Portraits/Candids
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Available for on location people {individual or group} and pet portrait photography in the Capital District area. Like my event and wedding photography, my style for portraits also leans on the alternative side (much like my subjects, themselves :). I prefer to capture people in more natural elements, rather than posing them in front of a backdrop with strategically placed lighting. While staging and posing is what portraits have been traditionally defined by, I tend to think outside the box...literally. I prefer natural light and for my subjects to be relaxed. In my opinion, there is nothing relaxing about posing for a studio portrait. I strongly dislike being photographed, ironically, and my smile was undeniably fake in the studio portraits that had been taken of me in the past. Photos should capture you...the real you, and a moment in your life. They should have meaning and feeling...they should be in a setting in which you feel comfortable, with a background in which you can relate to. Need a family portrait? Why not let your family home be your photo background? While I photograph you, you should be relaxed and carrying on conversations that interest you, I'll know just when to 'shoot' you and photograph you at your best. (As far as pet portraits are concerned, your pets feel the same way...they told me! :)
Many of the photos below are actually candid shots. Even though the subjects are looking at the camera, or seem to be staged, more times than not, I surprised them. I take a lot of candid shots and I "shoot from the hip" or do "drive by shootings" as my friends call it. I literally hold my camera at my side and photograph my poor unaware subjects!
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