CollinMartin Photography Blog

Here are some shots of another roommate of mine named John Campell and my girlfriend Elizabeth. Another roommate of mine, Corrine is partially pictured as well. We were hanging out and I realized how sweet his yellow/orange wall is in his room so we needed to take some pictures. John is a [...]

Here is a design I made for a t-shirt for the metal band God Forbid.  Below is the image used to create this design.  Thanks to the model, Lindsey Wagner and hair stylist, Goha.

The Chicago based band Victorian Halls recently had an interview in the Local Focus spot in Chicago Tribune’s Tabloid called the Red Eye. The interview featured an image I shot of the band. I’d like to make a disclaimer that some of the photoshopping was done by a member of the band. [...]

I spent some time with Vyle, Chicago based musician, last week while filming for his upcoming music video for the song Second City and performing at Sonotheque.  The video is being directed and edited by GL-Joe and Paul John and is being filmed by Paul John.  Vyle will be releasing his next mixtape Oh I [...]

Here is Mike Prette, a musician from the Chicago area. These images were shot with entirely natural light in my new studio. Behind Mike is a window. I started lighting this with two of my Sunpaks (one overhead and one bouced to fill underneath) and using the window as a back light. [...]

Here is a set of photos of a band called “It Is What It Is“.  I really like the location of the first image. Such a weird house. The ticket booth was a random find. On the day of the shoot, I found that there was a carnival being set up near [...]