Liz Snedker Photography – What to Wear? – Christmas Family Photography

Not long until Christmas now and here is a quick ‘What to Wear?’ guide for the festive season.

Liz Snedker Photography ~ What to Wear?

I often get asked ‘What should I wear for my photo shoot?’

Whilst I do offer my clients individual advice tailored to their needs and their photo shoot, I also thought it would be fun to do a series of blogs each month called “What to Wear?” These are particularly useful for family portrait sessions but great for individual inspiration too!

So, to start it off here is the first ever entry of ‘What to Wear’ showing a really great autumnal array of clothing for men, women, boys and girls. The first selection is perfect if you would describe yourself as a ‘jeans’ person or family – at your happiest in a comfortable pair of jeans with a smart top or jumper and a few simple accessories. If the lady likes to be a bit more dressy but has a partner or husband that only feels relaxed in jeans, no problem since this combination works perfectly in the second selection.

Not only will these selections be harmonious with a group or family together, importantly the clothing will blend beautifully when photographed outside with a backdrop of trees displaying their autumnal colours in all their glory.

Don’t forget accessories can make all the difference to a great image; perhaps a hat, scarf or a great necklace!

These selections are a guide to help you create harmonious outfits particularly for the group/family portrait sessions. I do not advocate buying a new wardrobe for your photo shoot, I think you will be amazed by what you already have – go and take a look and have some fun putting outfits together!

Still unsure? Please don’t worry, for further advice contact me here.

Liz Snedker Photography~Editing Images From Teenage Photo Shoot~How many looks?

It occurred to me this morning whilst editing some images from a recent teen photo shoot, just how many different looks could I create from one image? I suppose this could be infinite when you take into account the possibilities i.e crop, black and white, colour, not to mention the faded, surreal or cross processed look!

I am passionate about black and white images but I also love to use my creativity when cropping an image. Now, many photographers would argue that all cropping should take place in-camera and in the main I agree since it makes life easier in the day to day processing of clients images. However, sometimes I enjoy nothing more than having a ‘play’ cropping my images to achieve a different ‘look.’ Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t!

Here are just a few of my results from this morning’s efforts. Starting with the original shot out of camera and then a quick simple crop to make things more even and a conversion to black and white:

I love square crops and letterbox crops:

A few more ideas:

Finally some food for thought, flipping a photo over:

The square and letterbox are my favourite what’s yours?

P.S Hey, this dude reminds me of James Dean!

October 2011

Liz Snedker Photography~Number 13!

Well my blog hasn’t been going very long but a spooky thing just happened! I came to write a post and I am told this is my 13th blog post and of course looking at the date it is Halloween. Call me superstitious and I really cannot explain why but I will leave this blog post to a few words only and create my 14th blog as normal with pictures!

 

September 11

Liz Snedker Photography~Business Head Shots in Winchester~Corporate Portrait Photographer in Hampshire

Earlier in the year I met with Lisa Boyd, a lawyer from Winchester. Lisa was in the process of re-branding her business ‘Lisa Boyd Coaching’ and wanted some new corporate images to complement her brand and new website.

After an initial phone consultation I met with Lisa at her business premises. Together, before taking any photographs, we chatted through the final concept and vision she had for her corporate business portraits including the all important colour theory for her branding. After a quick ‘cuppa’ we got to work capturing images to include classic head shots, full portraits and even Lisa at work with her client, all produced in a variety of colour and black and white.

With Lisa’s re-branding she understood the importance of investing in a good professional corporate business image . With Lisa’s kind permission I am able to show you the difference a professional portrait can make to your business. Before the re-brand, Lisa used a personal snapshot of herself (see below) and hopefully you can clearly see from the second image the tremendous difference a professional shot makes.

If you would like to know more about how I can provide you with a corporate business portrait then please feel free to contact me here.

Lisa reviewed our session saying: …”Liz is an exceptional portrait photographer. I hired her to do some corporate shots for my website. She immediately put me at my ease which resulted in my shots looking relaxed, approachable and professional – exactly as I had briefed Liz.”
To see the full review of my services from Lisa Boyd please click here

To see Lisa’s website and the services her business offers please visit here.