Photographing people doing what they love to do is what I love to do. Whether its football, baseball or chess, I love photographing people doing what they are passionate about. So I was totally psyched when Angelo took me up on my offer to do a session of high school football portraits in studio. Angelo asked that the football portraits have that high contrast, edgy look with dramatic lighting, like he seen in some of my other sports portraits. He loved them and it was a great addition to his senior portrait album.
Angelo’s father is an artist when it comes to restoring old cars and motorcycles. He showed me some pictures of some of his work and it is out of this world. I’m excited to set up a father/son shoot with the bikes and maybe some restored cars as a Lifestyle Portrait Session. Stay tuned…
Even though Sam is an Erie High School grad, we started our session on the main drag in Old Town Lafayette, Colorado. I’ve scouted that area before so I knew there were some old building with some killer textures that would be perfect for a high school portrait session.
I had an absolute blast shooting Anissa’s senior portraits. We wanted to do something really cool that would incorporate traditional portraits with lifestyle portraits. She is a swimmer, so she wanted her album to include pool shots. We pulled out all the stops and hit three locations in two days. It all started in Broomfield, at one of my favorite parks. You can’t beat a place with plush grass, a little pond, and big, gorgeous trees. Plenty of opportunities for all of the looks and poses she wanted.
Just like most days, we had an incredible blue Colorado sky. Just a small pop of light from a strobe brings it all out.
