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.
Sine Die: A Photo Essay // INFLUENCE Magazine
Sine Die: A Photo Essay // INFLUENCE Magazine
Sine Die means (with reference to business or proceedings that have been adjourned) with no appointed date for resumption. When Legislative Session ends, the House and the Senate adjourn Sine Die. We had the honor of capturing that last day of the 2021 Legislative Session with Speaker Chris Sprowls and his team. The feature was published as a photo essay in INFLUENCE Magazine.
The Florida Chamber Revs Up For 2022 // INFLUENCE Magazine
The Florida Chamber Revs Up For 2022 // INFLUENCE Magazine
We had a great time with the Leadership Team from the Florida Chamber. For their feature in INFLUENCE Magazine, we spent some time at Charlie Park, photographing the team and hearing about all the amazing things they are working on for 2022.
What I've Learned: Rick Flagg // INFLUENCE Magazine
The Workmans photographed veteran Florida Capitol reporter Rick Flagg at their Garage studio in Tallahassee for INFLUENCE Magazine's What I've Learned feature.
What I've Learned: Rick Flagg // INFLUENCE Magazine
INFLUENCE Magazine assigned us to photograph veteran Florida Capitol reporter Rick Flagg for their "What I've Learned" feature in the Fall 2021 issue. The story, written by Rosanne Dunkelberger, was a career-spanning interview, and the portrait session took place at our Garage studio in Tallahassee.
The "What I've Learned" series is one of INFLUENCE Magazine's recurring features, and we've had the opportunity to photograph several of them over the years. Each one is a portrait session built around a single subject, and the Garage gives us the controlled environment to make each one feel distinct. The challenge with a recurring series is that the visual format needs to feel consistent for the magazine while still reflecting the personality of whoever is sitting in front of the camera. That means the lighting, the composition, and the creative direction shift from session to session even though the setting stays the same.
For Flagg's session, we set up Profoto lighting and tethered to our MacBook Pro running Capture One so we could review the portraits in real time as we worked. Tethering is a standard part of our Garage workflow because it lets us make precise adjustments to lighting ratios and composition on the fly. When you're working with a subject who has a strong visual presence, like Flagg does, the photography needs to match that energy. You're looking for the frames that communicate who this person is without needing the article to explain it.
Portrait photography in a studio environment is about control, but the best results come when the subject brings something of themselves into the frame. Our job as the editorial photographer is to create the conditions where that can happen; the right light, the right lens, and enough space for the subject to relax into who they are. We have photographed a wide range of Florida's political press corps, lobbyists, and public figures in the Garage over the years, and each session adds to the body of work that defines what Tallahassee photography looks like beyond the Capitol building itself.
As editorial photographers in Florida, we value the "What I've Learned" assignments because they give us the chance to spend focused time with a single subject rather than moving through a high-volume session. That kind of one-on-one portrait work is where you can really dial in the details and deliver images that stand on their own.
This feature was photographed by The Workmans for INFLUENCE Magazine and appeared in the Fall 2021 issue and was written by Rosanne Dunkelberger. 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!
On The Cover - Attorney General Ashley Moody // Tallahassee Woman Magazine
The Workmans photographed Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody at the Attorney General's Office and the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee for a Tallahassee Woman Magazine cover feature.
On The Cover - Attorney General Ashley Moody // Tallahassee Woman Magazine
Tallahassee Woman Magazine assigned us to photograph Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody for a cover feature in their August/September 2021 issue. The story, written by Erin Collins, was an in-depth profile, and our assignment took us to two locations: the Attorney General's Office in Tallahassee and a studio setup in the Florida Capitol.
Using two locations for a single editorial portrait session gives the publication a wider range of images to work with in the layout. The Attorney General's Office provided the professional setting; it's a formal environment with its own visual language, and photographing there means working within the constraints of a government building. You're coordinating with security, working around schedules, and being mindful of the space. Those kinds of sessions tend to move quickly, so preparation is everything.
The second half of the session at a studio setup in the Florida Capitol gave us a completely different canvas. While it wasn't our usual Garage Studio space, we could still control the environment in terms of lighting and feel. We set up Profoto lighting and tethered to our MacBook Pro running Capture One so we could review images in real time as we worked through the session. Tethering is especially useful for portrait photography like this because it lets you see the details on a larger screen while you're still in the moment; you can make adjustments to lighting, composition, and posing without guessing. Having that level of control in a studio meant we could take a more creative approach with the portraits compared to what the office environment allowed.
The combination of the two settings is something we do often as Tallahassee photographers for editorial assignments. You get the environmental context of the subject's professional world, and then you get the polished, controlled portrait work in a dedicated studio space. Together, they give the art director and the publication options for both the cover and the interior spread.
Political portrait photography is a significant part of our work as editorial photographers in Florida. Photographing elected officials and state leaders requires a consistent, professional approach regardless of who the subject is. You treat every session the same way: come prepared, respect the subject's time, and deliver images that serve the publication's vision for the story.
This feature was photographed by The Workmans for Tallahassee Woman Magazine and appeared in the August/September 2021 issue and was written by Erin Collins. 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!
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!
Agonizing and Joyful // Tallahassee Magazine
The Workmans photographed author Jay Revell at Capital City Country Club in Tallahassee for this Tallahassee Magazine feature on his book, The Nine Virtues of Golf.
Agonizing and Joyful // Tallahassee Magazine
Tallahassee Magazine asked us to photograph Jay Revell for a feature in their May/June 2021 issue tied to his book, The Nine Virtues of Golf. The story, written by Steve Bornhoft, explores Revell's lifelong relationship with the game, and the assignment took us to Capital City Country Club in Tallahassee to capture portraits of Jay in the environment where so much of that relationship plays out.
Capital City Country Club is one of those locations that looks effortless in photographs but requires some thought to photograph well. The course is lined with Spanish oaks and full of rolling terrain, which gives you beautiful depth and framing options. But a golf course is also wide open, and depending on the time of day, you're managing strong directional light with very little shade to work with. As Tallahassee photographers, we've been on this course before for other assignments, so we had a sense of which spots would give us the best combination of background interest and workable light.
For an environmental portrait like this, the goal is to put the subject in a setting that tells part of their story without needing a caption. Revell on the course, with his clubs, surrounded by the landscape he writes about with so much affection; that's the photograph doing narrative work alongside the article. We brought our Canon mirrorless system and worked with a range of focal lengths to balance Revell against the scale of the course. Some frames pulled in tight on him, while others let the fairways and oaks fill the background to give the spread some variety for the magazine's layout.
What makes editorial photography like this rewarding is that the subject brings something to the table before you ever press the shutter. Revell has a connection to the game that comes through in how he carries himself on the course. Our job was to find the frames where that connection reads naturally, without overexposing or forcing a moment that wasn't there. The best environmental portraits happen when the subject feels at home, and Revell was about as at home as you can get.
This feature was photographed by The Workmans for Tallahassee Magazine and appeared in the May/June 2021 issue and was written by Steve Bornhoft. 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!
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!
Virtual Business Meetings Don't Have To Look Bad // INFLUENCE Magazine
The Workmans photographed Strategic Digital Services' new studio-for-hire in Tallahassee for INFLUENCE Magazine's feature on the future of remote business production.
Virtual Business Meetings Don't Have To Look Bad // INFLUENCE Magazine
INFLUENCE Magazine assigned us to photograph a feature on Strategic Digital Services for their Spring/Summer 2021 issue. The story, written by Rosanne Dunkelberger, profiled the Tallahassee-based digital marketing agency and their investment in a new studio-for-hire, and our assignment was to capture photographs of the space and its capabilities at their offices in Tallahassee.
Photographing a studio environment for a magazine feature is an interesting assignment because you're essentially photographing a space that was designed to look good on camera. Strategic Digital Services built their studio with broadcast-quality production in mind, so the bones of the space are already strong visually. But there's a difference between a room that's set up for video conferencing and a photograph of that room that needs to communicate what the space can do. Our job was to make the studio feel professional and versatile in a way that translated to the printed page.
The challenge with photographing interiors and equipment-heavy spaces is making them feel inviting rather than clinical. A room full of monitors, lighting rigs, and rolling equipment can look sterile if you don't think about composition and how you frame the elements within the space. We worked with our Canon mirrorless system to find the angles that showed the studio's flexibility and scale while keeping the images clean enough for a magazine layout. For a feature like this, the photographs need to do double duty; they have to look good as editorial images and also communicate the practical value of the space to potential clients reading the story.
As Tallahassee photographers, we've seen the local business landscape shift significantly over the past several years, and companies like Strategic Digital Services are a big part of that. We have photographed a range of Tallahassee businesses for editorial assignments, and the technology and marketing sector in particular has grown in ways that create interesting visual stories. Photographing a purpose-built production studio in Tallahassee for a statewide publication is a good example of how commercial photography in Florida intersects with editorial work.
Assignments like this sit in a space between traditional editorial photography and commercial documentation. The images serve the magazine's storytelling needs, but they also have practical value for the business being profiled. That overlap is something we navigate regularly as editorial photographers in Florida, and it's one of the things that keeps this kind of work varied and interesting.
This feature was photographed by The Workmans for INFLUENCE Magazine and appeared in the Spring/Summer 2021 issue and was written by Rosanne Dunkelberger. 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!
Chill Out, Unplug, and Unwind // INFLUENCE Magazine
The Workmans photographed Dominic Calabro at Florida TaxWatch in Tallahassee for INFLUENCE Magazine's feature on stress-relieving books during Florida's legislative session.
Chill Out, Unplug, and Unwind // INFLUENCE Magazine
INFLUENCE Magazine assigned us to photograph imagery for a feature on stress-relieving books in their Spring/Summer 2021 issue. The story, written by Rebecca Renner, recommended six books for readers looking to unwind, and our assignment was to capture photographs of Dominic Calabro, CEO and President of Florida TaxWatch, at their offices in Tallahassee.
The concept for the photography was simple: a busy professional taking a moment to step away from the pace of session and clear his mind with a book. That kind of editorial imagery looks easy on the page, but getting it right requires some thought. You're photographing someone in their professional environment doing something that's supposed to look relaxed and natural, which means the lighting and the composition need to support that feeling without making the image look staged or stiff.
The Florida TaxWatch offices gave us a professional setting to work within. Office environments can be tricky for editorial photography because you're dealing with overhead fluorescents, limited space to position lights, and backgrounds that can feel generic if you're not intentional about where you place your subject. We used Profoto lighting to give us control over the quality of light on Calabro while keeping the environment visible and natural-looking in the frame. The goal was an image that felt like a moment rather than a posed portrait; someone genuinely taking a pause in the middle of a full day.
As Tallahassee photographers, we photograph a lot of professionals in office settings during the legislative session, and each one presents its own layout and lighting puzzle. We have developed a workflow for these kinds of sessions that lets us set up quickly, work within the realities of the space, and deliver images that feel polished without disrupting the subject's day. For a feature like this, where the photograph needs to complement a written piece about slowing down, the image has to communicate calm without looking manufactured. That balance is where the craft lives.
Assignments like this are a good reminder that not every editorial session is a multi-location production or an elaborate setup. Sometimes the most effective editorial photography is a single, well-executed image of the right person in the right setting, doing something that connects to the story being told.
This feature was photographed by The Workmans for INFLUENCE Magazine and appeared in the Spring/Summer 2021 issue and was written by Rebecca Renner. 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!
10 Places to Chill // INFLUENCE Magazine
The Workmans photographed ten Tallahassee locations for INFLUENCE Magazine's feature on the best places to decompress during Florida's legislative session.
10 Places to Chill // INFLUENCE Magazine
INFLUENCE Magazine asked us to photograph a feature on the best places to decompress during Florida's legislative session. The piece, written by Chelsea Workman, covered ten different locations across Tallahassee, and for us that meant ten mini-sessions in a single production window. Every location needed to feel distinct.
One of the advantages we had on this assignment is that we actually live here. A lot of the people reading INFLUENCE during session are in Tallahassee on a part-time basis, so they might not know about a place like Lichgate on High Road or the quiet courtyard tucked between City Hall and the Capitol at British Olympic Courtyard. We already had a sense of what makes each spot special and what time of day the light would work best, which saved us a lot of scouting time and let us move quickly between locations.
The range of settings made this one interesting from a photography standpoint. We went from the 22nd floor of the Florida Capitol, where you can see all the way to St. Marks on a clear day, down to the patio at Ology Power Mill, then over to the rolling fairways at Capital City Country Club. Each location called for a different approach. The interiors at Bar 1903 and the library at Governors Club have completely different character than the open green space at Lewis Park or the trails at Lafayette Heritage Trail Park. Our Canon mirrorless setup let us move between those environments quickly without a lot of gear swaps, which matters when you're covering that many locations in a tight window.
What we like about assignments like this is that they show a side of Tallahassee photography that goes beyond the Capitol dome and session coverage. This city has so much texture, from historic spaces to local breweries to parks that most visitors never find. Getting to capture that range for a single feature is the kind of work we love doing as editorial photographers in Florida.
This feature was photographed by The Workmans for INFLUENCE Magazine and appeared in the Spring 2021 issue and was written by Chelsea Workman. 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!