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Studio Test Shoot

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There is a special kind of creative freedom in a test shoot. And that is both amazing and scary: "what do I do?..."

"Relax, this is a chance to pull one of those ideas out of the drawer and finally make it come to life!" — That's what I said to myself a few days before this shoot.

I'd been wanting to play with color gels and this was the perfect opportunity.

My challenge was to get as close to the final result as possible, in terms of color, in the studio and I think I managed that (check out the before & after of one of the images — the one on the left is straight out of the camera).

So on the day of the shoot I set out to make some nice portraits with some interesting colors, but I got a lot more than that. My beautiful model Funmi (@thefunmiofficial) delivered character, emotion and flow, breathing life into every picture!

A portrait is truly a collective endeavor — I can only get so far from my end of the camera.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Creative Headshots for Veterinary Clinic

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When Centro Veterinário de Alverca (CVA) hired me, the job was to update all the staff pictures for their website. You know, that nice professional headshot that everyone should have. But I've met more than a few people who work in animal health and they are a fun bunch, so I suggested making a fun picture to go along with the standard one and — lucky me — the client said yes.

Now all I had to do was get everyone to play along...

I admit I was expecting some resistance because people were in the middle of their work day and not everyone loves having their picture made, let alone having to collaborate with some photographer's crazy idea of a creative portrait. But to my surprise, the large majority welcomed the challenge and together we came up with a photography concept that was a caricature somehow related to their specific role at the clinic.

Of course some cheated and just got a cute pet to pose with them!