Take my picture..please

The holidays are a wonderful time to not only see you family but use them as subjects for portraits, especially if one is a complete ham and loves being in front of the camera. Uuummm Noah ;) ! As it turns out, kids of a certain age will let you pose them in almost any way as long as you email them the photo later so they can show off professional looking shots to their friends when they get back to school. Besides making the rest of your family so happy by sending pictures, it is great practice to work with people you know well before venturing off to take pics of complete strangers.

See some samples of family shots here.

So, over the next month I will be asking a few of my friends if they would like their portraits taken. One of my goals for these 'friend portraits' will be to somehow capture the spirit of each individual and of course make them look amazing. So for all you friends out there please let me know if youd be interesting in sitting for a portrait!

Shoo Jimmy Shoo...Catey Hill Book Cover Photo

My good friend Catey Hill, whose portrait is featured on my website has just published a terrific book "SHOO, Jimmy Choo! The Modern Girl's Guide to Spending Less & Saving More" A while back I shot her portrait for the book cover and the picture continues to be used in articles, websites and magazines which feature her book. She has recently started a blog too that gives girls even more ideas on how to save money (tips we can all use). She seems to use shoes as the iconographic symbol for excessive spending, which I used to relate to living in NYC. However, since Ive moved to NOLA Ive replaced my shoe habit with a photo equipment habit. So my title should be "shoo...B&H Photo" (ok...cheesy I know)

This picture above is from a shoot done at our friends apt. in Tribeca, NYC and has a much more serious tone than the one they ended up using for the book, but I like the no-nonsense glare in this one best.

Anyway. Yesterday I blogged about staged shots and posted a gallery on my site with a few samples. Some of the shots from the Catey Hill shoot are in it, check em out and most definitely check out this book. It would make a great holiday gift!