Sep 01 2009
dual portrait 2 – a transition
Another example of an environmental portrait that can also serve as a headshot. This time a simple hallway serves as our background and a blend of natural daylight and warm tungsten light on our subject provides the color variation. Similar to the HHMI fellows, this portrait can be cropped as a headshot as well as serve as a consistent portrait location for the Cancer Care Associates team.
Our subject is Dr. David Chan, an excellent oncologist in the South Bay area of Los Angeles and a family friend (he and my wife trained together at Stanford).

Oncologist David Chan, M.D.
I recently spent a couple of days in his busy office creating images of patient care and research for his website and stock use. Look for those photos in my next post.
Mark Harmel
harmelphoto.com
nice framing.. is there a series of these?
Yes, there are 9 docs and medical staff that came to the “studio hallway” in between seeing patients. The location was out of the way, yet close enough to the exam rooms to make it convenient.