Baltimore woman Sheontay Smith, 27, is on a waiting list for subsidized child care. She is photographed Tuesday, December 6, 2011 in the Southwest neighborhood of Baltimore “Sowebo” where she works as an inspection scheduler for the Baltimore Housing Authority. Day care for her three-year-old is $520 a month, her second highest monthly expense next [...]
Jan 05, 2012 | Categories: For The New York Times, Photojournalism, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, MATT ROTH, New York Times, outtakes, photo, Photojournalism, Photos | 1 Comment »
AARP Bulletin DOP Michael Wichita called me up a few months ago — actually, while I was in Denver for Geekfest – needing an in-house mock up made so he could pitch an illustration idea to his bosses for a big story they’re doing on the kind of people who use Social Security. He needed it [...]
Jan 04, 2012 | Categories: AARP BULLETIN, Magazine Work, Photojournalism, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: AARP Bulletin, Baltimore Photographer, Benjamen Rasmussen, Friends, fun, funny, Geekfest2011, lit, Mahala Gaylord, MATT ROTH, outtakes, photo, Photo essay, photo series, PHOTOGRAPHERS, Photos, PORTRAITS | Leave A Comment »
I recently realized that I when I listen to music I respond waaaayyy more to the mood a song creates than I do to its lyrics. I always hear how the vocals are sung and never hear what’s being said. Maybe that’s why I like metal? It didn’t take too long for me to understand [...]
Jan 04, 2012 | Categories: Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS, self portrait | Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, conceptual, graphic, lit, MATT ROTH, photo, photo series, Photos, portrait, PORTRAITS, self portrait | Leave A Comment »
Making messy portraits of kids …or whoever!
Jan 03, 2012 | Categories: Friends, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, Child Portraiture, Curly Red Design, cute, Friends, fun, funny, Kendall Ludwig, lit, MATT ROTH, Messy Portraits, photo, photo series, Photos, portrait, PORTRAITS | Leave A Comment »
Bethesda home organizer and interior designer Sally Carle shows how to destroy toilet germs, while staying green, for a New York Times story.
Dec 08, 2011 | Categories: For The New York Times, Illustration, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: Baltimore Photographer, conceptual, extreme cleaning, fun, funny, Illustration, lit, MATT ROTH, photo, photo series, Photos, portrait, PORTRAITS, Sally Carle, The New York Times | Leave A Comment »
When practicing a new lighting set up turns juvenile!
Dec 01, 2011 | Categories: Personal Work, PORTRAITS, self portrait | Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, fun, funny, lit, MATT ROTH, photo, photo series, Photos, portrait, PORTRAITS, self portrait | 1 Comment »
My friend Andrea Wise has a fire juggling brother. So, when I found out I
Dec 01, 2011 | Categories: Friends, Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, fire, fire juggling, Friends, lit, MATT ROTH, Matt Wise, photo, photo series, PORTRAITS, pretty | 1 Comment »
The El Mateo! Luchador mask courtesy of the limited edition “Weird Sports” book by Sol Neelman.
Nov 30, 2011 | Categories: Friends, My People n' stuff, Other People Are Awesome, too!, Personal Work, PORTRAITS, self portrait, SPORTS | Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, conceptual, Friends, fun, funny, lit, Luchador, MATT ROTH, photo, portrait, self portrait, Why The Hell Not? | Leave A Comment »
What better way to sell aprons than to set stuff on fire, right?
Nov 28, 2011 | Categories: Advertising, Friends, Illustration, My People n' stuff, Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: Ad campaign, Advertising, Aprons, Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, Charm City Craft Mafia, City Sparrow, concept, conceptual, Friends, fun, funny, Holiday Heap 2011, Kristen Rigney, lit, MATT ROTH, photo, photo series, Photos, portrait, PORTRAITS, Retro Renovation | 2 Comments »
Kal Penn, actor and former Associate Director in the White House Office of Public Engagement, is photographed in a neighborhood of northwestern D.C. Tuesday, November 8, 2011. I got to meet a movie star a few weeks ago! Kal Penn! Some of you might know him as Kumar, Dr. Lawrence Kutner, or Gogol from The Namesake. …but I [...]
Nov 23, 2011 | Categories: For The New York Times, Photojournalism, Photos, PORTRAITS | 1 Comment »
ABC News Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz sits in her office at the ABC Washington DC Bureau Thursday, October 13, 2011. Martha is a super cool person. When we were setting up the shoot for a New York Times profile, she wanted to know what I was thinking for the shoot. So, I threw [...]
Nov 23, 2011 | Categories: For The New York Times, Photojournalism, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: ABC, Baltimore Photographer, lit, Martha Raddatz, MATT ROTH, News, NYT's, photo, Photojournalism, Photos, portrait, PORTRAITS, Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent | Leave A Comment »
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Oct 26, 2011 | Categories: Friends, Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: Baltimore Photographer, Friends, fun, ghostfreehood, lit, MATT ROTH, nerd culture, nerds, Nerf Gun War, nerf Guns, Nick Borkowicz, Nick DiFabbio, photo, Photo essay, photo series, Photos, portrait, PORTRAITS, self portrait | Leave A Comment »
In case y’all haven’t heard of The Image Deconstructed blog, it’s an amazing resource! It deals with photographers’ mental processes & as a whole, gives insite into how photographers think — and sometimes feel — when they’re making pictures. It’s the brain child of Ross Taylor, who — and it should go without saying — [...]
Oct 24, 2011 | Categories: PORTRAITS, The Patuxent Publishing Co., What's New With Me? | Tags: animals, Baltimore Photographer, conceptual, funny, learning, lit, MATT ROTH, outtakes, photo, portrait, PORTRAITS, Ross Taylor, Social Portrait, The Image Deconstructed, The Patuxent Publishing Co. | Leave A Comment »
BOY! Doesn’t this post’s title sound cocky!? All that means is Jen Rynda replaced me at the Patuxent Publishing Company when I quit last December. And In case you’re curious, she’s doing a great job. She’s also putting a fresh new face on the Athletes of the Year photos — which, I suppose if I [...]
Oct 19, 2011 | Categories: Friends, Other People Are Awesome, too!, Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, Friends, Jen Rynda, Lastolite TriGrip, lit, MATT ROTH, Nikon, photo, Photos, Pocket Wizard, Pocket Wizard Flex, portrait, PORTRAITS, pretty, run and gun, SB-900, The Patuxent Publishing Co. | Leave A Comment »
Former major leaguer Mike Bordick, photographed at The Arthur W. Perdue Stadium, where the Delmarva Shorebirds “A” minor league team plays, works as a roaming coach for the Orioles minor league system. His title is technically the offensive coordinator, but the former Orioles short stop, who set a MLB record for most errorless games at [...]
Oct 18, 2011 | Categories: ESPN The Magazine, Magazine Work, Photos, PORTRAITS, Sports Portraits | Tags: Assignment Work, Baltimore Orioles, Baltimore Photographer, lit, MATT ROTH, Mike Bordick, photo, Photos, portrait, PORTRAITS, Social Portrait, sportraits, SPORTS | Leave A Comment »
“I had to stop telling people I live in Ballston, because they think I’m saying ‘Boston.’ So I just say Arlington,” says the lovely and talented photographer Melissa Golden, who’s now a new home owner, the day before moving day Sunday, September 25, 2011. For this post I wanted to showcase what Melissa’s condo was going [...]
Oct 10, 2011 | Categories: Friends, Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: adult, Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, condo, empty, Friends, ginger, glamour, MATT ROTH, Melissa Golden, new home owner, photo, photo series, PORTRAITS, pretty, red hair, Social Portrait | 13 Comments »
Urban farmer (and my neighbor) Matt Fouse with his
Sep 23, 2011 | Categories: Friends, Personal Work, PORTRAITS | Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, chickens, conceptual, Friends, lit, Matt Fouse, MATT ROTH, photo, portrait, PORTRAITS, Rat Czar, urban farming | Leave A Comment »
So, yeah… there’s another photographer named Matt Roth out there. Professionally, he goes by Matthew Aaron Roth, but to all his friends he’s Matt Roth. Luckily we shoot different subjects. I’m more of a portrait & editorial guy, and he’s an “adventure” photographer. Our only overlap is
Sep 22, 2011 | Categories: Friends, Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, Friends, lit, MATT ROTH, Matthew Aaron Roth, photo, Photos, portrait, PORTRAITS | Leave A Comment »
Mychael Wright, a friend of mine, agreed to let me make a few lit portraits of him about a month ago. It was a few days after Hurricane Irene came through and his power was still out. So, I used a portable battery pack. Recently I’ve been trying to make as many
Sep 22, 2011 | Categories: Friends, My People n' stuff, Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, conceptual, Friends, learning, lit, MATT ROTH, Mychael Wright, photo, Photos, portrait, PORTRAITS | 2 Comments »
This is Stephen Michaels. He’s probably one of my favorite people.
Sep 12, 2011 | Categories: Friends, My People n' stuff, Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: Baltimore Photographer, Friends, fun, funny, lit, MATT ROTH, photo, photo series, Photos, portrait, PORTRAITS, Stephen Michaels | 2 Comments »
I FINALLY got some new mods for my Paul C. Buff Einstein — an 11″ Long Throw Reflector and two grids. I went from having only a mini-sun to also shaping my light with something highly directional. The idea was to create a dark dark photo. Something moody with deep deep shadows. That’s easy. I just [...]
Sep 10, 2011 | Categories: Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS, self portrait | Tags: Baltimore Photographer, lighting, lit, MATT ROTH, on-axis fill, photo, portrait, PORTRAITS, self portrait | Leave A Comment »
A few months ago I went outside to test a beat up old 24mm lens to see if those HUGE SCRATCHES on the front element would be visible if I took a picture, and that’s when I met Clarence – my neighbor — who I’ve never met before. He was walking down the sidewalk braggin’ to whoever [...]
Aug 24, 2011 | Categories: Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, Hampden, MATT ROTH, photo, Photos, portrait | 2 Comments »
These are photos from a shoot held on the Bryn Mawr School campus in Baltimore, MD, Sunday, June 19, 2011 for The Collective’s “aLIVE” show at the Creative Alliance Fri Aug 26, 8pm. This shoot was a lotta fun and it went exactly how I like em’ to go… a little
Aug 23, 2011 | Categories: Dance!, Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, conceptual, Dance!, Friends, fun, graphic, lit, MATT ROTH, Modern Dance, photo, photo series, Photos, portrait, PORTRAITS, pretty, The Collective | Leave A Comment »
Finally! Grandmommy agreed to a portrait session Saturday, August 13, 2011. She’s 83 — I know! can’ you believe it? She looks great for her age. For the occasion she made us some grilled cheese sandwiches and served ice cream cones for desert. The shoot was also during the Brave’s game. They lost. But it [...]
Aug 19, 2011 | Categories: family, My People n' stuff, Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS, Travel, Vacation/Workation | Tags: Baltimore Photographer, family, Grandmommy, lit, MATT ROTH, photo, Photos, portrait, PORTRAITS | 2 Comments »
