Bronze Horse

Photographic Study of a Bronze Horse

A close up photo of the left flank of a bronze horse results in a photographic composition that focuses on light and form.

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Wedding Vows

Photo of Bride and Groom Exchanging Wedding Vows

This black and white wedding photograph by Michael McLane shows the bride and groom exchanging their wedding vows. The photo is taken over the heads of some of the guests with the couple out of focus to give depth of field.

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Construction Crane 4

Liebherr Construction Crane

This dramatic construction photograph is a sectional composition of a Liebherr construction crane.


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Bridal Procession

Wedding Photography - Bridal Procession

This black and white wedding photograph by Michael McLane shows the bridal procession with the bride being assisted with the train of her wedding dress by her groom while red rose petals are thrown at her.

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Masks

Masks in Arezzo

These masks peer at us in gargoyle-like fashion in this photographic study.


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Newly Weds' First Dance

Wedding Photo - Bride and Groom's First Dance

This black and white wedding photograph by Michael McLane shows the happy newly-wed couple in action on the dance floor kicking off the evening's festivities.

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Construction Crane 3

Topping Out - Construction Photography by Michael McLane

This dramatic black and white photo of the steel framework of a high-rise building is taken with a pronounced vertical aspect and captures the boom of the crane suspending a steel girder with a construction worker balanced on it.

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Bride's Wedding Dress Train

Wedding Photography - Brides Dress

This black and white photograph of the bride by Michael McLane is taken from behind her showing the detail of the train of her wedding dress. The folds of the train suggest a 1930's look.


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Construction Crane 2

Construction Photography - Crane

A construction crane leans out over the steel framework of the rising building.

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Ceramic Pots

Photographic Study of Ceramic Pots

What else can you call this photographic study other than a "postscape". Earthenware pots with earth tones and highly reflective surfaces prove that the mundane makes for great subject matter.


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Find Wedding Photographers in Your Area

Local Wedding Photographers

Scroll down to see the local wedding photographers search swicki below.

Every photographer, whether professional or amateur, is going to be photographing a wedding or two before long into their career or hobby. And you can bet that if there is one photo on display in a home, it is likely to be a wedding photo. Look back through your family album and there they are: the black and white wedding portraits of great-grandparents, grandparents, followed by black and white or grainy color wedding photos of our own parents. They are as much part of the family tree and recorded family history as any other heirloom handed down from generation to generation.

So it is that the professional wedding photographer, whether weekend moonlighter or full-time professional, is an integral part of the wedding planning process and budget. Whether found by referral or by searching the internet, he or she better be good!

To help out, make use of our wedding photographer search Swicki (see search cloud below). Over time, the websites of the best local photographers will be tagged by users of the Wedding Photographer Swicki, and the most popular will rise to the top of the search results. So search for the best wedding photographer by starting with our wedding photographer Swicki.

Photographer Michael McLane has of course photographed weddings, and in doing so has learned to respect those that do it as a profession. As Mike expressed it to me after acting as photographer at his niece's wedding:

I had a great time and a lot of fun doing their wedding, but it was a hell of a lot of work. It was a big wedding in Palm Springs. I started shooting about 10:00 AM and finished about 9:30 PM. I have a whole new respect for the guys that do that for a living. I really don’t want to do anymore weddings!

Take a look at the wedding photos by Mike McLane taken at his niece's wedding.

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Bride and Groom

Wedding Photo Bride and Groom Black and White

Michael McLane speaking on being the wedding photographer for his niece's wedding:

I had a great time and a lot of fun doing my niece's wedding, but it was a hell of a lot of work. It was a big wedding in Palm Springs. I started shooting about 10:00 AM and finished about 9:30 PM. I have a whole new respect for the guys that do that for a living. I really don’t want to do anymore weddings!

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Construction Crane 1

Photo of contruction cranes

A crane with its head enshrouded in fog leans out over the steel framework of the rising building

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Pashimas

Photographic Study of Pahsimas in Florence

"Pashimas" or shawls make sumptuous and rich subject matter for this photographic study taken in Florence.

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Construction Worker McCarthy

Construction Worker - Concrete Pour

Construction worker McCarthy guides the concrete pour in this action shot.

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Objects d'Art Musei Capitolini

Study of Artifacts in the Musei Capitolini

Some artifacts in the Musei Capitolini serve as objects d'art for Michael McLane's camera lens.

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Steel Ballet 4

Construction Photography by Michael McLane

More mid-air ballet on the part of steel construction workers.

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Steel Ballet 3

Steel-Worker Construction Photo

By essentially removing any background, the steel-worker and girder appear to float in the air in this construction photo.


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Lion's Face Architectural Feature

Architectural Study of a Lion's Face

A close-up still life of a handsome wood carving of a lion's head in Arezzo, Italy, is the subject of this photograph of an architectural element.

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Steel Ballet 2

Contruction Worker Photo

I like how photographer Michael McLane has picked out the worker from the background in this photo of a steel-worker.

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Steel Ballet 1

Construction Worker Photograph

In this black and white photograph two construction workers appear to be balanced on steel girders suspended in the sky. Photographer Michael McLane likens them to ballet dancers because of the poise and balance they exhibit as they float in the air.

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Getty Center Architectural Photo

The Getty Center Los Angeles

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Arc de Triomphe

Arc de Triomphe Paris

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Paris Roofs

Black and White Architectural Photograph of Paris Landmarks

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Paris Church

Black and White Architectural Photo of a Paris Church

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Neopolitan

Architectural Study of the Walls of the Neopolitan

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Citroen Car

Photgraphic Study of a Citoen and Brick Wall

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Picoterette

Architectural Study of a Door and Bell

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Pantheon Ceiling

Architectural study of the ceiling of the Pantheon in Rome

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Roof Cornice

Photographic Study of Terracotta Cornice

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Chimayo Roof Line

Architecural Photographic Study - Roof

A study of a chimayo roof line

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Neon Sign - Cafe

Architectural Study of a Neon Sign

This neon sign for a cafe is old and weathered - which is of course what makes it so interesting a subject for this photo.

Limited edtion prints of 5 each:
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Bewitched Movie Theater Marquee

Architectural Photo of a Movie Theatre Marquee

A bewitching study of the marquee for a movie theater

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Column and Arch Florence

Interior Architectural Photography Arch and Column

This interior architectural shot is a great composition of staight and curved lines.

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Cornice

Architectural Study of a Cornice

Time is having its way with the plaster of this cornice.

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Boarding House

Architectural Photograph of Rundown Boarding House

Probably not quite what you'd expect. This boarding house is all boarded up. If it had been a boarding house at one time, it's glory is certainly in the past.

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Ballroom of Ghosts

Architectural Interior Photograph

A pole, a radiator heater, a couple of doors...and some ghosts.

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Tuscan Rural Landscape

Early Morning in Tuscany

Olives hang from the branches of an olive tree while the sun peeps over the hill tops beyone a church steeple in this fine art photograph by Michael McLane.

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Farmhouse Italy

Farmhouse, Borgo Iesolana, Italy

This landscape photo is of a bucolic scene in Italy. Country houses are nestled in the trees while clouds threaten in the distance.

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Autumn Leaves

Photo of Leaves in Fall, Borgo Iesolana, Italy

Speckled red autumn leaves on a vine herald the beginning of the harvest season in Italy.

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Waiting at the Bus Stop

Photo of a Woman at a Bus Stop in Italy

Michael McLane captured this woman with red hair and wearing a rain coat on a rainy day while traveling in Italy. How is it that such a mundane scene can become such a work of art? Perhaps it is the woman's strikingly colored red hair. She looks elegant and sophisticated from the back, such that I am a little shocked to see her waiting for a bus, a victim of the mundane impositions of urban life. Have you ever wondered how much of your life is taken up with just waiting? No better time to ponder this reality than when waiting upon public transport to arrive and rescue you from your state of suspended animation and place you back on your life's course. Many people in modern cities in the West rely on their cars to take them to and from their suburban outposts, so many of them may not have asked themselves this question. But they no doubt have a very clear idea of how much of their lives are consumed in the suspended animation of the suburban commute by car.

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Venice Canal and Gondola

Photo of a Gondolier on a Venice Canal (Rio Giacomo dell Oro)

The confined space of one of Venice's canals is featured in this "urbanscape" photograph by Michael McLane. A gondolier plies his work in the gondola ahead. A residents' laundry hangs from a clothes line extended from one of the buildings at the canal's edge to remind us that the canals of Italy's Venice are there not to please tourists, but to carry its residents about their daily lives. The canal curves gently to the right ahead causing me to wonder what features of the watery landscape were behind the twists and turns of these watery roads.

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Holy Chile

Urban Landscape

Travels are often rewarded with humorous sights, such as the combination of the sacred with the mundane and sometimes profane. This photograph blends the sacred with the mundane, featuring an image of Christ on an advertising billboard. Whatever is on offer is not quite apparent from the photograph, but at least we do know that they're open for business.

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Bridge in Florence

Cityscape Florence

A man in a rowing skull passes under a bridge in Florence. Like many bridges in Europe, it is fully-enclosed with commercial properties attached to the structure.

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Wrangler Cowboy Photo Portrait

Photo Study of a Cowboy's Hands

Here's a new take on a photograph of a cowboy; rather than the typical photo of a cowboy riding a bronco or sporting his tight wrangler jeans, buckle and boots, this photograph focuses simply on the cowboy's weathered hands as he holds the horse's bridle.

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William - Male Photographic Portrait

Male Photographic Portrait

This photograph of a young man features a crazing effect on the skin that echoes the young man's hair that falls beside his eyes. The edges of the photograph are torn, giving an overall effect of an old earthenware object d'art.

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Father-Son Portrait: Michael and Harrison

Father and Child Photographic Portrait

A father holds his new-born child while kissing his child tenderly in this photographic portrait by Michael McLane. The pink hairless skin of the new-born contrasts against the freckled skin and body-hair of the father.

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Dancing in the Temple

Woman Dancing in the Scottish Rites Temple

A woman swirls her skirt almost like a whirling Dervish in this photograph taken at the Scottish Rites Temple in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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Nothing Said - Portrait of an Asian Woman

Portrait of an Asian Woman

A young Asian woman is the model for this photographic portrait. She looks back over her right shoulder with downcast eyes. Her left side and shoulder disappear into unlit space.

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Sleepless Dream Photographic Portrait

Portrait of a Woman on a Red Leather Couch

In this portrait a woman is lying on a red leather couch staring vacantly with downcast eyes. The title for this photograph, "Sleepless Dream", suggests the model is daydreaming, perhaps of an unrequited love.

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Heather - Portrait of a Woman

Photographic Portrait of a Young Woman

A beautiful brunette poses for Michael McLane in this photograph.

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Woman in Swimsuit at Abaque

Portrait of a Woman in a Swimsuit

A beautiful European-looking woman hitches up high her swimsuit to reveal her evenly-tanned thigh and hips

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Matthew - Portrait of a Small Boy

Portrait of a Playful Boy

Michael McLane has captured little Matthew in a pose that suggests this small boy is ready for some fun, or is it mischief? Little Matthew is sucking his thumb while the photo is taken through the back of the chair he is sitting. The setup suggests Matthew is hiding but with an intent to be seen nonetheless. Well it just wouldn't be any fun at all if we couldn't see him, would it? This wonderful black and white photographic portrait of a small boy shouts "Let's play!"

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Tiny Dancer

Black and White Portrait of a Young Ballet Dancer

This photo of a little girl in her ballet outfit captures the dream of so many little girls; the wish to be a ballerina. Here the artist has captured a tiny ballerina all set to vault on stage.

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Silent Prayer

Black and White Photographic Study of Hands

Hands bejeweled with bangles and rings are a feature of this portrait of a woman taken by the photographer at the Scottish Rites Temple in Santa Fe.

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Hormoz - Corporate Photographic Portrait

Corporate Photography

This portrait was actually taken as part of the series of portraits done by Michael McLane of the staff at Taylor Architects in Newport Beach, California. Since Hormoz has used dried palm branches as canvases on which to paint, McLane photographed him with palm branches as a prop.

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Ballerina's Shoes

Photographic Study of a Ballerina's Feet

A study of feet, in this case the feet of a ballerina standing on her points.

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Sunday in Paris

A toned portrait of an elderly couple on the streets of Paris

Michael McLane captured this "Darby and Joan" couple on a Sunday stroll on a boulevard in Paris. The styling of the suits and hats worn by the couple lead you to believe this photograph must have been taken some decades ago, but in fact the photo was taken in 2003.

Available in limited editions of 5 prints:

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The Prophets Vision Black and White Portrait

The Prophet's Vision Black and White Portrait

A photographic portrait in black in white of a woman in a headscarf taken at the Scottish Rites Temple in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Michael McLane lives in Irvine, California, and is available for studio photography sessions. He has also complete several corporate assignments of associate portraits.

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On the Stairs Black and White Photographic Portrait

On the Stairs, a Black and White Photographic Portrait

This black and white photographic portrait of a woman was taken at the Scottish Rites Temple in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Available in limited editions of 5 in the following sizes:
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Black and White Portriat - Carmen

Carmen on the Stairs by Photographer Michael McLane

This black and white photographic portrait of a woman was taken on stairs at the Scottish Rites Temple in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Available as:
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Pregnancy Portrait

New Life - A Pregnancy Portrait

This pregnancy portrait by photographer Michael McLane truly shows off his expertise in photographic portraiture. The work is masterfully composed and lit, and with the pregnant mother affecting a posture that not only emphasizes the new life she is bearing, but also the skill of the photographer in guiding his model.

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Michael McLane Photographer

About Michael McLane - Fine Art Digital Photographer, Irvine, Orange County, California

Fine art photography has been a passion for Michael McLane since his time in college. Michael currently specializes in color and black and white portraits, but has a large body of work in architectural photography as well. His work is currently in over 50 private collections. He has also published two coffee table books of fine art photographs and is working on two new projects. All of Michael's works are issued in strictly limited editions and are autographed by the artist. All of his fine art photographs are supplied with a mat.

Education
AA – Art - Ceramics, Chaffey College
BA – Art – Environmental Design, Cal State Fullerton
M-ARCH – Master of Architecture, Cal Poly Pomona

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Ariki Art interviewed Michael in September 2003. Excerpts from the interview follow:

We would like to thank you for your time today, Michael, to answer a few questions for visitors to ArikiArt.com.

We are very happy that you are joining our community of artists, by the way. How and when did you first get interested in art?

My earliest memories of art go back to about kindergarten. I have always enjoyed drawing and building things and by the time I was ten, I knew that I wanted to be an architect. Throughout my life, the drawing, the building and the art all became intertwined. My passion lead me to a lot of new media and ways of expressing myself. Drawing, ceramics, sculpture, woodworking and construction all played a part in how I see the world.

Have you had any formal training in photography or the arts?

I first became interested in photography in college. I took a couple of basic classes and then moved on to learning by doing it on my own. Since my career goal in life was to become an architect, most of my photos were of buildings, still life and landscape shots.

Eight or nine years ago, my wife and family grew tired of seeing my photos that had very few people in them. At their urging, I started photographing people. It didn’t take long and I was hooked. Photographing the human form has now become my passion.

I have acquired a pretty extensive photography library over the years. Next to shooting photographs, looking at other photographers work is one of my favorite pastimes. You can learn a tremendous amount about photography by observing the work of the masters. You can learn even more by learning to see and simply practicing the art.

I have also been pretty fortunate to work and learn from some of the leading photographers of our time. Usually once a year, I spend a week or so in places like Santa Fe or Maine at photography workshops. Photographers like Arnold Newman, Douglas Kirkland, Theo Westenberger and Debbie Fleming Caffery have all offered their wisdom and advice to me.

What media do you use?

Technology in photography is rapidly changing how we capture our images. I still prefer using film, but I now scan to digital to do what I used to do in the darkroom. I print with archival digital printers on various types of watercolor paper and etching board.

I still greatly admire the masters of the silver print. It’s an art that I hope will be with us for a long time to come. The silver print is part of our history and our photographic heritage. However, digital photography is allowing us to do things with our images that only we dreamed possible a few short years ago. Like pencils and paint, digital photography is a tool. The photographer’s eye and his mind are still what he uses to produce his images. Digital photography as well as other creative techniques like some of the Polaroid processes have blurred the line between photography, printmaking and painting. To me, the final image is the most important thing. How you arrive at it is important, but there are many ways to take a journey.

Lighting also plays an important part in photography. Whether you believe it’s all in the highlights or it’s the shadows that really make the difference, how you use the light is critical to the final result. I love studio lighting, but I am equally in love with using available light in my work. Lighting is also a tool that can be used many ways.

We know that your photographs are becoming more and more popular and are now in the hands of over 50 collectors. Have you any other notable successes.

I have won a couple of first and second prizes in Orange County shows. I have self-published two coffee table books: IMAGES, The Staff of Taylor & Associates Architects and URBAN ARENA, Landscape Architecture and Planning. I also have two more projects underway: ROCK STARS, FASHION MODELS, ARTISTS AND FAMOUS ARCHITECTS, and MANY HANDS, The Construction of the East Tower.

It certainly sounds like you're keeping yourself pretty engaged with your art and are currently preparing some pretty interesting work. It's hard to imagine how you manage to maintain your architectural work at the same time. Would you describe your style of photography in any particular way?

Photographing people is personal for me. One of the things that I enjoy about it most is the interaction between the person and me while I am looking through the lens and trying to line up the perfect shot. To me, the portrait needs to not only be an interesting composition but it also needs to capture that instant in time that tells a story about the person. A lot of people don’t feel comfortable in front of the camera. Not everyone is a handsome movie star or a glamorous model. Part of the challenge is to get the person to relax and open up to the camera lens. Part of my personal style is doing exactly that.

Do you accept commissions for your work, Michael?

Yes. My studio is always available and I also will work on location within the Los Angeles and Orange County areas. I do limit my work to portrait or architectural photography work. I do not usually take on weddings or event photography.

Thank you for your time, Michael, and all of us at Ariki Art wish you great success.

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Black and White Fine Art Portrait Photography

Cityscape Photography

Color Fine Art Photographic Portraits

Construction Photography

Landscape Photographs

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Wedding Photography

Photographic Studies

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