Portraits

    The other day, Cory and I got with senior Hailey Hutchison and took some (very late) senior pictures. We had a lot to do to prepare for this. 
     Our first step was to find out what time of day we wanted to take these pictures. We did not want to take them too late because if we waited until the sun went down we wouldn't have the sun which was a key part in the lighting. We also did not want to do it too early because we didn't want the sun to be too bright so that she couldn't open her eyes in the pictures. We took the pictures around six o'clock, right before the sun set so the sun is more of a soft glow then a bright, blinding light. 
      The second step was finding the right outfit. It was a little bit tough trying to find an outfit because it was not warm enough to wear shorts, but it was not cold enough to wear jeans. With the weather being a tricky temperature we decided to put our model in a gray flow t-shirt style dress. We chose this so she wouldn't be too hot or cold, and she could be comfortable while also being stylish. 
      The third step was hair and makeup. We wanted her pictures to be as realistic as we could make them. They are called senior pictures for a reason, they are supposed to capture you and what you looked like your senior year. It is not supposed to be something dramatic and you don't want to look like a different person. With Hailey we did simple looser curls with her hair, nothing too big just something she might casually wear to a nice event. For her makeup we went with a natural look with a little bit of bronzer to make her face glow and eyes pop a little bit, and for her eye-makeup we did a soft brown color making her hazel eyes stand out a little bit more. She looked stunning. 
        The final step was to go take her pictures. We couldn't have picked a better time of the day. We used our Cannon camera and reflectors to get the perfect picture. While one of us was taking the picture the other was holding the reflector giving off the perfect lighting. Thinking of poses was a little bit tricky, but we used some inspiration from pictures we had seen before on pinterest to help us.   It was an honor and was very fun getting to capture these pictures. We will be posting some of our work in our next blog!