Millpond Park Senior Session
I wanted to share another senior session I had a couple of weeks ago. The location was Millpond Park in Fenton, Michigan. The shoot time was later in the day around 5ish, the sky was very overcast. Which some people might cringe at that and think it's not a great time to shoot. It's a photographers dream to shoot when it's overcast. Overcast skies are like using a really big softbox. What does that translate to for the non-photographer technical people? Think of the sky as a big light, now cover that light with a sheet, what happens? If you guessed that it softens the light, then you are correct! When it's overcast, I don't have to worry about harsh light hitting the subject or weird shadows on the face.
Ok, the photography lesson is over, now back to the shoot. I've been in communication with the parents of the senior several times before the shoot. The seniors mom was full of ideas on what poses she would like during the shoot and props that she wanted in the pictures. At one point, she asked if I minded that she had all these ideas. I, of course, stated that I didn't mind after all customer service is very important. Now how I really felt about it. I love it! I love having, what I call an organic session. A session where the parents and the senior has input on what poses they would like to see. I do this for a couple of reasons. One; it puts everyone at ease that I'm not trying to control the whole situation and just putting their son or daughter in artsy poses. Two; if the senior is comfortable, then the posing and facial expressions are much more natural and not forced. Of course, I mix in my poses during the shoot.
This shoot was super fun, with great ideas coming from the parents and the senior, we zipped around the park taking picture after picture, going from pose to pose. There was a time we got super goofy and ended up having a great time. We had such a great time we started losing track of the time. If you look at the pictures you can tell we all enjoyed the shoot.
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