I had the privilege of shooting some senior portraits for a really cool guy.  It was a lot of fun, and I was happy with the results, as was Jake’s family. That’s success in my book.

Jake is an avid drummer, and a great athlete.  Plus, he was open to do pretty much anything we could think of. So we went up to Wichita Heights to take some pictures on the baseball field. Then we grabbed a drum set and headed down to Old Town for some pictures there. C.J. and Laura took over from there and headed to Oak Park.

Generally, I have a few to several images in my head going into a shoot. From there, I usually think about my lighting scheme. I like definition and clarity in my images, but I also like to setup my lights so I have some room to interact with the subject and react. This time, I used my mad drawing skills and drew up what I was looking for in 4 or 5 shots. Here are a couple: 

I really don’t know why I went ahead and shot the pictures – the drawings are so lifelike. Just for clarity and completeness, the second portrait is lit by two reflective umbrellas and a bare strobe pointing back at the camera for some separation from the background. 

There were a lot of photos I really, really liked. Check ‘em out at the sharing gallery:
http://themosaicphoto.net/p117059846

Finally, let me direct you to our $100 senior portrait promotion.

This past week, Canon announced a new full-framed camera. 21 megapixels of beautiful goodness. It’ll be great in low light, and will be sure to give us rich details for our wedding, portrait, or commercial endeavors. Sure, we’ll be able to make a life-sized print of you off of these files. But big files mean great detail and gives us a lot to work with in our post-production. This is one of the most exciting cameras to come out in my time as a photographer.

I’m so getting one.

Photo by Canon