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 »
Baseball Factory Yankee Spring Training Experience at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg College.
Mar 20, 2012 | Categories: Marketing, outtakes, Photos, SPORTS | Tags: adolescents, Baltimore Photographer, Baseball, Baseball Camp, Baseball Factory, BF, boys, lit, Little league, Marketing, MATT ROTH, outtakes, photo, Photos, SPORTS, teens, Under Armour | Leave A Comment »
Nick Borkowicz, (aka Ghostfreehood) the bands Avec, and Attractive and Popular were game for an impromptu “zombie” shoot after their show …at a bar I forgot the name of, Wednesday, July 20, 2005. Nick wanted the photos to use as templates for drawings. That’s why no one
Feb 25, 2012 | Categories: 10AM Update, Friends, Personal Work, Photos | Tags: 10AM Update, Attractive and Popular, Avec, Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, early work, Friends, fun, funny, ghostfreehood, lit, Nick Borkowicz, Nick DiFabbio, zombies | 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 »
Portraits of Elizabeth Cline, Author of the Penguin Press book Overdressed: The Shockingly High Price of Cheap Fashion.
Feb 23, 2012 | Categories: Friends, My People n' stuff, outtakes, Photos, PORTRAITS | Tags: Author, Baltimore, Baltimore Photographer, book, dark, Elizabeth Cline, Friends, fun, funny, graphic, lit, MATT ROTH, metal, outtakes, Overdressed: The Shockingly High Price of Cheap Fashion, Penguin Press, photo, Photos, portrait, PORTRAITS, pretty, sword | Leave A 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 | 1 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 »
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 »
Dozens of drag queens raced down 17th Street, between P and S Streets NW near DuPont Circle Tuesday October 25th, 2011. The race is 25 years old! How’s that for stick-to-it-ive-ness? While you’re looking through the photos, I want y’all to play a game. It’s kinda like “Where’s Waldo,” but we’re gonna call it
Oct 31, 2011 | Categories: Personal Work, Photos, SPORTS | Tags: Baltimore Photographer, Drag Queens, female impersonators, fun, funny, gay, GBLT, high heels, lit, MATT ROTH, photo, Photos, transvestites, Washington DC, weird sports | 3 Comments »
Click the “I” button in the top left corner to see who is who and what they do.
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 »
Three words: NERF GUN BATTLE!
Oct 26, 2011 | Categories: Friends, Hang Outs, Personal Work, Photos | Tags: bachelor party, Baltimore Photographer, battle, Friends, fun, funny, ghostfreehood, lit, MATT ROTH, nerd culture, nerds, nerf gun, Nick Borkowicz, Nick DiFabbio, photo, Photo essay, photo series, spaghettikiss, Super Art Fight | 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 »
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 »
