For this month’s theme of families and portraits, I want to share some new ideas for how to capture images of your family.
Men and women are lit in very different ways. With men, there is more flexibility with hard light, deep shadows, a harder look overall.
As a wedding photographer, I envy portrait shooters who work inside a studio and not on location. They get as much time as they need to set up the perfect lighting and settings, and do everything else that goes into a studio photograph.
When I moved from photographing mostly weddings to doing what I do now—mainly headshots, portraits and fashion—I hit a learning curve. Trying to figure out on my own how to control light in a studio was very different from shooting on location.
It’s easy for families to become disconnected and completely lose the importance of family portraits. Your sell can be greatly impacted by the relationship they have within the home.
How is it possible that one of our studio’s major income earners, the family mini session, isn’t even represented on our website? Visit us online, and the only families you’ll see are extremely young ones—newlyweds.
Family photography is far from our primary genre at Salvatore Cincotta Photography. In fact, until a recent shift in our portrait model, we offered these types of sessions only to past clients (brides or high school seniors).
In my previous articles, I’ve talked about how light patterns are the building blocks of what I do and how I create those patterns. With a firm understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of each pattern, you can create any look or mood you want, using them singularly or combining them.
The concept of “being true to you” can be confusing to photographers and artists, especially ones just starting out.
As a full-time wedding and portrait photographer located in Southern California, rarely do I get the luxury of shooting in perfect light.
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