by William Petruzzo | May 29, 2017 | Advice, Business, Family, photography, Portraits
If you ask just about any portrait photographer what kind of person they like to work with, the vast majority of their answers will include something along the lines of “a person who wants to be there”. There are a lot of good reasons for this response. Perhaps most...
by William Petruzzo | May 22, 2017 | Advice, Business, Family, Portraits, Weddings
You know, in all of the years we’ve been in business, I can honestly say I have personally liked probably 99% of our clients, and maybe more. Of course, I haven’t done any actual math here. But given how difficult it is to list people I haven’t liked, I’m confident in...
by William Petruzzo | Mar 20, 2017 | Family, Just Because, Portraits, Weddings
Do you remember when you were a kid, and your mom would tell you to turn off the cartoons and read a book? If you’re like me, you probably moaned and complained. Reading takes considerably more work, compared to practically plugging your brain into a box and going...
by William Petruzzo | Mar 6, 2017 | Advice, Business, Family, Just Because, Portraits, Weddings
When I was a kid, a photo was relatively big deal—at least in our family. Christmas, easter, halloween, family dinners, relatives in from out of town, prom night, leaving for a vacation, arriving home from a vacation; these, and others like them, were all situations...
by William Petruzzo | Feb 27, 2017 | Advice, Business, Family, Portraits, Weddings
In our modern world of imprecise language and highly personalized sensitivities, “judgmental” is usually conflated with “observing”. To notice someone is not looking their best, to notice someone is frequently late, to notice someone’s children are spirited and...
by William Petruzzo | Feb 20, 2017 | Advice, Family, Portraits
One of the first questions almost everyone asks when they’re thinking of having a portrait session, and especially a family portrait session: “Where will we do the shoot?”. Portrait sessions can happen pretty much anywhere—especially if you don’t mind running from the...
