Clothing

Here it is mid-summer already and we are in the middle of another busy high school senior season. As always we see a great variety in how each senior chooses to dress for their session. If you look back through our blog I think you will see clothing styles from dressy to just everyday clothing. Each has it place in your session. Especially for seniors we encourage clothing from all the seasons. I feel that winter clothing often photographs better than summer clothing for the traditional part of your session. So we like the 2 season (summer and winter) approach to selecting your wardrobe. One good suggestion about what style of clothing to bring is to be a people watcher. If you see someone that is wearing a certain style of dress or outfit and they look alot like you then decide if you want their look. The camera will photograph both of you with the same results, so if it looks great on this other person then it'll look great on you.

I think that the guys have an advantage when it comes to selecting their outfits. The dress shirt and tie, the suit, the casual outfit and the sports gear doesn't seem to have the problems that the ladies have. (That's my view)

Families. This is where clothing is the most important. The right clothing always makes the portrait better. Most of the time following the basics proves to be the best. We have seen great looking familes bring in the wrong clothing choices and it made it very hard to get good looking portraits. So we always talk to the family about what kind of clothing that each member will be wearing. This conversation can make the difference between having a great portrait or just a photograph. We encourage a planning session for families and groups, it's free so please take advantage of it.

My final though of today is: THE SUN TAN/BURN. A moderate tan looks and photographs great. Too much tan and you might not photograph the way you want your portraits to look. Care needs to be taken to avoid the unwanted tan line. Above all the sunburn is to be avoided. Not only does the sunburn not photograph good but you have probably done permanent damage to your skin and increase the chances of cancer someday. We can do alot of retouch and other print enhancement with the digital image, but by following my suggestions you will photograph great and we won't have to charge extra to fix a problem that we don't want you to have to begin with.