Portraits
Want to celebrate achieving a goal or just life even? I offer 2 kinds of experiences and both are outdoors. We either keep it simple with some natural light portraits or we get even more creative with my full lighting suite to create more dramatic and impactful imagery.
Experiences
Natural Light
With just a camera and no lighting equipment in the way this experience allows for more candid shots as we walk and shoot but also stop for some posed shots.
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From the industrial park to your college campus or anywhere else, if it’s within 15 miles of Asheville, NC I’ll cover the travel fees.
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Energy is everything, and connecting with my clients is an important part of great photography. I allocate a minimum of 60 minutes to build that connection and get great feeling photos.
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I leave the flashes off and we select a time between early afternoon and sunset for the best light.
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Less is more with individual portraits. Getting 60 images of just you wearing the same thing gets redundant. I’d rather make sure to nail down 25 frames that mean the world to you than worry about delivering you 35 more that don’t. I’ve done it the other way. Believe me, this is better.
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I color correct first, then send every final image into Photoshop cleaning up blemishes and distracting flyaway hairs. Scroll down to see the difference.
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I always preach it’s not really a photograph until it’s in print, so I always deliver a 10 x 8” fine art print out of my print studio of your favorite photo.
$350
Creative Lighting
I bring my lighting suite to a select location and we create some dramatic imagery. I deliver fewer images but with more work put into the shot for lighting and editorial post editing for the perfect photograph.
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Some places don’t allow lighting stands and tripods, but any place that does I will travel to it within 25 miles of Asheville, NC free of charge.
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I allocate at least 90 minutes for this experience to make sure we have time to create and play with lighting and capture enough shots to make it worth while.
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With a lit subject I can expose the background and the subject independently among many other tricks to create really dramatic, intense, or impactful images. We take the time to set up great poses that reflect your personality and demonstrate your incredible energy.
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Much more post processing is involved in this experience, and all images are delivered in print.
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I unleash every single trick in the bag in photoshop to perfect the shot and leave you looking you best. Beyond blemishes and fly aways, I spend an hour and a half on each shot perfecting your skin tone beautifying the image in every way it needs.
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You get all 5 images delivered in print first, and then the digitals along with it. All prints will be 10 x 8” or similar in size.
$650
My Workflow
Raw
Straight out of the camera, no editing at all.
Color Corrected
Edited in Adobe Lightroom to my aesthetic style, which I describe as true to life and detailed.
Basic Retouching
Pulled into Photoshop to clean up distractions, flyaway hairs, and blemishes. All natural light portrait sessions get editing to this point.
Editorial Retouching
Smooth out the skin color and tone, and soften the texture a touch; brighten the eyes, add selective sharpening to the eyes and lips, then tune it all back a little so it looks natural. In some cases (like the lady on the left) I go even further if desired to repair frizzy hair.
Traveling Photographer of Families Everywhere