Saturday, August 27, 2011

Portrait Update

Thoughout the summer I had the chance to do a number of portrait sessions. One with a family, a few with friends and a few nude shoots too.

I learned an incredible amount with each shoot. Mosty, that I have so much more to learn. Sometimes it was the little things that complicated life, such as during one shoot on a beach...


... I hardly noticed all the flies (except they were biting us!) till I got home and realized I had a lot of photoshopping to do.

Other things, not so small, cannot be so easily fixed. Is her hair still neat and tidy? What's in the background? ...


... It was not till I got home that I noticed her hair. There is little that can be done about wind blown hair after the shoot. The background was less work, but still a nuisance that could have been easily avoided.

But sometimes, everything just works. Sometimes I got exactly what I was after. The lighting, just right...

Or the background and environment perfectly suited to the clothing and style of the model ...

Or the weather cooperating giving me exactly the atmosphere I was after...

All in all, it was a wonderful summer to do photoshoots. But I am keen to continue trying to hone this dimension of my art. I look forward to working with many of these people again and with new people too.