Lourcey Photography: Gallery

The gallery is designed to showcase some of my favorite images. Many of these images have been entered in local and international print competitions – while others were created for purely personal reasons. I hope you will enjoy these as much as I do.
	“On Her Way” Distinguished Print Award 2001 Merit Print 2001 My very first merit print and one of my all-time favorite images.
	“Fatherhood” Circa 2004 Although I never entered it in competition, it remains one of my favorite story-telling portraits. The best I could do to capture the relationship on film.
	“Alone” First Place Portrait – DPPA DPPA Trophy Winner Merit Print 2004 The first time I saw my son wearing around that green robe, I knew there was a photograph in there somewhere. The green tones in the robe and background really seem to bring out his eyes. Of course, who doesn’t love portraits of their own kids?
	“A Man of Many Words” First Place Portrait – DPPA DPPA Trophy Winner Merit Print 2004 I was very fortunate to be able to photograph this talented author. He has the kind of look that makes it easy to create a striking image. He later used this image on his book cover – which is a tremendous honor.
	”A Nose For Trouble” First Place Portrait – DPPA Merit Print 2004 PPA Loan Collection – 2004 How do I show the cuteness of a tiny puppy along with the trouble that comes along with the puppy? This was the best that I could come up with! My first PPA Loan Collection print. The print was displayed at Imaging Asia 2005 in Korea, as well as at the PPA National Convention.
	“Doing Time” Merit Print 2004 When I visited this old schoolhouse in Dallas, I knew I had to photograph there. My youngest son seemed like the perfect model and he did a great job conveying the spirit of the image.
	“Breath of Spring” Merit Print 2004 I wanted to try and capture the beauty of the Texas Bluebonnets and found just the right spot. The breeze blowing the dress really gave the image an airy feel.
	“The Commuter” First Place Illustrative – DPPA Merit Print – 2005 PPA Loan Collection – 2005 While visiting a friend in San Francisco, we decided to create a portrait of him that said something about his lifestyle and included the city where he was living. The plan got more and more elaborate until we found ourselves standing in the middle of California Street photographing with cars whizzing by! The image did well in competition and became my second PPA Loan Collection print.
	"The Boxer" January 2006 On New Year's Eve, my son was playing with friends in the backyard and got hit above his left eye with a baseball bat. That night, with the swelling and bruising, the eye looked terrible. I borrowed some boxing gear from a friend and spent New Year's Day photographing him! I loved the final image.
	"Brothers" Feb 2006 I was just a few merits away from getting my PPA Master's degree and was starting to burn out on the whole process. I was tired of always having to follow the "rules" of portraiture and decided to create a portrait that broke several of the golden rules of photography. I used the modelling light instead of the strobe, so the color is very warm. One brother is almost completely in shadow and the one facing the camera has no light in his eyes. The image borders on abstract but I think it illustrates their bond much better than a "smiling at the camera" snapshot could ever hope to accomplish.
	"Pieces of Me" First Place Portrait - DPPA Merit Print 2006 PPA Loan Collection 2006 I set out to create a self portrait that was not your everyday portrait. I took about 200 images of myself, cropped them into small squares, then created this mosaic. Although it doesn't translate well to the web, the actual print turned out better than I expected. You can still tell that the overall image is me, but you can also get up close and look at all the smaller images. I was praying that it would even merit and it ended up being my third Loan Collection print. It was really weird to see a giant photo of my face on display at the National Convention.
	"A Quite Moment" First Place Wedding - DPPA Best Wedding Portrait by a Master 2007 - SWPPA Merit Print 2007 Since we no longer photograph weddings, this was one of my last bridal portraits. Near the end of the session, we created this image of her sitting near a window. The black and white version was very elegant, but I decided to play around with the color and create something entirely different. After hours of experimenting in Painter, I came up with this image. The brush strokes and the beautiful, flowing dress worked well together. I couldn't have been happier with the result.
	"Snowhere to Go" Merit Print 2007 In February of 2007, I decided to take a trip to Utah and try to photograph some snowy landscapes. My wife and I arrived to find that everything had melted a few days before and they were having unusually warm weather that week. We spent the next two days driving around the area - as far as three hours north into Idaho -looking for snow. Not a drop in sight. We resigned ourselves to the fact that we were victims of terrible luck and decided to sleep in the next morning and try to enjoy the final day of our trip. We awoke the next morning to find 5 or 6 inches of snow on the lawn. After eating breakfast and packing up the car, we had about 3 hours before we needed to be at the airport. Luckily we had done plenty of scouting and knew exactly where to go. I had seen this car sitting in the middle of a pasture. I was certain the image would be a Loan print, but it only merited. Go figure!
	"Ebb and Flow" Merit Print 2007 PPA Loan Collection 2007 After rushing around Utah to cram a weekend of photographing into 3 hours, we decided to make one last stop so I could photograph this river. Other than the shot of the old car, I ended up with several snow shots that I couldn't decide between. I finally decided to enter this image, although I was certain it was the weakest print in my case. Of course, it ended up being my fourth Loan Collection print. I guess that is what makes entering competition so fun - it is impossible to predict what will happen.