jonnygraham
156-365 A model in the making
05.06.2010
Nathan has grown up quite a bit since I last took pictures of him. Of course for a 4 year old he still has a limited attention span but if you make what you're doing sound like the single most fun thing he could do right now he actually works for you. Unlike with other children Ive taken pictures of Im not struggling to get a particular shot or pose or look and just let them play away and hope I can wing a decent moment. With Nathan I could actually give direction now, right down to the positioning of his fingers. And he could hold expressions like he knew what I was trying to get :)
For someone so young that is a very valuable thing to be able to do that and not feel awkward, he was completely natural. I know loads of people near 5 times his age that cannot do that with the same ease. Id say he was even as easy to direct as Sarah :P (I might get hit for that)
After I finished with my pictures he insisted that I bounced on said trampoline. I gave him my camera and he went off to the vegetable patch to take pictures. I watched him as he looked around himself for pictures instead of just mindlessly aiming the camera at anything. What I forgot to do was stitch the camera to auto for him to turn back-button focusing off. He was complaining that it wouldnt focus like some sort of diva shooter :P
I think I will start teaching him to look for nice light. He already knows the 'Put the thing in the corner'/rule of thirds tip but today he learnt what shadows and highlights are on a rhubarb leaf :)
I put one of his (uncropped) pictures in the comments. Remember, he is 4 years old.
Oh! This looks good. This guy is great! So is his studio work aand I'm actually going to try and tune into his creativeLIVE sessions next week, partially because I have no more exams/driving test/client meetings and partially becuase of that beard. Like come on.. beast!
I had a driving lesson today, my second last one. Same story, 100% for the first 40mins and then 2 majors on silly things because I lost concentration towards the end. Albiet the mistakes were on things I havent done before so I know now how to do it right if it comes up again :)
Woop! Positivity!
BIG little model
156-365 A model in the making
05.06.2010
Nathan has grown up quite a bit since I last took pictures of him. Of course for a 4 year old he still has a limited attention span but if you make what you're doing sound like the single most fun thing he could do right now he actually works for you. Unlike with other children Ive taken pictures of Im not struggling to get a particular shot or pose or look and just let them play away and hope I can wing a decent moment. With Nathan I could actually give direction now, right down to the positioning of his fingers. And he could hold expressions like he knew what I was trying to get :)
For someone so young that is a very valuable thing to be able to do that and not feel awkward, he was completely natural. I know loads of people near 5 times his age that cannot do that with the same ease. Id say he was even as easy to direct as Sarah :P (I might get hit for that)
After I finished with my pictures he insisted that I bounced on said trampoline. I gave him my camera and he went off to the vegetable patch to take pictures. I watched him as he looked around himself for pictures instead of just mindlessly aiming the camera at anything. What I forgot to do was stitch the camera to auto for him to turn back-button focusing off. He was complaining that it wouldnt focus like some sort of diva shooter :P
I think I will start teaching him to look for nice light. He already knows the 'Put the thing in the corner'/rule of thirds tip but today he learnt what shadows and highlights are on a rhubarb leaf :)
I put one of his (uncropped) pictures in the comments. Remember, he is 4 years old.
Oh! This looks good. This guy is great! So is his studio work aand I'm actually going to try and tune into his creativeLIVE sessions next week, partially because I have no more exams/driving test/client meetings and partially becuase of that beard. Like come on.. beast!
I had a driving lesson today, my second last one. Same story, 100% for the first 40mins and then 2 majors on silly things because I lost concentration towards the end. Albiet the mistakes were on things I havent done before so I know now how to do it right if it comes up again :)
Woop! Positivity!
BIG little model