Shooting in the dark in a corner bar in Brooklyn was challenging but worth it…
Archive for the ‘People’ Category
Glove No Babies
Posted: March 17, 2013 by Judy Licht Photography in General, Music, People, PortraitsTags: arts, photography
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A People Person
Posted: March 15, 2013 by Judy Licht Photography in Children, People, Portraits, SportsThe other day, I met Matt at his house as he was finishing lunch. His house was filled with campaign workers and friends inputting data on computers. We drove around the corner to photograph four friends of Matt’s wife Lena, who are very excited about supporting his council race. Matt sat down in a chair in the sunroom in the midst of the group, and while it was a modeled shoot — there was nothing phony about the conversation. Matt is a great listener, engaging and entertaining, and though the session was about him, at each shoot he focused more on the real-life people he was talking to than he did on the camera. A politician who can multi-task while the spotlight is on him. Pretty impressive.
Quick Turnaround
Posted: June 4, 2012 by Judy Licht Photography in General, People, Portraits, TeensThursday morning at 7:30, the party planner emailed with a request. Photograph the Bar Mitzvah boy that afternoon between 4:30 and 5 and turn his portrait into a Warhol poster. Shooting Levi was the easy part. Finding a local printer to turnaround a mounted 20 x 20 print in one day (Levi’s party was Saturday night at 7) was the first hurdle. Figuring out how to Warhol the photograph turned out to be more challenging than I had anticipated. I had an image of Marilyn Monroe quadrupled with bright colored backgrounds, but it wasn’t until I googled photoshop Warhol that I realized it would take a lot more attention to detail than I had time for to duplicate the master. So I winged it, and here’s what I came up with on short notice…a bit of Warhol and Lichtenstein combined.
This afternoon, I had the opportunity to photograph a local businessman, Apostolos Eliopoulos. We talked about our kids, life in Washington, the real estate market. He was so easy to work with…here’s my favorite shot.
Shooting events is so much fun, because you see so many beautiful faces. I love shooting bands and performers, catching them at intense moments. Take a look at how much fun everyone had celebrating Wilson’s newly renovated building and community life at the school. I’ll be posting more photos from the event soon.
The other night I had about an hour to photograph 50 kids. I set up my lights in a hallway of a brand new public library, told each kid to take a seat on a stool I had brought. I set up a white portable backdrop behind them. They had all come from a long day of school and hadn’t dressed for the occasion. I needed to move fast, find the best angle, and get them to laugh if I could. Here are some pictures…I’d love to do more jobs like this one. Fast and fun!
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