People often assume that portraits have to be done in the studio, but a versatile photographer should be able to take good portrait photos anywhere, using either portable studio lighting or the beautiful natural light. Sometimes the atmosphere provided by a location helps you to relax and get into your… mojo. Perhaps an outdoor location...
Great photos – i agree with you totally – i can’t stand the posed shots with the white background – real photos outside are so much better.
Roger
One of the services I offer at my studio is the party photo shoot. Everyone gets their makeup done, and their photo taken, with lots of dressing up and sometimes the mild influence of alcohol (over 18s only, naturally!). Everyone agrees it’s a lot of fun, and I frequently get a guest from one party...
by Jon Silver
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I don’t enter many competitions, and this was the first time I entered the SWPP/BPPA monthly competition for June 2009. It’s the sort of thing where you don’t want to look at the other entries because it’s all of a terribly high standard and everything is so intimidating. Still, nothing ventured, nothing gained. I tentatively...
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Models often ask this question. Good portfolio images should show what you’re all about. They should show all your best features, your versatility, your breadth of styles and above all something of your personality. Whilst not hiding anything, de-emphasising negatives through lighting or angle is fine, but they shouldn’t be digitally altered to make legs...
by Jon Silver
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Having mentioned no names whatsoever in my article above, a chap called Mike Hannah, a director of the company which trades variously as Pure Space Studios, Blue Rooms Studios and Diesel Models has contacted me today by telephone, email and posted letter to ask me to remove two third-party comments which mentioned Diesel Models by name. The comments in question expressed feelings of disappointment and dismay at the service received by two former customers of Diesel Models, and those individuals’ opinions that the company was to be avoided. Mr Hannah’s removal request was accompanied by assertions that the comments made by the third parties concerned were defamatory, and that I was responsible for that defamation as the comments appeared on my web site. Threats of further action, including words such as “slander” and “legal action”, were made by Mr Hannah in the event that I did not remove the comments. Mr Hannah claims to have been advised by litigation lawyers at Gillhams Solicitors.
I have therefore removed the two comments from public view.
Thought for the day: An itch, once scratched, can become a raging boil; it’s sometimes better to just leave it alone.
Advice for would-be models: try a few Google searches first.
i give it 2 or 3 months before the history of this page is visible on the “way back machine” internet archive (http://web.archive.org). should end up visible here i guess: http://bit.ly/cdbZ3
in the mean time google’s cached version shows the original comments: http://bit.ly/Dzjr6
at least in the states we have the 1st amendment.
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