Childrens Portraits
You are going to find this hard to believe…
My own children hate having their pictures taken. I can’t blame them. I’ve had a camera in their face since a few minutes after they were born so they have earned the right to be sick of it.
But I will keep trying and keep making them come to my studio.
Especially when I get results like these.
When I am doing a session, I am always on the look out for "the one". There is always one image that stops me in my tracks as I am uploading into Lightroom. It is the one that I edit so carefully to enhance it, not change it dramatically. It makes my heart leap when I find it.
But I always find it.
It is really hard to take pictures of my children. Not because they aren't photogenic but because it takes an act of Congress to get them to agree. I get it. Caroline has had a camera in her face since she was about 6 minutes old. It does require them to stop playing with their Legos or baby dolls.
But this time was different. I have spent the last 4 months researching and learning portrait photography. And in the last month I have been building a studio in my sunroom. I have learned how to use studio lights so I can take portraits anytime of day in any weather. But I need to practice. Do you know what "feathering" a light means? Well I didn't either until a few weeks ago and it has changed my photography. But I need to practice.
So I bribed Caroline with a new dress that she could pick out and I promised that she didn't have to get to fancy. All I asked was that she brush her hair (which apparently is a lot to ask of an 11 year old these days). And she totally nailed it. It took me 20 minutes to get this look. I had to readjust lights and V-flats but it is a start. And she looks beautiful.
