Monday, 30 March 2015
A New Edition to a Family Portrait
Thursday I got to photograph a very happy set of parents and their bouncing baby girl! How cool!
Photos of a family, from Vernon Photographer Eric Draht
They’re a really neat couple. I photographed their family back in December. Although, as a photographer, I can’t spend the day with my couples, I found them all to be very charming and friendly. Looks like I’ve got some real competition!
The list of things to do keeps piling up, though. We’re gearing up for our fourth round of classes. The lessons tonight need to be revised and updated. Every round needs to be better than the last. Posters should be made, and now we’re looking at a bootcamp option too.
I’ve got a few more consults coming up, but I’ve also got spring coming up. Looking forward to that crisp air and the bluebirds flying outside my outside windows.
A New Edition to a Family Portrait
Friday, 27 March 2015
A Very Special Engagement
Our Draht Photography engagements are always known to be something special. I am immensely proud of them. In every engagement session, I try to incorporate something different. Importantly too, the five hour session really helps me connect with the bride and groom in a way that a one hour consult can’t.
Vernon Photographer Draht Photography Engagement Session
I’ll know if they like posing, if they blink a lot, and which hat is their favorite. 
I took this at one of my new favorite places in Vernon, Bench Row Road. On Google Maps it says it’s a nursery, but it’s not! They changed it to a public park not very long ago. As an added bonus, it’s a dog park so you can take your puppy! Just make sure you clean up after him. Baggies are at the entrance.
Vernon Photographer Draht Photography Engagement Session
I’m liking my logo. I wanted something natural. My favorite photos are of nature, specifically of the woods. Blame this BC boy at heart. We’ve got some of the best forests I’ve ever seen in the world. And believe me, I’ve looked. Although it makes my Alberta friends pretty jealous, I can’t help but post photos of my couples in our gorgeous Okanagan forests. The way the sunlight filters through the trees is just breathtaking. Especially in the evening. Especially with an external flash bearing a CTO (hehehe).
What next? Well, the gear lust has never abated. I would like several Canon 600ex flashes in the mail. I’ve got my eyes on a Nikon D4. A new Alien Bee 800 with a 4×4 softbox for on location work would be appreciated.
But the biggest thing I want on my list? More engagements, and more weddings!!!!
A Very Special Engagement
Tuesday, 24 March 2015
Okanagan in the Spring (Or four days past!)
“…and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?”
― Vincent van Gogh
I love a wedding near the woods, and I love an engagement session with plenty of green. Stay tuned for the next update, it’s going to be an another amazing engagement session you won’t want to miss!
I’ve also discovered a new place, a little bit past Allen Brooks Nature Center. As a side note, Vernon is strange. All the great places around here for photos.
It used to be a tree farm. However, they turned it into a dog park not too long ago. The trees, however, have stayed. So there’s all these trees imported from England, London, US, Utah, Texas, Washington, South America….the list goes on. A lot of different kinds of trees, and yet another unique place I can take some engagement photos.
Which is exactly what I’ll be doing today. Taking amazing engagement photos. I’ve got something really special in mind, as always.
Did anyone miss the first day of spring? It was on the 20th. Four days ago. I believe they also call it the Spring Equinox. I learned it as the Vernal Equinox growing up. It’s the time when the sun crosses the plane of the earth’s equator, making night and day of approximately equal length all over the earth. Nature is so cool.
Okanagan in the Spring (Or four days past!)
Sunday, 22 March 2015
Fifty Shades of Rose
A large, warm welcome to Rose for inviting me to take photos at her Fifty Shades of Rose event. Dinner was amazing, and I couldn’t have wished for better company. That girl really knows how to fill up a house!
Special thanks to the owners of the Electic Med. One of the best chicken and rice dinners I’ve had in Vernon.
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Once again, thanks to Rose for inviting me out, and thank you all you amazing guests for giving me the time of my life!
Fifty Shades of Rose
Wednesday, 18 March 2015
Vernon's Portrait Photography Pointers
First off: I love doing portrait photography in Vernon. There’s a ton of landscapes and a due to our Canadian multiculturalism, always different faces to photograph. It’s a wonderful thing.
Look at the paroemion in the title. Just look at it. That’s great.
Vernon Portrait Photographer Before/After
(Before on the left, after on the right)
I’ve never been happy with the filters offering frequency separation. They don’t dodge, burn, and clone in the right places. Sure, they’re fast. This technique is a little under 25 minutes for a full retouch. But there’s nothing special about them.
Trying my hand at a new frequency separation technique. You create a different set of frequency separation layers (high pass, low pass) for each area of the skin. Eyes, nose, chin, jaw, hairline, eyebrows, nose, shoulder, and neck. By breaking it down, you minimize your chances of over-blending. Although the model is “baked” (overexposed) in this shot, I figure it’s a great way to test this.
I’m getting there, but there’s a lot of work to go before I’ve got my own signature style in a place where I want it.
I’m still having issues regarding color. Especially when a model has a little bit of red in her cheeks, I have trouble making it congruent on both sides. Normally, when I pose a model, I’ll have them looking off in one direction or the other. That lets me frame in the direction of the dominant eye.
In the future, my plan is to create a format where I can blend them concurrently. That way, the portrait will bisect itself. It’s important to keep the process under 25 minutes as well. As satisfying as it is to go over a photo for three or four hours to make it competition ready, it’s better to come up with a well laid out plan to execute before every portrait. A plan of attack that can evolve, and become what I need it to be. Eventually.
For now, just patience.
Vernon's Portrait Photography Pointers
Sunday, 15 March 2015
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