When your kids are little it’s really important to take a lot of photos of them. They’re changing so fast it feels like if you blink you’ll miss something amazing. It’s not always practical to come to a professional photographer. But don’t fret, I’ll give you some quick tips how to take some impressive, professional looking shots at home. Here’s what you’ll need: A camera, anything will do, an iPhone, a portable camera etc. A large, thin, white sheet (must be white or it will affect skin color). An optional large piece......
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Each of my photography sessions at Roclord Studio is followed up a few days later by a presentation session where I show the images to my clients on a large-screen TV monitor. After 10+ years of going through this process with thousands of people I’ve made some observations and drawn some conclusions. It’s almost always better to choose art using your emotions and not your intellect. Theory of any artform is always formulated after the fact. To take food (my favorite subject) as an analogy, when you taste something, you generally get......
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This morning while driving into Pasadena I was listening to the 1968 Rolling Stones’ classic Jumpin’ Jack Flash. It suddenly dawned on me that when Mick Jagger shouts out “One Two!” in the end of the intro, he’s actually off by a beat. He really should have been shouting “Two Three” (or to be precise, “and four”, but I guess that’s really nerdy)....
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Whoever came up with that phrase The Terrible Twos, must never have had any kids of his own. I’ve found that two-year-old kids are a delight. Sweet, cooperative, adorable! I have two boys so I know this from first hand experience. Now three-year-olds on the other hand…yowch! Holy terrors. Especially three-year-old girls! In fact, when I know there’s a girl coming to my photography studio who happens to be 3-5 years old I have to have a Special Consultation with her mother. I’m no Freud but there’s something in the emotional development......
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