Portrait photography is wildly different from landscape photography and even different from shooting weddings. Whilst different they are equally enjoyable and something which I'm going to do more of over the next few months, including offering some free shoots at craft fairs through-out September and the rest of 2010.
These are going to be very simple affairs, with a basic studio set-up of white background, one flash head with umbrella and one soft-box, providing light from behind the camera and from the side to gain a balance of light across the subject face. Visitors to the craft fair will have their children photographed for 10 or 15 mins. From there, they will be invited to buy good value prints.
I did a recent trial session at the local community centre with a number friends and their children. Photographing kids older than 5 is more straight forward than toddlers, you tell them what you want them to do and they do it. However the last thing a toddler wants to do is stand still for their photo to be taken, so you have to be a bit more spontaneous with the way you shoot them. In the recent shoot young Harrison was running around all over the place so keeping him entertained with toys is all part of the challenge.
A few of the results are shown here. I hope you agree they have come out well and I look forward to the future shoots.
These are going to be very simple affairs, with a basic studio set-up of white background, one flash head with umbrella and one soft-box, providing light from behind the camera and from the side to gain a balance of light across the subject face. Visitors to the craft fair will have their children photographed for 10 or 15 mins. From there, they will be invited to buy good value prints.
I did a recent trial session at the local community centre with a number friends and their children. Photographing kids older than 5 is more straight forward than toddlers, you tell them what you want them to do and they do it. However the last thing a toddler wants to do is stand still for their photo to be taken, so you have to be a bit more spontaneous with the way you shoot them. In the recent shoot young Harrison was running around all over the place so keeping him entertained with toys is all part of the challenge.
A few of the results are shown here. I hope you agree they have come out well and I look forward to the future shoots.