Large Family Portrait – Theory
Got a gig booked for two weekends from now, photographing a large family portrait. We’re planning on about 25 people, all meeting at the home of the parents, where we’re going to squeeze them all into a room and make them smile like they want to be there.
The goal is to get in, setup, and [...]
Family Xmas Portraits, Take 2 – Reality
A couple of these gig-overview posts back, I switched to using the terms “theory” and “reality” for the pre and post gig discussions. In the past I’d used terms like “pregame,” “review,” and “preview,” but I never felt that any of those were really the right description – they are all open to too many [...]
Family Christmas Photos – Reality
I’m left few Hershey Kisses and a pot of hot chocolate, but the Family Christmas Photos I talked about in this previous post are done – or at least the shooting is done, and now I’m left with about 15 shots to edit and submit to the printers by Friday, to try and ensure that [...]
Family Christmas Portraits, Take 2
‘Tis the season and demand is high, so I’ll be back at it again following my engagement with a local school. This time the stakes are closer to home, which makes the stress level both better and worse. The gig? Shooting family portraits for my girlfriend’s very large extended family. Oh [...]
Holiday Photo Cards
I generally ignore most holidays, including my own birthday. But I have a special soft spot for Christmas and that particular feeling that is in the air as it approaches. It’s the one holiday where I do pay attention and try to celebrate what’s good in the world. But that doesn’t meant [...]
Family Christmas Portraits – Theory
Next week I’ve arranged to spend an evening doing family Christmas portraits at a local school. Nothing too fancy, just the opportunity for a nice portrait and a print package at a good rate. The school is happy to offer this to its families and to the community at large as an outreach [...]
Meaningful Portraits
Photographer’s are a funny bunch – for people who always have a camera in-hand, who are always taking photos of the people around them, we tend to have very few shots of the people we care about most.
Specifically, we have very few MEANINGFUL shots of the people we love. Oh, we all have a few [...]