My passion is creating portraits that capture the beauty within all of us. I love the classic, timelessness of the black and white image as well as the emotional, romantic feel they embody.
In studio I use a very limited palate of backgrounds and props. The focus of my studio work is on the subject – not silly backgrounds or giant numbers. I want these to be classic images that won’t simply be a reflection of the current fads of over processed/Instagrammy looking snapshots.
I trained for a career in photojournalism and my weekday job creating TV commercials dovetails perfectly with my weekend passion of creating artistic portraits for models, high school seniors and families.
AWARDS
2012 Professional Photographers of America – “Bronze Photographer of the Year”
2012 Southern Illinois Art League – Spring – Best Black and White
2012 Southern Illinois Art League – Spring – Best Illustrative
2010 Midwest Academy of Television Arts and Sciences – Emmy awarded for KSDK Promotion “Where The News Comes First”
2010 Associated Professional Photographers of Illinois “Top Ten Photographer”
2010 Southern Illinois Art League – Fall – Best Black and White
2010 Southern Illinois Art League – Fall – Best Commercial
2010 Southern Illinois Art League – Fall – Best Illustrative
2004 Telly awarded for Best Commercial: Consolidated Financial
1992 Midwest Academy of Television Arts and Sciences – Emmy awarded for Directing Live Event – Sports Plus with Mike Bush
1989 Pfizer Corporation – Best Corporate Production
1979 Second place portfolio at Indiana University’s Summer Journalism Institute. This was a highly intense two week long course for high school yearbook photographers.. a long time ago but probably solidified my desire and confidence in my photographic potential.
To contact Doug you can use the contact page or:
doug@doughowellphotography.com or 618-954-9250 (9a-5p)
