Photographing Families

In this book, Elizabeth and Trey present 60 of their favourite and most diverse family portraits, showing you the art and technique of creating highly saleable portraits. With every captivating image, you'll learn how the Homans masterfully orchestrated the technical and artistic aspects of the portrait, from the location or backdrop selection, to the overall compositional qualities, to the arrangement of the group in the scene, to the individual poses. You'll also learn the strategies Elizabeth and Trey used to create natural poses that contribute to the feel of the portrait and will learn how the lighting (studio light, existing light, and natural light) was harnessed to create a polished, professional portrait. Perhaps one of the big challenges of photographing families is that no family grouping or family dynamic is the same. This book will arm you with the tools you need to work with the smallest to largest groupings, including a wide range of subjects, from newborns to the elderly. AUTHOR: Elizabeth and Trey Homan own and operate Artistic Images Portrait Studio in San Antonio, Texas where they have enjoyed a very successful business for the past 22 years. The studio is located on 2 ½ wooded acres where they have created a beautiful portrait garden. Elizabeth is known for her artistic portraiture of families, children and seniors, and her dynamic images of brides. Elizabeth has won many awards for her wedding photographs, portraiture and portrait albums. She has 14 Fuji Masterpiece awards, 5 Kodak Gallery awards and many Professional Photographers of America Loan Collection images. She was selected as a PPA ELITE member in 2014, one of only 26 members selected out of 27,000 for photographic excellence! Trey manages the studio, computer systems, album design and designs all of the marketing pieces. Trey is also known as the "baby whisperer" and has a fantastic rapport with children of all ages.