Comments on: Picture This! http://anotherkindofdrew.com/blog/2010/01/26/picture-this/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:33:57 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Drew http://anotherkindofdrew.com/blog/2010/01/26/picture-this/comment-page-1/#comment-2424 Drew Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:23:05 +0000 http://anotherkindofdrew.com/blog/?p=2721#comment-2424 @TheOrganicSister - I don't want to be too esoteric about it or even too righteous but I have a hard time (ethically and artistically speaking) accepting money or in-kind trade from someone if the images I capture are unoriginal and impersonal. I like to spend time talking to the person before and during the shoot to try and catch a vibe. I sometimes think that because I am not a full time portrait artist I have more liberty. If that be the case, I am cool with that. Thank you for the sweet compliment. And to speak to Maddys case. It isn't hard to take a good photo when your subject is as attractive and as sweet as this young lady. @TheOrganicSister – I don’t want to be too esoteric about it or even too righteous but I have a hard time (ethically and artistically speaking) accepting money or in-kind trade from someone if the images I capture are unoriginal and impersonal. I like to spend time talking to the person before and during the shoot to try and catch a vibe. I sometimes think that because I am not a full time portrait artist I have more liberty. If that be the case, I am cool with that.

Thank you for the sweet compliment. And to speak to Maddys case. It isn’t hard to take a good photo when your subject is as attractive and as sweet as this young lady.

]]> By: TheOrganicSister http://anotherkindofdrew.com/blog/2010/01/26/picture-this/comment-page-1/#comment-2423 TheOrganicSister Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:20:05 +0000 http://anotherkindofdrew.com/blog/?p=2721#comment-2423 That's a gorgeous photo. And I really admire the personality you capture. I've had way to many photographers try to take photos of us and we ended up just as stiff and uncomfortable as they were. There was no "capturing" us - there was only stock poses in the same locales all their other clients stood in. I'm glad to see that slowly changing and photographs becoming what they should - a means of capturing a moment of ourselves for all time. That’s a gorgeous photo. And I really admire the personality you capture. I’ve had way to many photographers try to take photos of us and we ended up just as stiff and uncomfortable as they were. There was no “capturing” us – there was only stock poses in the same locales all their other clients stood in. I’m glad to see that slowly changing and photographs becoming what they should – a means of capturing a moment of ourselves for all time.

]]> By: Drew http://anotherkindofdrew.com/blog/2010/01/26/picture-this/comment-page-1/#comment-2422 Drew Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:51:33 +0000 http://anotherkindofdrew.com/blog/?p=2721#comment-2422 @Erin - I submit for your enjoyment, my senior pic. I had them done and then (much to Momma's chagrin) had them redone by a friend of mine who wanted desperately to be a photographer. http://www.facebook.com/inbox/?tid=1082363157172#/photo.php?pid=30461079&id=215500162 Please tell me if you can't see it and I will gladly email it to you! hahahahahah @Erin – I submit for your enjoyment, my senior pic. I had them done and then (much to Momma’s chagrin) had them redone by a friend of mine who wanted desperately to be a photographer.

http://www.facebook.com/inbox/?tid=1082363157172#/photo.php?pid=30461079&id=215500162

Please tell me if you can’t see it and I will gladly email it to you! hahahahahah

]]> By: Erin http://anotherkindofdrew.com/blog/2010/01/26/picture-this/comment-page-1/#comment-2421 Erin Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:40:50 +0000 http://anotherkindofdrew.com/blog/?p=2721#comment-2421 I think you've put words to the tension you feel as a commissioned artist perfectly. While doing non-objective paintings for people is less daunting than a senior picture, it is a trick to give the customer what they want without sacrificing your own artistic vision. Wedding photos are one thing, but senior pictures? What an exercise in compromise and creativity! Judging from the above photo, I think you tow the line beautifully- something you can put your name on as an artist and something the client loves. My senior photo? I look like an ad for an ambulance-chasing attorney, as I wore my debate suit and was shot standing next to a desk with a stack of books. All it's missing is the 1-800 number. *Sigh* I think you’ve put words to the tension you feel as a commissioned artist perfectly. While doing non-objective paintings for people is less daunting than a senior picture, it is a trick to give the customer what they want without sacrificing your own artistic vision. Wedding photos are one thing, but senior pictures? What an exercise in compromise and creativity! Judging from the above photo, I think you tow the line beautifully- something you can put your name on as an artist and something the client loves. My senior photo? I look like an ad for an ambulance-chasing attorney, as I wore my debate suit and was shot standing next to a desk with a stack of books. All it’s missing is the 1-800 number. *Sigh*

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