Last weekend I got to work with this lucky family on some portraits over at Ponderosa State Park in McCall, Idaho. Leave a comment and let me know what you think! Thanks!
These are some family portraits I made down in Cascade, Idaho recently. I love working along Cascade Reservoir – it’s got a lot of great photo sports, especially with Tamarack Resort visible in the background. And the natural rock formations made a great setting in themselves too!
I’ve gotten a lot of questions from other photographers on how I did the lighting – the secret is to, when you have a day with otherwise not so great light, bring your own! The great thing about dismal lighting is that it allows you to supplement the natural light with lighting that you’ve set up yourself – and then keeping both the natural light and artificial light in tune with each other.
Today’s update is a family portrait shoot for one of my good friends, in McCall on the lake, along with last weekend’s wedding. I’ve been starting to work with off camera lights a bit more the last few weeks – I’ve finally figured out a setup that’s pretty quick to work with – up until now I just haven’t been quite satisfied with having everything work reliably and be small enough to move with. Now, that’s been taken care of ;)
You can probably notice a little bit of stylistic change over the past few weeks – I’ve been doing things a little differently since a shoot I did for The Waiting Kind. Basically, I’ve started doing some distinctly layered images, or super-simple compositions with simple lighting. It’s a good kick to be on.
Enjoy!
