Been hustlin'

Hello Friends, Clients, Colleagues & Co-Conspirators alike!

I am thrilled to announce the launch of my new website and portfolios, as I've shifted my photography focus primarily to portrait work. The electricity and collaboration between subject and photographer fascinates me as I strive to capture the subject's essence. During a shoot, I aim to create trust with people and facilitate a vulnerability that leads to portraits that are as real to the subject as the audience. Thank you in advance for taking a minute to check out my latest stills and motion work at keithcarlsen.com.

New Motion work with Inyenyeri clean cookstoves brought me to Rwanda, Africa, twice in the past year. This company works tirelessly to help solve one of the leading causes of death in developing countries: air pollution. Contrary to what you might think, the biggest contributor to air pollution is not smog from industry or too many cars. It's smoke inhalation from cooking with charcoal and sticks.

It’s a top priority of mine—as an image and motion creator—to strike a balance between working with clients who sell products and those who are raising money and creating solutions to help people around the world.

Nonprofit clients:

National MS Society - see the portraits here
Inyenyeri - watch the short film s here
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation - watch the video here

Shout out and huge gratitude to my crews & collaborators: Post Production and Retouching by Cam Parsons & Mark Epstein. On-set camera + lighting assistants: Cody Barnhill, Dag Larson, Bob Hutt, Sarah Smalik, Ziv Berkovich, & Thomas Winter. Digital Techs: Weber Shih, Cam Parsons, & Mark Epstein. Video Editor: Sarah Smalik. Producers: Steve Jacobi & Nick Andrus. Art Direction and Graphic Design by Aaron Sain. And to every person who has stood in front of my lens. Thank you.