Planning a portrait photoshoot

I find it useful to meet up with a prospective photographic model before a photo-shoot just to make sure that you both know what you want out of the shoot, are able to communicate well, and are not too crazy! I also just like hanging out in cool cafes, meeting creative people.

Before my shoot with urban designer and mother Robin Balles, we met up in Choc O Pain in Hoboken, and exchanged ideas for shoots, and links to inspirational images by email. We settled on a strong profile portrait and silhouette, both using natural lighting provided by Robin's Jersey City Heights big bay windows.

As well as the planned shots we were able to try out a couple of other ideas, shooting through a "rainy" window and using a large mirror.

I have finished work on four images and have uploaded them to my fine art print website.

Visible thoughts

Waiting

Triptych 1

Triptych 2