If you were 5 years old, what kind of portrait session would you like to have?
You know what kids love? They love sitting still! They love it when people tell them what to do. They really get a kick out of wearing frilly clothes on a hot day. Kids can’t get enough of having orders barked at them. They really enjoy having to behave, and they...
Portrait Photography is Always a Collaboration
In a sense, all photographers-of-people are necessary collaborators. I’m stretching the meaning of that word a little bit. What I mean is that the artwork they create always hinges on some uncertainty from the people they photograph. They have to bend and adapt their...
How to feel comfortable in front of the camera (if you’re usually not)
You know, a lot of us were raised in what were still the relatively early days of consumer photography. A time when fancy cameras were accessible enough to have a large base of hobbyists. Point and click cameras were easy enough to use that everyone wanted to, but a...
A Portrait Session Should Be An Experience, Not a Chore
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...