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
Courtney Abbott as Sarah Bernhardt
Actor/voice over artist/intimacy designer Courtney Abbott joins Distant Era for some Sarah Bernhardt portraits, featuring costumes…
Golden Age of the Silver Screen: Elizabeth MacDougald
Distant Era presents the fifth and final part of our 2025 winter series, Golden Age of…
Golden Age of the Silver Screen: Jacque Bischoff
Distant Era proudly presents part four of our black-and-white series Golden Age of the Silver Screen,…
Golden Age of the Silver Screen: Johnson & Johnson
In part three of Distant Era's Golden Age of the Silver Screen, celebrating the black-and-white big…
Golden Age of the Silver Screen: Gary Henderson
Distant Era presents part two of Golden Age of the Silver Screen, our black-and-white series inspired…
Golden Age of the Silver Screen: Elizabeth Quilter
Distant Era introduces our new photography series, Golden Age of the Silver Screen, a black-and-white, classic-Hollywood-style…
A Distant Era Engagement Session with Natania and Nick, Part II
In which Distant Era discusses creating a Game-of-Thrones-style portrait composite for engagement clients Natania and Nick.…
A Distant Era Engagement Session with Natania and Nick
In which Distant Era photographs a Game of Thrones style engagement session for clients Natania and…
Theatre
The Terror Cottas Experimental Theatre Group Presents THE OSTRICH
Distant Era creates production photos for The Terror Cottas experimental theatre group's production of THE OSTRICH, by Wendy A. Schmidt.…
Oliver with Concordia University
Storyteller and theatre professor Megan Wells brings Distant Era to Concordia University to photograph her production of Oliver.…
The School for Scandal: Production Design Photography
Distant Era photographs the design elements of Idle Muse Theatre Company's production of The School for Scandal, including costume, makeup, lighting, and scenic design.…
The School for Scandal, with Idle Muse Theatre Company
Distant Era photographs production images for Idle Muse Theatre Company's wildly entertaining THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL at the Edge Off Broadway Theater in Chicago.…
The Ultimate Portrait and Headshot Session, with Actor Emely Cuestas
Distant Era creates a variety of looks in an epic headshot portrait session with versatile actor Emely Cuestas.…
Mini Portrait Session with Writer-Filmmaker Drew Beyer
A few weeks ago, writer-filmmaker Drew Beyer came to Distant Era to get updated pictures for an event called Make Something from Nothing: DIY…
Portrait Session with Actor Gary Henderson
Following our stellar Golden Age of the Silver Screen session with actor Gary Henderson, we followed up with a contemporary portrait session to make…
Journal
Believing, 2025 Edition
A personal post about being present in the present in 2025, taking the time to make work that's worth believing in.…
Less Strive, More Thrive, in 2025
A personal note from Distant Era photographer Steven Townshend about striving in 2024 and letting things go in 2025.…
Practicing Patience with Personal Projects
As the New Year approaches, Distant Era reflects on personal projects, progress, patience, and new work in 2025…
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…