Child Photo Session

Today was a wonderful day. An established customer of mine had asked me to spend a day with his family to photograph his young boy playing in the park. They had fun, I had fun, overall, it was a great session.

     

Your friend, S.

New York Wedding

This weekend I had an opportunity to photograph a young black couple and their family with my friend Mark of PhotoFXStudio. The wedding was done in a Jamaican / Brooklyn tradition, lots of fun and great memories. Below is a sample of my work:

Your friend, S.

How to take great Wedding Pictures (Part 1)

About a month ago I was emailed by a photographer from Buffalo. She’s an armature photographer with a great potential. We have been sharing ideas and experiences, thoughts and concepts. As we’re going through this knowledge transfer process, we decided to start documenting this IP (Intellectual Property) to be shared with you – my dearest readers.

This will be the first of many posts to demonstrate minute aspects of photography that can greatly improve the overall quality of our work.

Note: Images used below are not to be reused or shared, they are the sole property of the photographer.

Part 1 – Perspective

There’s a lot to say about perspective but most importantly for us, photographers, is that depending on where you place your subjects, their apparent size changes.

The image below demonstrates this concept quite well. Object further away from the camera appear smaller (look at the windows towards the back of the hallway)

The same principal applies to people. The image below could be made more appealing to the bride if she had been placed a couple of steps behind the groom. She would appear slimmer and smaller – something most brides desire.

Yours, S.

Model Photography

Another day, another shoot … tell me what you think

Your friend, S.

Family Photography

Last weekend I had lots of fun photographing my new favorite clients. Dina, Jaydens mother, had prepared several exciting sets of clothing and props, she was ready for a thrilling photo shoot.

Feel free to check out best of the best from here but my favorites are below

   

Your friend, S.

Photoshoot at Fort Tilden

Recently, a client of mine suggested a photoshoot at Fort Tilden. To get myself better acquainted with the location, I took my favorite model and set out for a fun day of shooting. Although we were kicked out by the parks police for not having a photo permit, we managed to get some interesting shot.

   

Let me know if you find these interesting.

Your friend, S.

Environmental Portraits and Color Theory

My wife and I just came back from a vacation in Russia. We covered dozens of cities and hundreds of sights. All throughout our travels we’ve searched for interesting and compelling locations.

In this post, I’d like to cover my views on Color Theory in application to portraiture. We are often surprised to learn that our work is stronger or weaker than we originally thought. During the photoshoot, we interpret the set as 3D vs what we capture in 2D. This transformation enforces the importance of shapes and colors our viewers perceive.

The two portraits below depict the analogous and complementary color schemas from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_theory. The upper image is stronger because the dominant colors are grouped in the red-violet and yellow-orange spaces. By contrast, the lower image is strong because of the yellow-orange and blue-green complementary combination.

Your friend, S.