Jennifer and David met up with me on their first anniversary of their wedding for a photo session in the same place where we had their engagement photo session – Skylands Manor in Ringwood, NJ. What I really like about the estate grounds is that it offers such a variety of beautiful settings for portrait sessions. Here is a video clip of the photo session as another glimpse in how I work with my clients and look for opportunities and angles to give my client a variety of images.
Here are a few of the images from the session that were used in the clip ..
I have already posted several images from the extended photo session with Sarah and Mark – but here is the epic video. The intention with these photo sessions was to expand Sarah’s portfolio as much as we could.
We started off at Coney Island, doing a session with Sarah and Mark at the edge of the beach with Sarah in swimwear .. and from there it went into more of a lifestyle shoot with the two of them on the boardwalk. Later on we had Sarah run towards the camera in sportswear. But we rained out with a massive thunderstorm rolling in over New York. We picked up the photo session again in Battery Park. Much of this session and onwards weren’t caught on video since the-other-Neil, who assisted me, had to stay with the van and drive around looking for parking while we continued with the shoot. There is a short section though, showing some of the Battery Park session. From there we moved up to Times Square to photograph a very glamorous looking Sarah in evening wear in Times Square.
Hopefully all of this will be a great view of the approach during a photo session, and how there is no single static way of doing things. Various techniques are used; the lighting too is varied; all to give a wide range to the look of the final images ..
On Friday June 19th, (along with my assistant, the-other-Neil), I met up with 3 models in New York for a photo session with each. The intention was to try out different lighting techniques, different equipment .. and just to have fun and see what we can come up with.
First we roamed the Meat-packing District and Greenwhich with Aleona and Laura Lee, and then later on met up with Sasha in Brooklyn. This video clip will be a glimpse of working with three gorgeous models in an ever-fascinating city. Enjoy! : ) I think what might be interesting with this video, is to see the wider view in relation to the resulting image.
Some of the images have already been posted here, and you will see more of them over time. And some will eventually appear in a book on the topic of off-camera lighting to be published next year.
The lighting ranged from just available light, to using off-camera Q-flash with a softbox, and later on with Sasha, some video lights. A flexible approach that allows for divergent results, helping to keep the final mix of images fresh.
As a glimpse of how I work with couples during a photo shoot, here is a video clip of a recent session. Linda and Gary’s wedding is coming up later this year. I met up with them this weekend in Manhattan and we roamed the Meat-packing District and Times Square for some vibrant portraits.
