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Friday, October 25, 2013
Friday, August 23, 2013
Tips for your portrait session with us
Good morning!
The following applies to Families as well as Seniors who its
originally targeted for but I have made some adaptations to it to make it more
rounded for all genres. These are not rules or “set in stone” per say, just plain
ole suggestions that we have learned over time to help out with getting people
ready for their photo shoots. Portraits are meaningful and last a lifetime, so
we want you to be as prepared as you can be for your session to ensure the best
quality photos.
1. Clothing – formal, semi-formal or casual (don’t
forget accessories for those outfits). Make sure your shoes n socks match if
applicable (had a client that had a dark blue and a black sock, they ended up
just taking them off lol) Ladies, make sure to have your toes polished (if you
do) we take full body shots as well as close-ups. solid colors work best. Make
sure your hands are manicured as well, you will be using them in the portraits.
Patterns distract the eye from the subjects in the photograph – you and your
family.
2. Colors, we have to pick colors – Flesh tone or
neutral colors are great for outdoor sessions. For spring and summer sessions -
lean towards pastels including watermelon and peach. For autumn and winter sessions
– lean towards reds, golds, deep oranges, med to dark greens and med to dark
blues. Coordinate rather than match everything, mixing textures like knits,
ruffles or denims will give your portraits that pop and pizzazz you are looking
for.
3. Accentuate your features – turtlenecks are great
for long necked people, square neck tops are a top choice for round and square
faces and round neck tops are great for people with thin faces or pointed
chins.
4. Ahhh jewelry – Unless you are marketing the
jewelry, be careful with attention grabbing pieces. You don’t want the
attention off the faces due to a huge set of earrings or necklace. Classic and
modest pieces are the best (simple necklace and earrings or pearls). If you
love to wear big jewelry just try and make sure it doesn’t overpower your face
and eyes.
5. Makeup – Ladies please don’t go overboard
although it’s tempting to go glamorous. Be very careful with the glitter or
sparkle type shadows, powders or blush. Sometimes it can reflect the flash and
create white spots. Choose carefully for your lips as well, there is too much
of a good thing, it can give you the appearance of drooling to having a white
mark on your lips from my flash.
6. Touch up and last minute preps – bring anything
you can think of your powder for reducing the shine on your face to hair-ties
or scrunchies (just be sure and remove them from your wrists before your
photographs) if you wear glasses, think about using a different pair and remove
the lenses out of them to reduce the glare. We will attempt to remove lens
glare as much as possible.
7. Hairstyles and this n that – work with any
hairstyles you desire a few days before the session, if you plan on getting it
cut please do so a week before so it can adjust and come out of shock. Guys
please have a fresh shave and other facial hair neatly trimmed in your photos.
Be careful with artificial tanning, go a day or two before the session to give
your skin back its natural glow.
8. Oh no, I broke out and have some blemishes –
Please do not worry about that…I can remove it from the portraits. We do
minor/basic retouching for the faces to give you the most attractive portrait
possible. We don’t do major stuff like making you look like a porcelain doll or
remove braces and the like. We can, but that’s an extra fee ;)
9. Poses and posing – try practicing your smiles
and various facial expressions in the mirror if you choose. We provide a
“checklist” to help you and your family with posing ideas. Try to set it up
with your kids to get them familiar with them. We will be doing goofy stuff as
well so think of ways to pose when we shout “time for goofy poses”. We want to
capture you in your most natural and upbeat selves. We do various full body, ¾
length, close-ups, sitting and standing poses as well as personal poses for
your pleasure. You are more than welcome to bring props – sunglasses, hats,
favorite toys for the kids etc.
10. Be prepared – To stay relaxed you can bring a
friend to help with the kids or to keep you relaxed (if you don’t like your
portrait taken). Be comfortable with your photographer, get an idea of their
style and make sure you are comfortable with it. Imagine yourself and family in
the portrait examples they have posted. Don’t be shy – ask questions or if you
are uncomfortable with a certain pose, we can change it no problem. If you are
sick or your children are sick, please do not hesitate to reschedule. We want
you at your best for your portrait sessions; after all it’s an investment.
These are just a few tips to having a successful portrait
session. If you have any more tips, please feel free to comment in the section
below.
Thanks for reading,
Leslie
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
A little more about us....LJB Photo
As you can
see from our online portfolio, we love capturing the true emotions and intimate
moments in our client’s life. Just for that moment, their expressions are
captured for a lifetime. My personal love for photography grew from when I was
a child going through family photographs with my Mother and grandparents. My
grandfather and my Daddy always had a camera in their hands. I look back at
their photos and know where I got my skill from. I get taken back to a place in
time, even before I was born. It’s our history of our family. I still cherish
those memories as I look through the photos and portraits and take myself back
to that frozen moment in time.
That is what
we want to create for you here at LJB Photo. Wouldn’t you love having beautiful
and artistically created memories that become legendary pieces, which cannot
ever be replaced? Custom Portrait
Photography is not for everyone, sure you can go to a grocery/mall store’s
photo department with your coupon and get ordinary run of the mill backdrops
and one stuffy pose, than get roped into buying the more expensive packages,
before you know it you are $250-400 out. That is what happened to me, I was
never really pleased with the portraits, and none of them are on my walls.
There is no emotion, that’s not “us”, is what I would say to myself. Why did I
spend that kind of money for a product that was truly not worth it? Because I
HAD to have it at that moment and if I didn’t take advantage of it, I would
lose the discounted prices. It was
because of those events that LJB Photo formerly Crisp Photography & Restoration
got started.
We wanted to
be different, give our clients the awesome experience of nature outdoors rather
than sit under hot lights with a material created background and be done in 15
minutes with no personalization. We wanted to give you options of different
poses, different wardrobe changes and minor retouching at no extra charge, if you so desired. There
are no hidden fees, no surprises or gimmicks. You will be given pricing information
even before your portraits are taken so you know the upfront costs of
everything that we offer at LJB Photo. So, if you have always wanted those
family beach portraits, or family portraits in the park with all the beautiful
surrounding nature backdrops, than take those steps in making an investment in
capturing these moments for a lifetime. Trust me, you won’t regret it.
Thanks for
reading,
Leslie
Disclaimer: I am no way possible speaking down of
any chain studios or any photography studios for that matter, just placing my own opinion. Each
studio is different, and has their own offerings. Please, just promise me this one thing, before you make
that investment, regardless of where you go, look at the photographer’s style,
their portfolio and have a consultation. If that photographer isn’t your style
or doesn’t offer the services that you envision, make you uncomfortable (like they wont fit right with you and your family), just let them know and say
thank you and continue your search. Trust me; we would rather have you be
honest with us photographers and say no thank you, than to not say anything at all. Good luck in your
search and we hope to be communicating with you soon.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Senior Reps - Come One Come All!
We've started our 2014 Senior Representative Program. If you happen to know an outgoing female or male that loves being in front of the camera and is a rising Senior - Class of 2014 send them to our website. We have a great plan set for our Senior Reps to earn Prints, Cash and Gifts! Send us an email at ljbphoto13@gmail.com to get our questionnaire!
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