CHRISTMAS PORTRAIT-RUSH JOB

Kristan & Matt commissioned us to shoot their portraits for Christmas gifts very very close to Christmas. We completed the shoot ,they made their pics and thanks to David at Pro Am photo lab we were able to get the matted prints to them in time to put them under the tree.

Maree and myself really like to shoot on white and black paper backdrops. It gives a clean result without not conflicting with the colours people are wearing (in colour images) The black paper is easily gelled to create coloured backdrops.

Maree is asked to do many jobs in her roll as studio manager and second photographer.
These include capturing images,lighting and set changes, image orders, up coming promotions, making wild noises to get the attention of peoples pets, wiping infants noses,as well as.......


.........making sure that people are relaxed and comfortable during the shoot.......

keeping and eye on stray hairs that may be out of place which can mean hours of photoshop work or worse....deleting the hero shot because there is hair over a subjects eye etc

....above she makes final adjustments to Matt's hair

At times she has to adjust clothing that is not sitting as it should ......here she is attending to Kristan's gaping blouse with a swatch of gaff tape....

Its always important to provide the images that are suggested by the client.We create a shot list. After this collection of images is achieved it is good to suggest extra images which may include changes to clothing,lighting,props and possibly some set changes or addition of props. This series of 3 images (above) was selected by our clients to be printed as a large triptych,this will hang on their wall, along with other strong monochrome images.

A great shoot with Kristan and Matt.

Thanks Maree your a legend