It's an exciting time for us here at "The Portrait People". After many months of planning, streamlining and working with some of the nicest people around "The Portrait People" (TPP) is about ready to launch.
So what is TPP all about? Well the simple answer to that is it's all about you, us and the way we "see" you. Our belief is that there is far more to taking a picture/portrait - call it what you will - than simply pressing the shutter release on the camera at the right time. That is the easy part! Seeing the individuality of the subject and then translating this into an image which totally reflects the personality of the subject - that is a skill which is not just knowing how to place your lights in order to achieve the "look" you want but it also comes from within. In short it is instinctive. It is intuitive and it is a gift in the same way that taking a group of notes and making a symphony is a gift. Some of us can play the notes given the music, others can compose the music but very few of us can create a symphony.
Like a symphony our photography here at TPP is mostly designed to be viewed in monochrome - although as in other genres of art there are exceptions. Presentation options are designed to allow the images to breathe and speak for themselves. We hope when the viewer looks at our images that they read into them their own interpretation of the picture. The baby on the initial slide show for example - is it simply a picture of a newborn baby or is it a family portrait? The parents are certainly there in the picture supporting their baby in equal measure with caring hands. To us it was far more than either of these two suggestions - it depicted exactly the position the baby held in the family at the time the picture was taken. She was newborn, she was of course supported by both her parents but most of all she was the centre of attention. The first child of the family, the first grandchild and very much in the spotlight. That is how we "saw" it anyway. What do you see?
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