Something that I've been meaning to do for some time now has been to produce some brochures so that I can send them to potential clients or for other people to show around.
The hard part was selecting the few photos that I would use on this project. I wanted to cover all of my bases by including photos that give vivid examples each of the services that I offer. So I wanted to get in a couple of portraits, group portraits, commercial photography and weddings. I'm actually pretty happy about finding a way to throw in as many wedding pictures as I did.
And of course, I had to include the picture of my cat Bart in the box. Everybody loves that picture when I first show it to them.
And if your curious, this is the set up I used to take the pictures of the brochure. I attached a small soft box to my remote flash that I wired to my camera. I hung a reflector on the other side to give the light a little balance. With the camera mounted on the tripod above the subject, I could easily make small but consistent adjustments between each shot. Fire away!
Stage Coach Theater asked me to take some pictures of their fund raising event at their new building. It was a very successful event and they raised a lot of money towards their eventual goal. For me it was challenging because the lighting was spare and a lot of it pointed straight down. Not the most complimentary angle for viewing people's faces. Another challenge is that I try to avoid camera mounted flash photography. Sure the target is clear and sharp but too often you get pasty white faces and the background fades away into darkness. Since this event was very much about the building, I really wanted get the space in there as well. So I was shooting with a low shutter speed but fortunately the full framed sensor in my Canon 5DmarkII was up to the task. Any sudden movements caused blurring but my strategy was to shoot as many pictures as possible and then harvest the best of the bunch. It turned out better than I had predicted.
