I have mentioned for a while now that I intend to follow some of my workshop students’ suggestion and offer the Photographing Consciously Workshop content in a more individual centered way, a one-on-one kind of way. Let me explain. Instead of the class room approach, which does not appeal to everybody, I would meet up with interested individuals and teach them the content hands-on, somewhere in town.

A few days ago was such an instance. Here’s one of my favourite padawan learners, I mean students, Braedy and my friend Ashley, who kindly agreed to model for our first attempt at portrait photography.

One on one photography workshop

* discussing the use of natural available light

* big windows, always a welcomed secret weapon

* taking it slow and noticing where the shadows are and which angles turn them from annoying to flattering

One on one photography workshop
One on one photography workshop

Below you can see us practicing of one of my favourite philosophies when it comes to portraits; namely, a happy model is a happy looking model. So we created comic relief by attempting strange and funny postures.

One on one photography workshop

It seems to have worked.
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