Your Life. Your Story. Your Portrait.
Did you pick up that cliche New Year’s resolution of getting fit? Here’s some photoshoot inspiration of a fitness lifestyle photoshoot that will hopefully keep you motivated to keep going! Working out is tough. Whether you’ve already reached your goals or are still fighting the good fight, these images can give you an idea of how to show off that body you’ve been working your butt off for!
I’ve been photographing women in the Greater Toronto Area for a while now and I just figured out the number one thing women need to look perfect in front of the camera.
If you feel like you’re not going in the direction you want and you’d like to get your life back then I’d like to introduce you to a book that helped me: Three Simple Steps by Trevor Blake. This book has given me a new take on life and is one of the reasons I’m creating beautiful artwork for regular, real women. I’ll outline the three steps (you can read them in more detail once you have the book) and tell you how they’ve positively impacted my life.
Modern portrait photography is more than taking a pretty picture of a woman. It’s about capturing who she is. That may seem easy, but if you’ve even been in front of a camera you know how you immediately tense up and become acutely aware of every movement you make. It suddenly becomes hard to “just be yourself”. Take a behind-the-scenes look at being in front of the camera…
Much of this world is about striving for perfection, but there is beauty in imperfection and it’s something we should all recognize. There’s nothing wrong with wanting to be better or making things better; that drive takes us to the future of technology, fashion, and even standard of living. However, there is a point when this drive can turn against us and enthusiasm transforms into obsession. If you always wanted to be or look perfect…we can help you rethink that…
There’s a wonderful video I found on YouTube by photographer, Gina Held, and it shows what a simple (beautiful) compliment can do. We all know the immense impact words can have on us. We learn to communicate through speech before we ever get to writing or even gestures and it’s an incredibly powerful tool. But with any tool, it can be used the right and wrong way. So watch the video and continue on to find out the right way to give a beautiful compliment!
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Bringing nature landscapes into portrait photography of women is something I think I do best of all. While many photographers love the look of a blurry background that puts all the focus on the woman, I like to have a balanced mix between her soul and the soul of her surroundings. What do you like? You be the judge!
Women have become inspired through online content and confident-boosting groups and they’re ready to get their magazine quality portraits taken! With body-positive groups growing in popularity and the seemingly limitless photographic talent portrayed on our ever-growing screens, it’s only logical that there’s an appeal to be captured as our most amazing selves! No longer are we limited to thinking we have to take boring “graduation” looking photos. No! We can have photos that look like they belong in a magazine; something we can be proud to display and share!
