{"id":225,"date":"2015-03-13T17:39:22","date_gmt":"2015-03-14T00:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/?p=225"},"modified":"2016-09-12T21:19:20","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T04:19:20","slug":"portrait-photographer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/portrait-photographer\/","title":{"rendered":"Portrait Photographer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/sunset-portrait.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-226 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/sunset-portrait.jpg\" alt=\"Onsite Portrait Photographer\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/sunset-portrait.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/sunset-portrait-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/sunset-portrait-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What goes into a <a href=\"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/portrait-photographer.html\">portrait photography<\/a> session?<\/p>\n<p>This is an in-home session. \u00a0This small house had no background photographic opportunities. \u00a0The photographer created one\u00a0from a set of window blinds. Despite looking like it\u00a0was shot at sunset this is a staged shot-manipulating the background. \u00a0We created this effect by setting up tungsten lighting outside the window at night.\u00a0 Adjusting the window shades for the precise bounce of light gave the photographer the control he wanted. Using a handheld flash allowed for exactness in adding the highlights to face and hair. Every angle and tilt of camera complete the composition of the subject.\u00a0 Once softness and overall look was established to the photographer\u2019s eye the session proceeds with multiple shots.\u00a0 Finishing touches are completed in Photoshop for facial tone and minor touch-up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/portrait-backgrounds.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a> on our website about backgrounds for portraits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What goes into a portrait photography session? This is an in-home session. \u00a0This small house had no background photographic opportunities. \u00a0The photographer created one\u00a0from a set of window blinds. Despite looking like it\u00a0was shot at sunset this is a staged &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/portrait-photographer\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,1,15,33,105,147,31],"tags":[108,107,106,23,20,34],"class_list":["post-225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flash-photography","category-photography","category-portrait","category-portrait-backgrounds","category-staged-photography","category-studio-headshot","category-studio-portait","tag-control-light-source-for-photograph","tag-create-background-for-portrait-photograph","tag-flash-photography","tag-one-light-portrait","tag-personal-portrait","tag-studio-portrait"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2cxVk-3D","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":521,"href":"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225\/revisions\/521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/douglassimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}