Dear Linda,
[QUOTE=Linda Brandon]How about cutting down all the bushes in front of your house?
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Actually I think we just might move, we have an excellent realtor. I'll tell her exactly what my requirements are and she can probably find it
!
Thank you for that post of Chris Saper's photograph. It's got me thinking again about an artificial light source.
I realize with natural light no two situations will ever be the same, but if I want to take a photo of a model, I need to have a better handle on the lighting situation. It's easy to call my daughter to this window or that window for three days in a row, but a client is different. I think it's a big deal for a client to get all dressed up and ready for a photo shoot, or have their child dressed up, and I don't want to have to call them back the next day and say I need more photos
. I realize I need to be much more professional. Even for my 'practice' portraits with the neighbors' kids, I don't want to have to keep calling them back or going to their house over and over again.
I just took a long walk with my husband and talked his ear off about all this and the more I think about it, the more sense it makes to have a more constant light source, which I think means artificial lighting. Though I will keep trying to understand how to use natural light, but I need knowledge of both. It is ridiculous that it takes me days to get a usable reference photo when I could be starting on the next portrait.
I also think I should take the advice that I have read more than once on this forum and sign up for a photography class
. I'll have to look at that as part of my education.
Well, I've talked long enough. I will try again with my daughter tomorrow earlier in the day and post a photo if I get a good one. I'll think positive!
Thanks again,
Joan
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