photography AND PHOTO RETOUCHING
Below you'll find my Studio / Street Photography and Photo Retouching Samples.
My studio photography is vibrant & conceptual with a strong sense of narrative. Whether you’re creating a personal photo project, a portrait or marketing assets, I’ll bring my refined photographic eye and curious nature, to help you capture original imagery that will tell your project’s story.
With my street photography. I use my lens to expand and explore the borders of the frame, while using movement, multiple exposures, slow shutter-speed, low light, and prisms to reveal your subject in a new light. I also enjoy shooting at night to show the different side of an environment, once the sun goes down.
My photography has earned finalists and honorable mention distinctions in both domestic and international contests.
Skills:
Photo Pre-Production / Photo Research / Photo Production / Photo Retouching
Software:
Adobe Photoshop / Adobe Illustrator / Clip Studio Paint EX
studio photography
* Click Image to Purchase or View Preview / Yuuma: The Geisha Redux. In these images I am exploring breaking down and re-imagining the geisha aesthetic. Utilizing kimono fabric and traditional geisha props, I aim to show another way of looking at the geisha: a view that is unearthed one image at a time. Interspersed with these images are photos taken at the Chinese Scholar's Garden in Staten Island, NY. The landscape looks like it could be from somewhere in Japan, so I thought those images would complement the geisha photos nicely. The cover image (The Geisha with the Dragon Tattoo) was a Finalist in the Photographer's Forum 37th Annual Spring Photography Contest. It was published in their Best of Photography 2018 book.
From the book - Yuuma: The Geisha Redux - Spring Has Arrived - Studio Self-Portrait Digital Photography
From the book - Yuuma: The Geisha Redux - Underneath - Studio Self-Portrait Digital Photography
![* Click Image to Purchase or View Preview / The [Masc] We Wear is a self-portrait photo series that explores the boundaries of masculinity within realm of beauty. I am attempting to show that men can retain their manhood while wearing body paint and](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fb7cb16fb0b31ab04f19c1/6f899f14-9e51-4223-af0f-3ad4647bb347/The+Masc+We+Wear+Front+Cover+Only+Web.jpg)
* Click Image to Purchase or View Preview / The [Masc] We Wear is a self-portrait photo series that explores the boundaries of masculinity within realm of beauty. I am attempting to show that men can retain their manhood while wearing body paint and posing with butterflies. Masculinity exists within the mind of each man and is not directly related to one’s outward appearance. Due to the props I am using, you would expect to see a woman in the image, but instead you’ll see me. Men can be beautiful as well, and don’t have to sacrifice or give up any portion of their virility to prove it. The cover image (Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder) was a Finalist in the Photographer's Forum 34th Annual Spring Photography Contest. It was published in their Best of Photography 2014 book.
![From the book - The [Masc] We Wear - Gold + Blue - Studio Self-Portrait Digital Photography](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fb7cb16fb0b31ab04f19c1/c55a3ab7-40aa-4ae6-8baf-3b32f8c27a1c/goldandblue_masc_we_wear_david_arroyo_web.jpg)
From the book - The [Masc] We Wear - Gold + Blue - Studio Self-Portrait Digital Photography
![From the book - The [Masc] We Wear - Thoughts of Flying - Studio Self-Portrait Digital Photography](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63fb7cb16fb0b31ab04f19c1/e98090c0-0eb0-44a2-91c9-0539fad39ea5/butterflieschest_masc_we_wear_david_arroyo_web.jpg)
From the book - The [Masc] We Wear - Thoughts of Flying - Studio Self-Portrait Digital Photography
Los Elementos Adentro de Mi – Earth 1 - Studio Self-Portrait Digital Photography / These images explore our connection to the elements of earth, air, spirit and water. I used them in my poetry & prose book Los Elementos Adentro de Mi.
Los Elementos Adentro de Mi – Earth 2 / Studio Self-Portrait Digital Photography
Los Elementos Adentro de Mi – Water 1 / Studio Self-Portrait Digital Photography
Los Elementos Adentro de Mi – Water 2 / Studio Self-Portrait Digital Photography
Los Elementos Adentro de Mi – Air 1 / Studio Self-Portrait Digital Photography
Los Elementos Adentro de Mi – Air 2 / Studio Self-Portrait Digital Photography
Los Elementos Adentro de Mi – Spirit 1 / Studio Self-Portrait Digital Photography
Los Elementos Adentro de Mi – Spirit 2 / Studio Self-Portrait Digital Photography
Los Elementos Adentro de Mi – Spirit 3 / Studio Self-Portrait Digital Photography
Diving for Hearts: An Experimental Photo Series - Digital Studio Photography - With Open Arms / This series explores the loneliness & desire after the end of a long-term relationship. The red shape in each photo represents the heart. I used digital multiple exposures & slow shutter-speed to create the abstract and layered imagery.
Desire Within Reach / Digital Studio Photography
Reaching Through the Salt Scented Air / Digital Studio Photography
Washing Over You & Me / Digital Studio Photography
Down into the Velvet Dark / Digital Studio Photography
I Long to Keep on Diving / Digital Studio Photography
No One's Seen the Things I've Seen / Digital Studio Photography
It Left a Scar / Digital Studio Photography
Lost to the Sea / Digital Studio Photography
street photography
A Moment in Time: The Bridge – Experimental Light Series - Digital Street Photography. This image earned an Honorable Mention: Night Category in the 2011 International Photography Awards.
A Study of Cars in Motion – Experimental Light Series - Digital Street Photography. This image earned an Honorable Mention: Night Category in the 2011 International Photography Awards.
I'll Be Waiting Under the Park Sign – Experimental Light Series - Digital Street Photography. This image earned an Honorable Mention: Night Category in the 2011 International Photography Awards.
Arch & Leaves - Digital Landscape Photography / This image earned a Commendation in the 2012 Sony World Photography Awards in the Enhanced category. As a result, this image was digitally exhibited in the 2012 World Photo exhibition at The Somerset House in London.
Each is a Dream Floating Above Me - Digital Street Photography
A Dream Corrected - Digital Street Photography.
photo retouching samples
Photo Retouching Sample - The Geisha with the Dragon Tattoo was a Finalist in the Photographer's Forum 37th Annual Spring Photography Contest. It was published in their Best of Photography 2018 book.
Photo Retouching Sample - Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder was a Finalist in the Photographer's Forum 34th Annual Spring Photography Contest. It was published in their Best of Photography 2014 book.
Photo Retouching Sample - I Long to Keep on Diving
Photo Retouching Sample - Down into the Velvet Dark
Photo Retouching Sample - Reaching for the Unknown
Photo Retouching Sample - Into the Green
Photo Retouching Sample - Words I Can Not Say
Photo Retouching Sample - A Touch of Air