John Horstman Imaging Photographer from Las Vegas, NV

Do what you love! I love the camera! From straight ahead portraiture to insanely creative artistry, myself and my team are here to create your vision with you. Starting my photography shooting for an entertainment magazine in 1991, mostly musicians and stage performers under stage lighting. Secondarily, I have always enjoyed shooting colorful landscapes and interesting shapes in nature. Through the years I learned black and white and color darkroom and improved my techniques and gear. Although it was a completely new direction for me, while having a beautiful sunset published on the cover of a book I was asked to shoot some individual portraits. Being new territory for me, most pictures I've taken of people were groups or on a stage so I accepted the challenge to create portraits. This experience helped develop my eye and portraits have become a favorite. The stage will always be a labor of love as well as a source of inspiration while I pursue the unique beauty that is everywhere in Las Vegas. Completely equipped with Nikon professional full frame cameras and the very best in Nikon lenses, I accept bookings as much as possible and right up to the last minute. Travelling with a portable studio with a large backdrop and my professional studio strobe lights so any location can be a studio! My team includes other competent photographers and videographers so if I'm unavailable personally I can assure you the best service and a quality job. Anything you want is available for your shoot, this is Las Vegas and there are no limits! My studio is on the west side of Vegas right off the 215 and Tropicana with a full array of lighting and drops where we create whatever is needed for the shoot. My assistants are top-notch and every one is a multi-talented model and artist in their own right. Their skills in modeling, makeup artistry, style, and costume are a priceless commodity to myself and my clients. My access to the very best performers allows us to create whatever the vision is for a project and there are no boundaries! This is where it gets fun! When we create a scene, you can have access to professionally choreographed dancers, gorgeous burlesque artists, stilt walkers, fire performers, alternative models of all types, magicians, musicians, tattoo models, body paint, clowns, clowns, CLOWNS! Fantastically talented people are my greatest asset. Would you like a girl with insane makeup and body paint, on stilts with an elaborate costume breathing fire with midgets in matching costumes doing a line dance in front of her? I will gladly handle that for your shoot, as well as fine portraiture at locations such as the breathtaking Red Rock area or many choice Vegas and desert locations.