Marijo Beckman for AARP Bulletin

The only thing I love more than making portraits is making portraits of spunky, awesome women. I got that chance recently while on a shoot for AARP Bulletin. Marijo (pronounced Mary-Jo) Beckman lives in Delray Beach and is part of the Community Emergency Response Team (C.E.R.T.). View the story here.

If you can’t tell from the photos, Marijo has a smile and a laugh that is unbelievably contagious. I left the shoot thinking I was way more funny than I am in actuality. Anyhow, it was an incredible pleasure to photograph Marijo- she made the shoot a blast!

Above is the photo selected and below is how the image ran online.

Here a few more from the take-

Technical notes: Images made on the Canon 1DX and lit with the Profoto acuteB 600R with a Chimera 3 x 4 foot soft box. Special thanks to my buddy Ben Rusnak for helping out on the shoot.