How to shift your portrait’s focus from you to your client. How effective are your business images with clients with different expectations of you based on their products and services? When starting the portrait process, my client’s first questions are often related to clothing choices or background selection.…
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Ruben realized early in his career that he loved throwing parties. Welcoming his guests to have fun and enjoy themselves has been the driving purpose in his life as a restaurateur. When Ruben began pursuing a career, it was not in the restaurant business, even though his father…
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Making portraits with a vintage process is a deliberate and slow choice. Image creation is measured in minutes per image, not images per second. Working with this slow method allows me to take time with my subject: time to visualize, connect, and see more. Photographing with a large…
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It’s Good to Get Out Once in a While. Sometimes it’s vital to get way out of your surroundings, not only to see new things but to experience how others see the world. Charlie, a mechanical engineer, has many interests that speak to his passion for how things…
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Which is right for you? In our increasingly connected world, where social media and web marketing has become necessary in growing your business, using images of yourself and your team is a much-needed tool that will serve your company well. Today’s prospective customers, B2B and B2C, are increasingly…
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My shut-in selfie… Say that ten times fast. Balancing the Deardorff on the selfie stick was a bit of a trick. Definitely a historical image. The beard is now gone and probably will never come back. The photograph is a self-portrait taken with…
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Do you ever wonder where those cool Halloween decorations come from? The ones that move and make scary sounds? Jamie Wirt owns Tekky Design, an Orland Park-based company that designs, manufactures, and distributes a fantastic range of Halloween decorations. If you’ve lately been in any of the large home improvement stores…
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What do you think about when you have your portrait made? Is the first thing you say to yourself, “I never take good pictures”. Clothing and hair are certainly important to a successful portrait, however, your mental focus and the energy you generate are paramount to a great…
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We had a great time last week photographing the 2020 lifeguards from the Orland Park Aquatic Center. In past years, we did a huge group shot with everyone packed tightly together with the pool in the background… this year…. social distancing and safety are the order of the…
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This image is from a series using an 8×10 large-format view camera and paper negative. This process dates back to 1835 to Talbot’s Salt Print. I’m using a more modern version of the process. Brian had to sit very very still and he did receive a tan…
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