Category: Photography
Updates on the card – Your feedback is GREAT! keep it comin!
This morning I got started early because I was so excited to start incorporating some of the great suggestions I’ve gotten here on my site as well as on facebook. Also, this time I exported the image for web from photoshop, so hopefully the colors show a little more accurately for everyone now. : )
I added drop shaddows to the Name, ‘photographer’, as well as the phone and website. Then I added some quick ‘dots’ between the words accross the bottom. Maybe the dots still need a little tweaking- do they look a little flat to you?
How do you like these fonts? Do you think they are they better than the first set?
Business Card Draft – I want to know what YOU think
Hey everybody, I’ve been crazy busy the last month and haven’t been writing much about what’s been going on. My brother Isaac got married a couple weeks ago and I had the huge honor and pleasure of being his best man. Even though I wasn’t shooting I still snapped a couple pictures with my phone (I couldn’t help it!).
I’ve recently been working on some fresh business cards and I’d love to know what you think! Here is a draft of the front and back.
A big thanks to local musician Jonathan Peyton for modeling for the photo below. We did some photos for him while we were at it, and I can’t wait to show you – they’ll be coming soon.
So that’s my current plans for a business card. I want to print and have them in hand pretty soon, but I’m trying to take my time and get a lot of feedback before I make any final decisions. What do you think?
and now for something completely different
I’ve had some time recently to work with a phenomenal group of creative people at Nightmare Armor Studios. I was invited to their shop to do some photoes of their very unique and beautifully made sculpture. Nightmare Armor Studios specializes in making wearable armor that looks stunning, and often replicate armor from movies or video games with incredible attention to detail.
Here is a taste of some of our recent shoots at the NAS shop.
Lauren
Last friday I had the opportunity to do highschool senior portraits with Lauren. We couldn’t have had more fun! Altogether four of us hit the streets in a local historic downtown, and walked to some great spots I had found beforehand. Now Lauren is absolutely beautiful, and she loves soccer and has no problem climbing trees – so we had a blast doing all outdoors on location (including in some great big trees!)
Getting Outside
Here are a few highlights from a family portrait shoot yesterday; we had a lot of fun doing some outdoor photos in Woodstock!
Chris really likes images that have an aged and washed out look- but with some colors still bold and saturated, so here’s one where we played with a fish-eye lens in a white gazebo.
I love capturing images that show a little bit into peoples lives, and I like this shot because you can see the love and joy Chris, Cindy and Josie have as a family, but a little of each of their unique personalities and how they relate to each other.
Everybody had a great time playing outside, even with the very cold afternoon wind!
Family (dogs too)
One of the most rewarding parts of being the photographer in my family is getting pictures of people I love. Of course that also comes the role of referee and camera-man for all impromptu family portraits, but that’s not such a steep price considering that in exchange there is always a sibling willing to become a model whenever I ask in exchange for getting some good pictures. This is especially great when I want to experiment with a new lighting idea and need a human subject that is willing sit, very bored, for 5 minutes…. well, maybe more like 45 minutes – while I change lenses and move lights little bits at a time. 
Yesterday I got pretty lucky to have my dog, Bono, posed like a pro with some great light coming in a east-end window. I know you were expecting me to start talking about a sister or a cousin that I just got a picture of, but if you’ve tinkered with pet photography you know it can be tough with very energetic little animals, and that is often the case with Bono. I had just enough time before Bono got antsy to capture an image of him that I really like.
It’s really rewarding to have a picture of someone close to you that you really enjoy when you see it, and it’s always a great memory when you see your picture and remember grabbing a camera on the spur of a moment to get a shot while it lasted.