At Photocamp Utah this year Zach Arias was our keynote speaker and gave lots of great advise. One thing he stressed was to gain trust with your clients and don't be afraid to break the rules.
The photo above is something that I'm happy to say that I was glad to break the rules. I was contacted by Madi to take photos of her in her ballet studio recently. She is graduating from high school and will be finished dancing at this studio and wanted to get some images. I had photographed her before for her senior photos and with her family, since I had gained her trust I wanted to try something that I normally don't do. As I was setting up my lights I asked Madi to stand between my lights to warm up so i could get my camera set to the correct exposure. What she didn't know was that my exposure was all set and I was ready to shoot. I wanted to try something different so I photographed her wide with my lights in the shot. In the past I would not have done this because who would want to have lights in their photos. Turned out this was one her mother's favorite.
Don't be afraid to try something bold and different. It's OK to break the rules and use your creativity, who knows, your clients may like it.
2 comments:
Great work, Scott. It's a beautiful image.
Great shot. And it is definitely worth it to experiment. You never get any better without pushing yourself. But on the other hand I always try to take a couple of more traditional or safer photos too, for people who don't happen to agree with my creativity. :) Thanks for sharing. And it is a beautiful image.
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