Welcome to my new blog!! I thought I would kick it off with my first session of 2010.
Last weekend, I met Alex downtown to do some portraits for him. Alex has an important birthday coming up, and these photos are a cool way to look back at this time in his life.
As for me, this was an especially fun project because I don’t get to work with a lot of men, let alone men who actually want their photo taken!
The next two photos I had the opportunity to try out the Brenizer Method (developed by Ryan Brenizer). I’ve been wanting to try this technique for a while now, and this session had a few opportunities for me test it out. Not too bad for a first try! (For instructions on this technique, here’s a great tutorial by Richard Bui.
When I do portraits for people, I always ask them what they love to do, what’s important to them, and what their style is. Well… Alex has two gorgeous dogs at home that mean the world to him, and we were originally going to try to incorporate them in the session but decided it might be a little to difficult to bring the dogs downtown. The other thing Alex mentioned (with as much enthusiasm as his love for his dogs) was the fact that he loves music. Apparently, his iPod goes everywhere with him. Then Alex found a photo that inspired him to bring his iPod along… it just all worked out. So the photos below hopefully show a little bit more of who Alex is.
Before we called it quits, Alex mentioned a colorful wall he passed on his way to meet me. So we circled around and sure enough, it was a super cool wall that was perfect for photos. Nice eye Alex!
Thanks Alex for the asking me to do some portraits for you! Happy Birthday!
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