I believe I can make everyone look taller and leaner. Over the years I have developed some posing tricks. Watch this video to learn all about them.
Photos from my DC Trip
~~~~~~ The Love Boat ~~~~~~
Here are a couple images from an engagement session I shot last night at Trump National Beach in Palos Verdes. This happy couple is going to be getting married on a cruise ship later this year.
Photographing Models
Here are a couple photographs I took of a girl that is an inspiring model. When you’re an aspiring model it’s really important to have very simple clean photographs. We decided to take a couple of simple photographs that she could submit to several different agencies. Really important when you’re shooting for an agency to have you know minimal make up if you don’t do any retouching it’s got to be very simple. They usually need 1-3 photographs one just a really nice headshot where they can get a good look at your face, a three quarters look, the third a full-bodied. In addition modeling agencies are going to want their measurements. Many times people lie about their height and measurements with is a big mistake. Measurements are used by wardrobe to pull sizes. If you get on a job and you’ve given the wrong sizes you jeopardized the entire shoot. Typical measurements dress size, hip, waist, bust size, height, shoe size,
How to shoot kids
I can’t stand to see people struggle to photograph kids when it’s so easy. The number one mistake I see over and over is that people try and force kids to pose a certain way or do something; which never seems to work. What I do is I take a more candid approach and let the child lead the shoot. I photograph the world through their eyes. The approach has had incredible results because it gets the kids involved. The kids are more interested in taking photographs and have a lot more patients when it comes to having their portrait taken. The best part is you capture the child’s natural expressions and things that interest them; which means when looking over the family album you can “that’s when you were going through your owl phase.”
Kids do cute things all the time; all you have to do is capture it.
The Word Wedding
I love seeing the way a word is translated in many different languages.
Wedding Hochzeit Mariage Nozze 婚礼 Boda 結婚式 Свадьбы Сватба Vjenčanje Svatba Bryllup Bruiloft Häät Γάμος शादी Ślub Casamento Nuntă Bröllop زفاف
Photographer Vs. Camera
I have an old school opinion when it comes to photography. I believe as a professional photographer you see great photographs and use a camera to capture them; instead of relying on your camera to make photographs and then use Photoshop to manipulate them. When you look through my Portfolio keep in mind the only things that I Photoshop are exit and stop signs.
One time a guy came up to me at a wedding and said something to the effect with those cameras you’re guaranteed a great photographs. The comment bugged me and here is why. In my opinion photography is all about the photographer not the camera. The camera is simply equipment that captures the unique world that the photographer sees. As a profession photographer I believe I can get a great shots with any camera. The trick is you have to know your cameras limitations with in relationship to lighting. Ansel Adams is a perfect example. Ansel Adams was considered one of the greatest photographers of all time. He created amazing photographs long before the advent of digital cameras and Photoshop. He had a very simple 8×10 view camera and delivered high quality prints. He is considered a dark room master and yet he printed without a fancy enlarger only a whole in the wall and a sheet of glass. A great photographer can take great images using any camera and without Photoshop.