Pete Bobb's 1st Class Photography
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‘I personally guarantee that you will be absolutely delighted with your photographs
or I won’t charge you a cent and you get to keep all of your prints.’
or I won’t charge you a cent and you get to keep all of your prints.’
Family Photography
If you’re like most families, photographs of your children & pets are among your most valuable possessions. Ask 10 people what they would grab in a
fire (after the living things, of course) and many, if not most, will say “my photographs.”
This is not an unexpected response. After all, photographs are a powerful keeper of what we are like. That is, if the photographs are natural looking,
and have captured the “essence of the moment.”
“Natural looking” and “essence of the moment” are the key factors, and here’s where “detrimental training” comes in. You see, most photographers
are trained to take portraits according to a formula. No talent is required, just good equipment and THE FORMULA. This works great for the mass
marketer, or the small business person wanting to cash in on the huge family photography market, but it does little for the families being
photographed.
I’m sure that you’ve seen the results from this kind of factory “line ‘em up and shoot ‘em” photography – stiff poses, forced smiles, ugly back drops.
I don’t know about you, but I find it awfully hard to “connect” with the people in this type of photograph. They don’t look real. Not surprisingly, most
people actually hate this style of photography, but think that’s all that’s available to them. Or they think it’s “just the way it’s supposed to be done.”
Or they do it because they think it’s quick and cheap (then get trapped into buying expensive reprints).
This is a shame because families who are trying to preserve precious moments – family history – end up having them robbed from them.
IF YOU WANT NATURAL-LOOKING PHOTOGRAPHS OF YOUR FAMILY, HIRE A PHOTOGRAPHER WITH NATURAL TALENT !
fire (after the living things, of course) and many, if not most, will say “my photographs.”
This is not an unexpected response. After all, photographs are a powerful keeper of what we are like. That is, if the photographs are natural looking,
and have captured the “essence of the moment.”
“Natural looking” and “essence of the moment” are the key factors, and here’s where “detrimental training” comes in. You see, most photographers
are trained to take portraits according to a formula. No talent is required, just good equipment and THE FORMULA. This works great for the mass
marketer, or the small business person wanting to cash in on the huge family photography market, but it does little for the families being
photographed.
I’m sure that you’ve seen the results from this kind of factory “line ‘em up and shoot ‘em” photography – stiff poses, forced smiles, ugly back drops.
I don’t know about you, but I find it awfully hard to “connect” with the people in this type of photograph. They don’t look real. Not surprisingly, most
people actually hate this style of photography, but think that’s all that’s available to them. Or they think it’s “just the way it’s supposed to be done.”
Or they do it because they think it’s quick and cheap (then get trapped into buying expensive reprints).
This is a shame because families who are trying to preserve precious moments – family history – end up having them robbed from them.
IF YOU WANT NATURAL-LOOKING PHOTOGRAPHS OF YOUR FAMILY, HIRE A PHOTOGRAPHER WITH NATURAL TALENT !
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