I recently had the pleasure of working with some of Sacramento's finest; Members of the Sacramento County Sheriff's office. I've been interested in making some portraits for them for quite some time. My friend Rich who works for the department was able to set up an afternoon for us to make some images.

My goal was to make the deputy and officers look heroic, similar to the images I made of the female fighter pilots of Athena's Voice.

I feel that it is important to come up with shoots that you assign for yourself. I've learned over the years that doing things for myself, which involve different technical and creative challenges, has helped me with my assignment work. Many times clients have asked me for images similar to ones I've done for myself. It's very risky to do new things for clients that haven't been tested and proven. I certainly don't want to go into a paid assignment, hoping my idea works. I want to have proven it out before on my own.

Special thanks to Rich Carranza for setting this all up and Skip Jones for the assistance.

Gear used

Nikon Z6
Sigma 35mm Art Lens & 85mm Art Lens
Phottix Indra 500's
Edited in Luminar 4