Location Portrait Photography and Portrait Services

Some of the most endearing portraits are taken on location. Images taken on location often benefit from natural lighting conditions and familiar surroundings. There is an additional degree of freedom that comes from location photography and this is often reflected in the mood of the portrait images. If your surroundings make you feel relaxed and comfortable, then your portraits will reflect this feeling of warmth, contentment, joy and excitement.

Common locations for portraits include homes, back yards, public parks, beaches, places of business, cars, or a host of other places where people feel they can capture a mood or be photographed in familiar or exotic surroundings.

If images are to be taken outdoors, the best time to take the portraits is shortly after sunrise (not a favorite of many - but we don't mind at all) or shortly before sunset. These are great times for photographs because the sun takes on a soft golden amber hue that provides striking light for portraits. The difference between a portrait taken outdoors at noon, and one taken near sunset is dramatic. Colors are much richer, contrast is much softer, and there is much more detail in images taken at the beginning or end of the day.

Portraits taken indoors can often benefit from natural lighting, but may well require additional strobe (flash) lighting to properly illuminate the people, furniture, walls, or other elements that will be visible in the portrait. How much, if any, strobe lighting is required varies by the time of day and the location in which the portraits are to be taken. An indoor room with few windows may require ample strobe lighting, while a room with large floor to ceiling windows may require little or no strobe lighting. We bring sufficient lighting to indoor locations so that images are professionally lit and all portrait elements are illuminated to desired levels.

If you have an ideal location for a portrait in mind, let us know and we'll work with you to produce stellar images that you will be proud to show family and friends. If you would like an outdoor portrait series, but aren't sure where to take the images, we'll be more than happy to suggest some locations that yield excellent portraits. Either way, we are sure you will enjoy the resulting portraits for many decades to come.

Please contact us to discuss your location portrait photography needs in more detail.