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Timeless Beauty | Photographing Women Over 70

There’s definitely something to be said about letting yourself be vulnerable enough to step in front of a camera for a photo shoot. For women, especially women over a certain age, the ability to tear down your own walls and allow yourself to feel beautiful is a challenge. So many women are mothers, caretakers, homemakers, busy entrepreneurs, and so much more. Sometimes, all these women need is a little nudge to do a beauty session for themselves.

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01/24/2022
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Deconstructed // Creative Studio Lighting

In this shoot, check out how this creative portrait session was brought to life with three lights: The Westcott FJ400 with the Rapid Box Switch Octa-M as the main light, the Westcott FJ200 as an edge light, and the FJ80 on the background to create a natural vignette.

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01/24/2022
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Union Station Fashion Shoot at ShutterFest

At ShutterFest 2021 in September, I had time to do something I usually don’t…and that’s shoot 🙂 Union Station is packed with unique locations, so we grabbed Lauren Austin, one of our models in the Rent-A-Human model program and got to work.

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01/21/2022
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Shooting an Engagement Session with a Macro Lens

In this Las Vegas engagement shoot, we checked out the highly underutilized Canon RF100 F2.8 L MACRO IS USM lens. People may forget about this lens, but it’s really a swiss army knife. You can get tight shots, those macro details, as well as full-body portraits.

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01/19/2022

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