Gods and Heroes of the Aegean: PANDORA
Distant Era presents Sarah Scanlon as Pandora, our first portrait in Gods and Heroes of the Aegean, a new series about Greek mythology.…
The Gallery
The People of Light and Shadow: The Devil
Continuing Distant Era's brand new series, THE PEOPLE OF LIGHT AND SHADOW, an exploration of fey…
The People of Light and Shadow: The Changeling
Introducing a brand new portrait series from a Distant Era: THE PEOPLE OF LIGHT AND SHADOW.…
The People of Light and Shadow: The Tataille
Continuing Distant Era's brand new series, THE PEOPLE OF LIGHT AND SHADOW, an exploration of fey…
Thor of the Jazz Age
We return to designer Erin Gallagher's gender-bent Jazz Age superhero costume series with model Freja Johanson…
The People of Light and Shadow: The Fairies’ Midwife
Continuing Distant Era's brand new series, THE PEOPLE OF LIGHT AND SHADOW, an exploration of fey…
Megan Wells as Abigail Adams
Distant Era photographs master storyteller Megan Wells as Abigail Adams, the first in a series of…
EVEN’S ELEGY Gel Portraits #4: Ethan alternate
Distant Era teams up with film producer D. Matthew Beyer to create colored gel portraits for…
The People of Light and Shadow: The Wood-Wife
Continuing Distant Era's brand new series, THE PEOPLE OF LIGHT AND SHADOW, an exploration of fey…
Devil in the Midnight City
Call her demon, devil, daeva—in a puff of brimstone, Yvaine Hadley appears. Keeper of arcane knowledge,…
Lady Brimstone
“Her hair was the fading fire of an ember, but her eyes had seen the sea…
Rendezvous by Moonlight
A very special surprise birthday commission with a sweet couple whose engagement I once photographed. And…
Portraits from a Distant Era
Re-editing Distant Era's first studio portrait series, Portraits from a Distant Era, featuring the incredible Jennifer…
The People of Light and Shadow: The Faun
Continuing Distant Era's brand new series, THE PEOPLE OF LIGHT AND SHADOW, an exploration of fey…
Joshua Safford as Jeremiah Wiggins
Distant Era photographs portraits for Joshua Safford in his persona as Jeremiah Wiggins—storyteller and human ambassador…
The People of Light and Shadow: The Dryad
Continuing Distant Era's brand new series, THE PEOPLE OF LIGHT AND SHADOW, an exploration of fey…
Theatre
Archival Photography for The Tempest with Idle Muse Theatre Company (Part 2): Costumes
In which we examine the archival photography for Idle Muse Theatre Company's production of The Tempest, by William Shakespeare. In the second part of this series, we'll take a look at archival…
Archival Photography for The Tempest with Idle Muse Theatre Company (Part 1)
In which we examine the archival photography for Idle Muse Theatre Company's production of The Tempest, by William Shakespeare. In the first part of this series, we'll take a look at archival…
Northlight Gala 2024: A Starlit Soirée
Distant Era photographs Northlight Theatre’s 2024 gala, “A Starlit Soireé,” held at the Chicago Botanic Gardens on September 26.…
THE TEMPEST Production and Press Photography with Idle Muse Theatre Company
Distant Era photographs press and production photos for Idle Muse Theatre Company's THE TEMPEST, by William Shakespeare.…
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Poster Session with Babes With Blades Theatre Company
Distant Era photographs the poster session for Babes With Blades Theatre Company's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.…
Photographing the Poster Image for The S Paradox
Distant Era photographs the show poster for Babes With Blades Theatre Company's production of The S Paradox, by Jillian Leff.…
This Music Should Not Be, by Wendy A. Schmidt
Distant Era photographs "This Music Should Not Be," by playwright Wendy Schmidt, for Chicago's Rhino Fest 2024.…
Headshots with Shellie DiSalvo
Headshot season continues at Distant Era with a new batch for the fabulous Shellie DiSalvo! Longtime readers of The All Worlds Traveller may remember Shellie as “The Morrigan” from Distant Era’s last…
Headshots with Jennifer L. Mickelson
In late March, we made new headshots for Jennifer Mickelson—an actor, intimacy designer, playwright, SAFD Actor-Combatant, and more! Jen's worked with theaters all over Chicago, including Promethean Theatre Ensemble, Citadel Theatre, Broken…
What the Weird Sisters Saw, Archival Session
In early April Distant Era photographed the archival session for Idle Muse Theatre Company's production of What the Weird Sisters Saw. In this post, we share a selection of color and black-and-white…
Journal
Greetings from the UK
We’re traveling abroad this week in the UK, experiencing immersive theatre, Shakespeare, and life in London and Wales. I’ve included some travel shots of our adventures for this special All Worlds Traveller…
Northern Lights on the Lakefront
In which Distant Era spontaneously captures the Northern Lights in Chicago over Lake Michigan on Thursday, October 10, 2024.…
Happy Independence Day Weekend
During Independence Day week, we photographed two theatre shoots, prepared for Gen Con portraiture, and traveled to Michigan for sunsets and fireworks over the lake…
Introducing Gods and Heroes of the Aegean
Distant Era previews our latest series, Gods and Heroes of the Aegean, a photography compositing series about Greek mythology.…
Journey to the Eclipse, 2024
I saw the 2024 eclipse at a rest area off of I-70 around Greenfield, Indiana. I’d scouted this place out on the way to Dayton a couple days prior, hoping to pull…
Travellers
Photographing Paintings with Artist Liz Radford
Distant Era photographs the paintings of artist Liz Radford and the process behind photographing art for faithful color and even light…
A Conversation With Featured Makeup Artist Rose Nobs
We discuss makeup and life with The People of Light and Shadow featured makeup artist Rose Nobs…
Mini Session with Deana Vazquez
A birthday mini session as consolation for a rescheduled shoot…
Genre Bending With Rachel
Taking a break from The People of Light and Shadow series to look at characters from fairytales and folklore from another perspective with cosplayer/performer…
Fantasy With Friends
This week, we speak with three creators and image makers of costumed fantasy photography sessions—Tabitha Burch, Mary-Kate Arnold, and Allen Castillo—to hear their stories,…
Game & Hobby
Distant Era Portraiture at Gen Con with Belle Westaby
Distant Era photographs multidisciplinary artist and cosplayer Belle Westaby as Nyx from the Hades video game at our Gen Con 2024 mini sessions.…
Distant Era Portraiture at Gen Con 2024 with Mike Burd
Distant Era had the honor of photographing cosplayer Mike Burd at Gen…
Distant Era Portraiture at Gen Con 2024 with Indy
A repeat client every year from 2022 through 2024, Indy is not…
Distant Era Portraiture at Gen Con 2024 with Brownie Knight
At Gen Con 2024, Distant Era photographed three mini sessions with cosplayer…
Gen Con 2016–2024: Working the Convention
In our final Gen Con retrospective, we look back at the years…