01.11Photo: My little assistant
When I was setting up for the corporate portrait session from the last post, my little girl was in the studio and wanted to be my assistant. She was very diligent helping me set up, and used a couple of her stuffed animals for stand-ins, then came over to the camera and I let her take a few shots. She also modeled a bit for me (she is already an old pro). I asked her to sit down one last time without her props, and she happily obliged. This shot was on the monitor in Adobe Lightroom when my client came in– he liked it so much he asked if he could use my “test” shot for a web site.
There are two things I really like about this particular shot as well. First, I haven’t done many “low key” (as in dark background and dramatic lighting) shots recently and it’s a nice change. Most importantly, she was very relaxed and having fun and it comes through in her expression– even though she’s not smiling. My goal with every one of my subjects is to make them feel comfortable and have fun too.
Philip Nealey is an Omaha Nebraska based commercial Photographer and Photoshop expert. See more work at nealeyphoto.com or his blog at unsharpmasked.com
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Hey Phil, She is gorgeous! Boy, how time flies, eh? Don’t know if you remember our little girl…. she just turned 18 !!! and was accepted to Swarthmore College. Wow. So, hows Omaha? How did you end up there?
Nancy Cassidy
January 28th, 2010 at 2:05 pm
Hi Nancy! How are you guys! I remember her… 18? wow. I’ll send an email with an update for you soon. Say hi to Chris.
January 30th, 2010 at 3:19 pm