No matter what color backdrop you have, find out three simple ways that can make any studio photoshoot fun.

CAROUSEL

As a photographer, freezing motion is one of the easiest and simplest things you can have any model or subject do! First off, Baylie Madyson is a great photographer herself, but she is so photogenic. When freezing motion with a model, it’s important to direct your model to keep a great expression and face throughout the shot. If you think about it, when the model is moving around they are more focused about completing the action or making sure not to knock over anything – instead of their expression. When it came to this shoot, we used a Wescott Spiderlight with a huge 80″ octabox and a diffusor panel and then had a grey backdrop I love shooting on grey backdrops because the complement any work well for any skin tone, most clothing and provide a nice radial gradient behind the model. Plus, it’s awesome to go in Photoshop and adjust the color of blacks! 

BUBBLE TROUBLE

I’ve always envied those people who are able to blow bubbles with their bubble gum. I’ve tried so many times but can never seem to ever get it to work. Thankfully Ashley Morin can do that! This is a great and fun way to take a boring studio portrait and make it pop. pun totally intended! According to Ashley, the best type of gum to blow bubbles with was my childhood favorite, Hubba Bubba. Even if you can’t get some Hubba Bubba, any gum should work but you might need to go in photoshop and do a selective color adjustment to increase the pinks like I did with this shot. Another thing that I must stress is to make sure the model maintains a good expression!

THE NATURAL

I love this picture of Jill Weaver because I love how she was herself in front of the camera. I believe we were actually waiting for someone to bring us something, so I was trying to make her laugh (something I love to do with models) and she was just playing around with her necklace. When it comes to portrait photography whatever is closest to the camera will look larger. When I look back at this picture, I love the expression, however, I wish I had her bring her shoulder back just a bit that way it’s in proportion with the rest of her body. THe other thing I absolutely love about this picture is the motion that is in her hair. By instructing her to tilt her head back a little bit her hair becomes something more to this fun studio shoot!

If you want to see some more ideas of fun studio shoots, take a look at this family photoshoot by Townsville Photography Studio.