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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Professional Results
See the difference having a formal session makes!?! These are just a few of the images that my friend and fellow professional photographer, Ivan Martinez, made for our family portraits. I finally have a decent head shot! All of the attempts I … Continue reading
Posted in Child Portraits, Family Portraits, My Family, Studio News
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Creative lighting
In this workshop, we discussed creativity and using found objects to modify lights. A sign was used to create the band of light on the model’s face. A piece of netting was used to diffuse the light in some of … Continue reading
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Tagged arizona, bymelinda, high school senior, images, phoenix, photographer, portrait, scottsdale
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Rim Lighting
Rim lighting is amazing! I am looking forward to using this technique in a session soon. Imagine how amazing these images would be with a little directional lighting to add pop to her eyes and a little more drama to … Continue reading
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Tagged arizona, bymelinda, child portraits, family portraits, high school senior, phoenix, photographer, scottsdale, senior portraits
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Do not try this at home
It seemed like a good idea at the time. Bring along a flash and some remote flash triggers. Set the camera on timer mode and dash across the stream or forest to get into the frame.
Don’t try this at home! … Continue reading
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Tagged arizona, bymelinda, child portraits, family portraits, high school senior, phoenix, photographer, portrait, scottsdale, senior portraits
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Creativity with studio lights
These images are from three different workshops. One was all about using strobes and flashes to provide beautiful light in full sun. That’s incredibly useful for photographers in Phoenix!
Can you believe the model in gold is only 12!?!
Another one was about … Continue reading
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Reflections add dimension
In this session at AfterDark Education, we experimented with using reflections to add dimension to our images. We set up a strobe inside the window near the model. Unfortunately, I couldn’t take advantage of that because we were sharing the … Continue reading
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My Studio is Ready to Rock and Roll!
I am back in business and ready to make images with you! My new studio is in our guest house. I have the shortest commute ever!
I have set up spaces both inside the studio and outside for sessions. Call today to … Continue reading
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