May 2009 Archives

May 29, 2009 - Cleveland, Ohio - Using real kids and doing the shoot for a client on location at a day care was more than the usual challenge.  Using kids even experienced at photo shoots is a challenge.  Shooting on location is always a challenge.  Having the location with the noise and distractions in a day care and ad using real kids has the potential for chaos. Toss in the client and parents all giving direction.

Luckily my client wanted photos of the kids interacting with a new doll.  Kids being kids and that's always a winner in my book.  No trying to get a kid to be the perfect kid.  I love working with kids.  Actually finding a way to work in the kids environment I prefer, even with the distractions in a day care center.  

I have always had the ability to tune out the world when I'm shooting.  Experience tells me kids have the same ability if you let them.  Experience tells me if you can make the kids comfortable and get them to focus on anything but having their photo taken your half way there.  Then provide something to gain their attention and start shooting.  Experience tells me once a kid focuses on something of their interest a train could roll through the room and they wouldn't notice.  It takes about a nanosecond for them to ignore the pop of the studio flashes.  

The next challenge was getting all of my "directors" to believe the best thing we could do was to just let the kids be kids.  With that almost accomplished the challenge for me was not to miss a shot.  If you see the video I put together you will see I even shoot my models reacting to people off of the set.  Especially if there is a good facial expression I like these shots.  I believe they get viewers to look and imagine what the child is reacting too.  I believe that in a photo it can be what you don't see that draws the greatest interest.

In less than 2 hours it was a wrap.  My client and I were both pleased by the results.  When I saw the good shots as well as the "out takes" I knew this would make a good video for my portfolio in part because it just might be entertaining.

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May 10, 2009 - Cleveland, Ohio - For years DOUGLAS Photography, Inc. has provided on line image service to their clients.  Opening this service to every business is now a reality, Advertising Image Services™.  Making your images available when they're needed, where they're needed and by whom they're needed anywhere in the world.

The major players especially in the retail business have invested in having their quality product images available for retailers ads and even the media.  They know what too few consider and that is the images of your products and/or services directly reflect on your company image.  Having low quality low resolution images stolen from a web site for an ad or a story in any publication, or maybe worse, a "do it yourself" photo can cause damage to a company image of quality.

We did a report here on April 13, 2009, Marketing Images: On CD's/DVD's -v- On a Server.  That report was written to promote the DOUGLAS Photography, Inc. on line images service as a value added service for our clients.  That did spawn the idea for Advertising Image Services™ that has now become reality.  We know how much our clients appreciate this service so now we have made it available for all businesses.

DOUGLAS Photography, Inc. is located in Cleveland, Ohio and works nationally with clients.  Douglas has been a commercial photographer for over 25 years with services ranging from industrial photography to architecture and interior design to industrial and consumer products.  Douglas prides himself for his ability to work with clients for 15 years or more based on a single hand shake.