Instead of Paying Tom McCarthy by check for assisting me with an ESPN shoot, I showered him in cash money! Makin’ it Rain!
Dec 22, 2012 | Categories: ESPN The Magazine, Friends, Marketing, My People n' stuff, Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, cigar, conceptual, five dollar bills, Friends, fun, funny, lit, Makin it rain, MATT ROTH, money, photo, photo series, photography, Photos, portrait, PORTRAITS, ridiculous, smoke, suit, Tom McCarthy Jr, toy helicopter, US Currency | Leave A Comment »
A conceptual shoot highlighting Tygarts Valley Middle schoolers in West Virginia making video games rather than playing them, for Education Week.
Jun 13, 2012 | Categories: Education Week, Photojournalism, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, conceptual, Education Week, lit, MATT ROTH, outtakes, photo, Photo essay, photo series, Photojournalism, Photos, portrait, PORTRAITS | Leave A Comment »
An eerie bowl of fruit. Plus how I lit it.
May 25, 2012 | Categories: Articles, Food photography, How-to, Personal Work, Photos | Tags: Baltimore Photographer, bowl of fruit, cliche, conceptual, food, graphic, lit, MATT ROTH, personal work, photo, pretty | Leave A Comment »
Acting a fool… Jumping on a motel bed in West Virginia.
Apr 23, 2012 | Categories: Marketing, Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS, self portrait | Tags: Baltimore Photographer, conceptual, cute, focal plane, fp-mode, fun, funny, high-speed sync, Jumping On Beds, lit, MATT ROTH, nikon D700, Nikon SB-900, photo, photo series, Photos, portrait, PORTRAITS, self portrait | Leave A Comment »
A scary portrait of Nick DiFabbio (aka ghostfreehood).
Feb 24, 2012 | Categories: Friends, Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, conceptual, dark, fantasy, Friends, fun, ghostfreehood, lit, MATT ROTH, Nick Borkowicz, Nick DiFabbio, photo, photo series, Photos, portrait, PORTRAITS, Scary Portrait | 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 »
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 | 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 »
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 »
PGA Tour Rookie of the Year Rickie Fowler made 18 pitching attempts for a blind hole-in-one stunt at the Red Bull Capital Drive in the Georgetown waterfront in Washington DC Saturday, June 11, 2011. Rickie Fowler ultimately pitched one ball, the one he hit in the above photo, in fact, into the hole positioned over [...]
Oct 05, 2011 | Categories: Magazine Work, Photos, Red Bull Photofiles, SPORTS, The Red Bulletin | Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, conceptual, Georgetown, golf, MATT ROTH, photo, photo series, Red Bull, Red Bull Photofiles, Rickie Folwer, SPORTS, The Red Bulletin | Leave A Comment »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Since I’ve been in Atlanta I’ve been wanting to make a portrait of Rick and Mom for her Birthday — which is TODAY!!! August 17th!!! Happy Birthday, Mom! They got married last summer, and I really like Rick. He’s a great guy, wonderful to my mom, and they make each other happy. They get each [...]
Aug 17, 2011 | Categories: family, My People n' stuff, Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS, Travel, Vacation/Workation | Tags: Baltimore Photographer, conceptual, Debbie Chase, family, fun, funny, lit, MATT ROTH, Mom, photo, portrait, PORTRAITS, Rick Chase | Leave A Comment »
I had night time a photo shoot with the lovely lady of Luceo, Kendrick Brinson Sunday, August 7, 2011, in her and David Walter Banks‘s backyard.
Aug 11, 2011 | Categories: Friends, My People n' stuff, Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: backyard, Baltimore Photographer, conceptual, Friends, fun, Kendrick Brinson, lit, Luceo Images, photo, photo series, Photographer, Photos, PORTRAITS, pretty | Leave A Comment »
Her husband Jeff and her best friend Lori celebrate Keri’s 30th birthday pool party at her brother Kyle and sister-in-law Christina’s house in Marietta, GA Sunday, July 31, 2011. Keri’s on the right, by the way. So… I decided it might be fun if I turned the day into
Aug 10, 2011 | Categories: Friends, My People n' stuff, Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: Advertising, Baltimore Photographer, conceptual, Editorial, Friends, fun, funny, Georgia, lit, Marietta, mcmansion, outdoor, photo, photo series, Photos, Pool, pool party, portrait, PORTRAITS, pretty, Sunny, upper middle class, young adults | Leave A Comment »
Instead of crashing on someone’s couch or …worse yet, a bathtub, for my 33rd birthday in Athens, GA, I decided to spring for a hotel room at the Holiday Inn Saturday, August 6, 2011. So, while I was waiting for Logan King and Melissa Holmes to get ready for dinner, I made some …uh, self [...]
Aug 09, 2011 | Categories: Personal Work, Photos, PORTRAITS, self portrait | Tags: Athens, Baltimore Photographer, conceptual, fun, funny, Georgia, Holiday Inn, lit, MATT ROTH, MATTROTHPHOTO, photo, photo series, Photos, PORTRAITS, self portrait | Leave A Comment »
Marriotts Ridge center midfielder Alex Price led the Mustangs to a 13-3-3 record and the girls soccer team’s first county championship. Here’s the corresponding Howard County Time Article. I couldn’t have asked for a better sky that day. …the temperature could’ve been better, though. If I remember correctly, it was hovering around 20-ish degrees, plus [...]
May 06, 2011 | Categories: How-to, My Best, Photojournalism, Photos, PORTRAITS, SPORTS, Sports Portraits, The Patuxent Publishing Co. | Tags: community journalism, conceptual, graphic, high school, lit, photo, photo series, PORTRAITS, pretty, Social Portrait, sportraits, SPORTS, teenagers, The Patuxent Publishing Co. | 1 Comment »
The Strobist, David Hobby.
Feb 18, 2011 | Categories: Friends, My People n' stuff, Other People Are Awesome, too!, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: Baltimore Photographer, conceptual, Friends, fun, learning, lit, MATT ROTH, photo, Photos, PORTRAITS, self portrait, The Strobist | 5 Comments »
Howard County Times girls soccer player of the year, Marriotts Ridge senior center midfielder Alex Price. This was a big year for me. …2010 is my last year as a newspaper staffer. In this post I’m showcasing the images that I think would easily be considered my “best” images from 2010. These are the images [...]
Dec 31, 2010 | Categories: AARP, community journalism, For The New York Times, My Best, Photojournalism, Photos, PORTRAITS, Sports Portraits, The Patuxent Publishing Co. | Tags: conceptual, documentary, emotion, Football, For The New York Times, high school, lit, photo, Photojournalism, Photos, PORTRAITS, pretty, The Patuxent Publishing Co. | 9 Comments »
Grant and Marie are getting married! Believe it or not, but this was shot in a Gaithersburg, MD subdivision — not on a magical hillside. I really didn’t want to make the traditional “updated prom photo” pose, as my girlfriend Jess calls it. Of course I made the safe shots. …we also called them “grandparent” [...]
Oct 05, 2010 | Categories: Articles, Friends, How-to, My People n' stuff, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: conceptual, cute, emotion, engagement photo, Friends, fun, funny, lit, PORTRAITS, pretty, wedding, Why The Hell Not? | 2 Comments »
Let me first say that David Hobby is an SEO powerhouse! When he pimps me out my analytics look like a big mountain is stuck in the middle of a desert. So, after getting hit with well over 500 page views within an hour of @strobist ‘s tweet, a few reached out, asking for a post [...]
Oct 04, 2010 | Categories: Articles, How-to, PORTRAITS, SPORTS, Sports Portraits, The Patuxent Publishing Co. | Tags: conceptual, learning, lit, photo, Photos, PORTRAITS, sportraits, SPORTS, The Patuxent Publishing Co., tutorial | 1 Comment »
(photo by Matt Roth) Laurel resident Gabrielle Galvez, with Baltimore Fencing Center of Columbia, won a bronze in the Division 3 Woman’s Epee at the US Fencing Association’s Summer National Championships in Atlanta, GA. Galvez is photographed at BFC Friday, August 20, 2010. This was a really cool shoot for Howard Magazine. It was a [...]
Oct 01, 2010 | Categories: PORTRAITS, SPORTS, The Patuxent Publishing Co. | Tags: conceptual, FENCING, graphic, HOWARD MAGAZINE, learning, lit, PORTRAITS, pretty, SPORTS, The Patuxent Publishing Co. | 5 Comments »
