Oakley – Senior Photo Shoot 1
My first senior portrait session:
Greetings everyone!
I realize it’s been sometime since my last written post but I hope you’ve been enjoying the occasional photos I’ve been posting in the mean time. As some of you may know, I am currently a college student and am just starting a career in photography and film production so my experience may seem limited along with the amount of projects I share. Although this is somewhat a disappointing fact, it is my goal to see through the inexperience and make fascinating discoveries that I wish to share with you all. You can think of this blog in the light that I am indeed an inexperienced photographer, but! I know a lot about the basics and theory of our mutual subject and am confident in applying them. Because some of you may be just as inexperienced as I am, maybe together we can make mistakes and walk away from it with a better understanding of our craft. It is my hope, however, that I’ll be the one making more of the mistakes so that you won’t have to. And with that I’d like to get into my next “first” project.
This weekend I’ll be heading down to Waco Texas to take pictures of a high school senior who is also a fellow Boy Scout and friend I once worked with at a scout ranch for a summer. He’s a talented musician, passionate about youth group activities, and is considering a major in linguistics; he is non-other than Austin Lane.
This weekend I plan to visit various locations, experimenting with natural light and a little bit of fashion. As I plan to get there a day ahead of our planed shoot, this will give us some more time to discuss locations and some “outfits” the “model” would be interested in wearing to compliment the mood and his unique personality.
I’ll be limited in gear, but will make due. It is part of my philosophy that, “A little budget and little resources can only guarantee more creativity,” for as some of you know, the less we have the more creative we have to be with what we DO have and to achieve what we want. You may end up using a large satin bed sheet instead of an expensive high quality reflector you would buy at B&H, or you may have to plan a day of outdoor shooting because you don’t have set of expensive strobes. Now these are some essential tools but they should not limit your creativity because you don’t have them.
After all, and I quote Chase Jarvis, “The best camera is the one that’s with you.”
And as a crazy frizzled haired teacher used to say, “Make mistakes, take chances, and get messy!”
Plenty more to come!
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