Portrait Photography Stage 2 Making it Happen in Canberra Australia
By Chris Canham
There is a fair bit of Q and A that with the right info garnered from the client can save you time energy and stop the chance of a poor outcome when making Portraiture.
A series of questions relating to the specifics of the shoot will unearth and give you the answers that will not only give you peace of mind and understanding as to what your client wants which in turn gives you all the more options to keep the client happy as this is the real goal in any service industry
Some questions you might want to run past your client.
How many people to be photographed are there?
Did you want to steer towards any specific theme ie classic, fun, eccentric etc
Do you prefer Studio or potentially outdoors somewhere on location?
What are you after as an end result?
You could also talk about colour schemes etc for clothing— I Always try and get my clients to dress in blocky colours rather than stripes and spots which can be contrasting and make the imagery not as strong.
When photographing Babies specifically you will need to ask questions like “age”? and can the baby hold it’s head up?
And then offer or suggest that the parents bring with them some toys that they can use to get the baby smiling and giggling.
Small Children can be tricky ages 2 – 6 or 8 years as they often have their minds made up as to what they want or how willing they will be to work with the photographer- I have found that since having my own child – child Portraiture in this age category becomes a lot easier as you understand a bit more about children’s psyche and keeping it fun through the imagery capture will give you the best results to get lots of smiles and great results,
Anyhow I Will go further on these topics in portraiture article 3 as to finalise the ways to of Portraiture and how I think it is Best approached in Canberra and Australia.
Chris Canham is a Canberra Photographer who takes amazing children’s portraits. Check out his new section on Portrait Photography Canberra and Event Photography Canberra. Find him on Google places at: Chris Canham Canberra Photographer.
