We’ve cleaned out the old blog posts, and we’ll have some updated images and graphics for the site sometime in mid to late April. We’re just waiting for good weather and some fresh growth to shoot a new location or two with our new reps–but don’t let waiting for the update hold you back if you’re already beginning your search for the perfect senior photographer for you—feel free to come in for a consultation anytime! Just give us a call at 356-5550!

Remember, too, we keep a small appointment book. Never more than two seniors booked per week. That way, we don’t *have* to shoot in questionable weather like studios that book sessions every day sometimes must, as there’s plenty of opportunity for us to work out a reschedule within just a few days. That’s one of the advantage of a low-volume, high quality studio.

Just what is questionable weather, anyway? In short, it isn’t just an imminent rain threat, but a threat of heavy cloud cover, which will take away our direct sunlight.

For an example, look at photographers’ sites that do shoot under overcast skies, and you’ll notice an overall “flatness” to the lighting in images shot on those less-than-perfect days. There’s a general lack of sparkle to the images, and no directional light that comes from a low, late-day sun, which we think is a key element. We only shoot from around 4:00pm to sunset to get that late afternoon/early evening light. This is sunlight that isn’t as contrasty as mid-day sun, but is strong enough to still give us a a bright edge light or back light, like the edge of bright light around Sky’s shoulders and hair, and the spot of light hitting the grass behind her, in the shot above. And there’s a life-enriching warmth to the lighting, instead of the cool, bluish light of a cloudy day.

We almost always have the sunlight coming from behind like this to give that bright edge line, and use reflectors in front to cast a soft frontal light on you. There! Our trade secrets revealed! (Actually, the trade secret is to always maintain an ability to reschedule days that don’t give us this quality of light!) Below is a crop from a composite image from elsewhere on the site that is another great example of how we use sunlight, and tells you exactly why we reschedule to avoid no-sun days!