Greer - Thomas Aquinas HS Senior Portraits, Class of 2014

After Greer's session, I was starting to think that the studio was specializing in those high school boys that wanted nothing to do with senior portraits.  He wasn't too thrilled with the idea of having his picture taken, and I thought it would take a miracle to get him to smile.  As most of the athletes that come through the studio have done, we were able to get some really interesting and unique photos of him in his uniforms.

The photo of Greer shooting on the lacrosse field was done at mid-day.  I brought two studio lights to the field: a White Lightning 1600 in an Apollo soft box lit his face and the front of his body as he dove across the goal; a Quantum T2 flash to camera left lit him from behind, separating him from the sky.  The image was processed to darken and saturate the sky so he stood out.  The stadium lights were "turned on" in post processing.

And the photo of him smiling?  

All I had to do was mention his 2-yr. old niece, who has him wrapped around her little finger.

Ryan - Fairport HS Senior Portraits, Class of 2014

Ryan was one of those boys that didn't have much interest in having his senior portraits taken, and was mostly here because his mother wanted him to.  After his initial consultation where we talked about what we would do during his session, he was actually looking forward to it.  During his session, he was very relaxed and gave me some of the most comfortable smiles of anyone I've seen this year.



Ryan plays on Fairport's varsity hockey and lacrosse teams, and I've photographed several of his hockey games.  This session was all about lacrosse, and after we finished in the studio, we went to the turf field at the high school, where he went through a whole series of shots on goal.  I even let him shoot on goal while I was standing in the net, which I do not recommend for the faint of heart.