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 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 [...]
Make any setting a portrait setting
Portraiture requires a number of specialized tools – and that number increases depending on who you ask, and how serious a portrait photog you are. At the most basic level, a lens well suited to portraiture work and some form of lighting are needed; at the other end of the spectrum are photos with [...]
Senior Studio Portraits – Review
Part two of my senior portrait shoot is now complete, which wraps up that project. It has been an interesting experience, trying some new techniques and returning to old ones, and I’m certain that the client will be thrilled with her images.
The main portion of the shoot was studio-based and went pretty much as [...]
Space – Making the Most of What You Have
I’m used to working with what I have on hand; I was a working photographer at the same time that I was a broke college student, so I have experience inventing/building what I need as opposed to buying it whenever possible.
And as I said last time, I’m used to working with a P&S part of [...]
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 [...]
Valentine's Day – Get Your Portrait Taken!
Valentine’s Day is one of the Hallmark Holidays that I prefer to pretty much ignore – as far as I’m concerned, the only good thing about it are those little candy hearts that go on sale dirt cheap the next day, when they’re already partly stale. At least, that’s the only good thing from a [...]