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My brother and sister in law came over the other night to celebrate my wife’s birthday. This gave me an opportunity to get my adorable little niece into the new portrait studio.
My adorable niece, Miriam, posing for me in the new Irvington NY portrait studio.
My niece, Miriam, posing for me in the new Irvington NY portrait studio.
I have been buying lighting equipment and back drops in preparation of opening a portrait studio in Irvington, NY (Westchester County)
First I bought the backdrops and stand. Here are a few shots I took of my wife, Alona, with the new backdrops and the Speedotron lights without soft boxes:
My wife, Alona, poses for me while I get used to the new lighting equipment.
My wife poses for me while I test out the new back drops and lighting equipment.
The new light boxes and backdrops.
In any business, customer service is just as important, and in some cases more important, than the quality of your product. I have seen mediocre photographers with very successful businesses because the proprietor was outgoing and knew how to interact with their clientele. On the other hand I have seen very good photographers who struggled with business because they were not “charming” enough. Even when dealing with a “difficult” client it is important to remain calm, polite and maintain the flow of communication.
Self Portrait Richard D. Cole
In an attempt to streamline things I have created this “new” blog within my website, rather than using the old blog that was hosted on Blogger. I didn’t have anything against Blogger, I am just too technically challenged to figure out how to incorporate the existing blog into my website. Also, in the old blog I simply showcased photos and in this blog I hope to give more explanations of the equipment that I use and how I use it. If you have any questions or comments, please email me.
About this photo:
This is a self portrait that I took using my Canon Xsi (this model is not made any more… newer model is Canon EOS Rebel T3i) with a Canon EF-S 18-200mm lens (1/60 5.6). I used the Canon RC remote to fire the camera. The backdrop is a portable system from Backdrop-Alley. The strobes were the Elinchrom Ranger RX Speed AS set up with a main light with softbox, side fill light and a hair light with snoot. I then edited the photo in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.
