We had a great turn out for the Doumitt 2009 Model Search, and the sessions with the 10 to 20 year old teen models have now begun at our ultra cool urban location featuring grafitti, industrial elements and distressed backgrounds - all shot with natural light. With an urban skater / indie hip hop theme, here are a couple of pics from our first session yesterday - though I still have hundreds of images to develop...more to come...
I love location sessions with toddlers! Not only is natural light photography of children a fantastic way to capture their spirit, it also allows for movement, play and exploration. I recently had a very fun toddler photography session with Abigail at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. We played in the ferns and found some blowing flowers along the way - here are some of my favorites of Abigail and the blowing flower...
I have been photographing Adam since he was in his single digits, and finally it was time for his senior portraits! Adam has some interesting hobbies and a kooky personality - so we set out to document this in his senior session. We started out in the studio, and I photographed Adam as he cracked me up with his stand-up comedy routine. Yes, he is a stand up comedian in actual clubs and has been doing this for years. And he is *really* funny - I was laughing the entire session.
We then set out for the train tracks and to find some urban areas to
explore. Adam is also involved in Parkour which is is an activity with
the aim of moving from one point to another as
efficiently and quickly as possible, using principally the abilities of
the human body. hmmmm. very interesting. So we parkoured around the
train tracks a bit and then found some more fun at some other local
urban areas. Here are some of my favorites from our urban outing
On Tuesday Night, I had 15 photographers come to my studio for a presentation and class on Photographing Children in Natural Light. I was asked to teach the program for a 4 Night Series by my Professional Photography Group - PPBGA. We met in the studio for a while, where I showed a slideshow of my work focused on natural lifestyle photography of newborns, babies, children, teens and families I also had my good friends and fellow photographers Jeanne DePolo, Stefanie Herzer and Kimberly Sayre there to help me (Thanks Girls!), as well as my Studio Manager Nicole - who helps me always and in all ways :D
After the slideshow, we hit the streets outside of the studio at around 7:00pm for some hands on natural light photography in the urban industrial area near my studio with three models - Sula (24), my glamorous oldest daughter, and two of Nicole's three daughters - Abbie (12) and Chloe (8). Working with reflectors, gobos and diffusers, we broke up into groups and each group had a model to work with. Most of the photographers who attend the 4 nights are new to the subject at hand - so our focus was learning how to look for good available light and when to add light with reflectors and subtract light with gobos or diffusers. The class was a big success - and here are a few images sent in from the class members... Stefanie Herzer (first three), Kim Sayre(fourth)
and finally Patricia Finn - who sent me this image of a woman she took a picture of the next day when she was in a restuarant and still thinking about the class - and noticed this beautiful light on this lady, and took this picture. And that is what it is all about - looking for the light where ever you are. Go Patricia!
The class of 2009 is starting to come through for their high school senior portrait sessions! These excited seniors are loving the urban, chic look that is personalized to their unique style and personality. We can do studio, location or book a senior session with some of both and get three facebook files from your session! For your own cool, urban senior portrait photography session, check out our tween and teen galleries on the Anna Myers Photography website and contact us to get on the schedule.
Did you know that summer time is the perfect time for senior sessions since the days are longer and schedules are less busy - and hey what else are they doing with their time? They can hang out with Anna and get their portraits done in a fun session that is totally focused on them.
Here are some pics from a recent session with Ms J. - a bubbly, vivacious, down to earth senior who was soooo fun to work with.
