My tax accountant and I got chatting about frames on one of her trips into the studio last year (not that I wanted to talk about anything but taxes, of course! Ahem, anyway..) She told me a tale of her encounter with another client of hers - a framer. They'd been talking and she mentioned looking for a frame that matched the other frames in her dining room for her son's senior portrait. The framer, she said, looked at her aghast! "You frame for the picture," he said "not the room!"
He's right. So many of us get confused about how to choose a frame and end up with one that doesn't work for the portrait we put in it because we don't look at what really matters - the portrait. So, here's a basic guide of the things I consider when I'm choosing a frame:
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I love the look of painted portraits, but oils are not my gig (I can't stand the smell of them, even though they take me back to my childhood kitchen where my father would season his cricket bats with linseed oil)....
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For my artist friends: artist applications for the Willoughby ArtsFest are due by March 30.
FInd out more about the Willoughby ArtsFest: willoughbyartsfest.com
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I was having coffee with a marketing consultant last week and talking about my website. We had stopped on the homepage and right up there at the top I show a picture of a beautiful, white living room with light pouring through the windows and a collage of three images of one of my clients hanging above the sofa. When I explained the subject was a senior, my coffee companion nodded. "That makes more sense" she said.
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If you've been into my studio, you know I use a very minimalist set up. I could have a ton of props and backdrops, but it would mean a lot of repetition, and I love to make my client's images unique and express their personality. That means not using the same set or backdrop over and over again.
Not every image merits this much photoshop - I was aiming for a very stylized look for this particular image - but this is a good example of what we can achieve with it. Enjoy!
A photo session is an investment of time and money, so why not make the most of it? Here are three easy ways to get different looks in one session.
Change clothing
Clothing has an enormous impact on the final photograph. Different colors, textures, looks, and styles can produce very different results even with the same lighting and backdrop.
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