Roy S. Johnson

As with Doctors, lawyers and countless other professionals; photographers specialize. Over the course of my career I have been asked many times to photograph headshots, weddings or bar mitzvahs. I always politely say no and explain that I am portrait photographer. Truth is, I have photographed both headshots, two weddings and thankfully no bar mitzvahs. The reason not to photograph headshots, weddings or bar mitzvahs is that they may be the hardest assignments in photography. Dealing with the family dynamics of a wedding or an actor who does not understand that the camera can only lie so much is not an easy job. The main criterion for accepting a job is, if I want to do it and in this case I did. Roy recently became the editor in chief of Men’s Fitness Magazine and needed a set of photographs to be used for his monthly editors column. Monica Bradley called me, the photo editor of Men’s Fitness who is an old friend and client, so of course I said yes. My hunch was right about Roy, he was a very interesting guy that made for a great afternoon.