I decided I need a main blog to keep my customers, and everyone else up to date. I have some other blogs, but this will be my main one, and be linked right from my site.
Anyway I’ve had some great senior portraits in the past few weeks, and though they have presented challenges for me, it’s helped me forge my style, and ideas even more.
Though I shoot mainly weddings, I really like variety so I look forward to the senior jobs I do.
Here is a shot of Mim that I did in the studio, and then added some really neat effects using my Actions from Kevin Kubota, and Craig’s Actions, plus spending some time editing. I have to say I was really happy with the way it came out. Her and her friends were excited about it as well, so that was great.
A week later I had a senior shoot all the up in Spokane WA, that we shot at the Riverfront park.
Because of the lighting situations, among other things I did have to be a bit creative.
This shot below was taken as sort of a journalistic style, that I have been using on a lot of senior portraits lately. I’ve talked about these ideas on the Pro Photo Show lately as well, and it seems to really be working out. I just give them a small amount of direction, and then let then to it their way directing when I need to. In this case I told him to walk thru the park, and I went some distance ahead running along with my 70-200 2.8 for some cool shots.
I also added a radial blur to the edges for a fun effect.
Andy also plays guitar, and is in a band called the Gutterballs, so the guitar shots really suited his style, and the candid’s were even better.
Also check out these jumping shots. Andy wanted some action shots, and it took some timing, and experimentation but we got it right
