Portraits

I love to shoot photos of people! I find it amazing how intimate it is and how you really get to know a person.

This is required to create a portrait and not just any old photo.

The objective is to create an image representative of the person, not just a snap shot and unlike modeling a product or advertising photo were you don't care about the models personality.

When creating a portrait one must work with the model to get them to open up beyond other forms of modeling. You must get them to reveal a vital part of there soul to you and then capture that glimpse.

You have to talk with the model, find out what they really like, what are there dreams, what do they want, who do they love, even there fave song. Anything to make them feel comfortable. Because if they are not your work is less likely to make an impact.

If they are happy and having fun and opening up you can then get inside them if even for only the time of the shoot.

It makes a world of difference and if you can build a good report with your model it opens up a world of opportunities to explore other areas of art with them. Such as creating complex conceptual pieces.

Honestly, some of the best friendships and relationships I have had and some of the best models I have found started with a simple portrait shoot.