Monday, April 28, 2008

The...no...THE Workshop

Where to begin!? I got to spend the weekend in Chicago, thanks to my husband and the greatest birthday present EVER, with the one and only Audrey Woulard. This is like meeting...I don't know, pick your favorite celebrity, only imagine that you actually had something to learn from them and they were willing to share it with you. Ok yeah. That!

My head is still swimming and my adrenaline is still pumping with all the information and direction I received. I have so much to do!! There are some changes to make to my website, people I need to contact about various things, choices I need to make on whether or not I'm going to pursue certain things, and then of course I wanted to look at the pictures I took this weekend. We didn't take a ton, but I still wanted to see them on the big screen and maybe try a different way of editing than I normally do. So of course I did that first! Now mind you, these aren't my typical clients (that may change soon), so when I say "different" editing, I mean different from teens. It was so simple and straightforward though, it will definitely influence how I edit children's pictures from now on. I like my style for teens though and I'll stick with that.

These kids were paid models and there were about 20 of us trying to take their photos. Audrey reminded me that we were shooting there to learn more about the light than we were to get the great eye contact and interaction that we'd get one-on-one, so I took that to heart. After several images of the older boy that were all looking alike to me, I just stopped shooting and talked with him about his guitar for a while. Paid model or not, he was clearly a little overwhelmed with the activity and I can totally relate to that.













If you're reading this and we met at the workshop, please email me so we can stay in touch!!

Friday, April 11, 2008

Umbrella!!!

This girl (well her mom, actually) inspired me to purchase several of my own umbrellas for future sessions. The mom wanted some shots with a couple umbrellas she brought and I honestly had no idea how to incorporate them. I thought, I'll never like these but maybe they will!

Well turns out they were my favorite images. And now I need an umbrella in every color for my props bag.

Thanks for the clue, C and mom :)









Thursday, April 3, 2008

The big guy

Last, but certainly not least...the headshot session! A lot of fun and a great learning experience. I think I'm looking forward to doing more of these, now that I have a better idea of what to do.

Thanks for all your help, Ben!









The little guy

What I was expecting from a 5 day old newborn: sleep.

What I got:









Yet another one...

Suddenly I have a lot to post about again! I had a total of three sessions last weekend and they were all over the map. First, a newborn session of a family friend, then a actor headshot session, and last but not least, this beautiful senior girl!

Our session was great...fast but extremely efficient, with lots of new stuff I haven't done before. Plus she has the dream combination: dark hair and bright blue eyes! I had a great time shooting K and probably talked her ear off before I was done. Thanks for putting up with me ;)

Here she is!