A busy weekend in the studio

I had two family portrait photography sessions booked in for this weekend.

For my morning session I had the pleasure of photographing a lovely family in my home studio. The bond between big sister and little sister was fantastic and resulted in some great shots.

The youngest member of the family didn't appear bothered by the strange house or even the studio set up which helped to make this a very successful and enjoyable session for all involved.

If my morning studio session was chalk then my afternoon session was cheese ;-0)

My afternoon session was a tricky affair which exhausted both Mum and myself.

The little girl with the most enormous dark blue eyes who was to have her photos taken had only just woken up when arriving at my house and was not particularly impressed with the strange house, strange lady and even less so with the studio set up. It didn't really get any better as every time I raised the camera to my eye she began to cry. She wasn't even impressed with my lovely flashlights!!

After some time and experimenting with different toys from my studio toy box and borrowing some extras from my children, the little girl relaxed a little allowing me to get a few good shots.

Three studio sessions later...

I've been hectic over the last few weeks and have now completed 3 studio photography sessions.



















My first session was a family portrait session involving two small children ages 2 years and 1 year. This was a great studio photography session using the high key background.

It was great having my children's toys to amuse them apart from the little boy wanting to take the toys home with him at the end of the photography session.

My daugher wasn't too impressed either when I was working on the photos later that day and someone was playing with her toys in some of the photos taken ;-0)

My second session was of 3 children and their grandparents. The children were 4, 5 and 6 years old and were rather amusing, with the little boy being quite mischievious. It was different taking photographs of older children as the photography poses were fun as well as varied. Some amusing and cheeky shots were captured during this session which the grandparents loved.

My third studio session was with a lovely lady who wanted some photos for her husband for Christmas. We did a low key session with a couple of outfit changes. This was completely different from the previous sessions and was a fun photo session that covered a variety of poses resulting in some fantastic shots.

All three clients were really pleased with their photos, purchasing all the images on a disc. Buying the photos this way allows them to print them later at their leisure in whatever format they choose.

What people don't always realise is that providing all the images on a disc is not as simple as "shoot and burn". Post session photo review and editing can take a few hours, particularly when up to 100 images are captured during the shoot. Since starting my photography venture I have spent many hours in the evenings after the sessions to ensure the photos are print ready.

With each photo session I learn something that I can take into account or work on for the next studio session. Here's a couple of things I've learnt so far:

1. Positioning of subjects in relation to the backdrop - better positioning makes for less post session work on the photos.

2. Women of a certain age (or perhaps any age) do not like photos of themselves.

3. For future studio sessions I need to time sessions closer together so that my family do not have to vacate the house more than once at the weekend to accomodate my passion for photography.

I am loving these studio photo sessions and can't wait for the next session - not long to wait though as I have 2 more sessions booked for the coming weekend.