I'm trying to get my portfolio built up enough to do more photography on the side, so last weekend we went out to the Great Salt Lake with a big group of our friends and had a picnic/mini photoshoot.
We ate and visited and I took a ton of pictures for each of their families. One of the guys brought his camera too, and offered to take some of us. I handed off my camera to his 11 year old son for safe keeping, and this was the result. (from the 11 yo, not from the Dad!)
I tweaked the color a tiny bit in post production, but this is seriously better than all the pictures DH and I have ever hired anyone to take. And it was taken by an 11 yo with the camera set to auto! I Love it!
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It is gorgeous!!!
DH and I are FINALLY going to get portraits/pics done. Our budget is tight, so it's going to be the Picture People in the mall. Better than nothing, IMO.
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If you were local I'd totally take some for you! My opinion is anything is better than nothing. I also love snapshots because they have a memory attached to them, where not all portraits do. If you have a community college nearby that is a great resource for inexpensive pictures. A lot of students will take pics for next to nothing just to build up their portfolio...
I would swear a professional took this! It is awesome! Tell that 11 year old to keep taking pictures.
I do have a photography background & want to take as much myself as I could. I got myself a wireless shutter release for my Canon 20D. You can easily hide it in your hand as you shoot, of course you;ll need to set up camera on tripod & pre-position everyone then jump in & shoot away.
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Ohhh, good idea! I have the 10D (thats what this pic was taken with) and love it, but I'm always a little sad that 90% of the pictures are him alone or with DH since I'm always behind the camera!