featured our aerial photography of the St. Marks Lighthouse in their July/August 2016 issue as part of their "The 323" section. The piece highlighted the historic lighthouse in the St. Marks Wildlife Refuge, and we provided images through our Aerial Tallahassee project, which explores Tallahassee and the surrounding region from above.
The St. Marks Lighthouse is one of those landmarks that most people in the area have visited at ground level, standing at the base and looking up. Our assignment was to flip that perspective entirely. Aerial photography gives you the ability to show a familiar subject in a way that changes how people think about it, and a lighthouse is a perfect candidate for that treatment. From the ground, it's a tall white structure against the sky. From above, you see its relationship to the coastline, the refuge, the water, and the landscape surrounding it in a way that's impossible to appreciate otherwise.
Photographing a lighthouse from the air in Wakulla County means dealing with coastal wind conditions, restricted airspace considerations near wildlife refuge areas, and the challenge of timing your flight to get the right light on a white structure surrounded by water. White buildings next to open water can be difficult because the reflectivity creates exposure challenges; the structure wants to blow out while the water and marshland around it go dark. Getting the balance right takes planning around the time of day and the angle of approach.
This was one of our earlier aerial editorial assignments for a Florida publication, and it's a good example of how photography in Tallahassee extends well beyond the city limits. The St. Marks Wildlife Refuge is about 25 minutes south of downtown, and it's one of the most visually rich areas in the region. As Tallahassee photographers, having the ability to offer aerial perspectives alongside traditional editorial photography gives publications like Tallahassee Magazine options that most Florida photographers in the area aren't set up to deliver. It's a different skill set and a different way of seeing a place, and we're grateful the magazine gave us the space to showcase it.
This feature was photographed by The Workmans for Tallahassee Magazine and appeared in the July/August 2016 issue and was written by the Tallahassee Magazine Editorial Team. 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!