I am not one for typical portraiture- the family thing where everybody gets dressed up a la the Gap or Polo in khakis and blue brooks brothers shirts and heads off to the sand dune grass at sunset where mom and the kids hold hands and dad gets snarly fed up and NEEDS a big shot or two FAST! I do anyways!Or everybody starts crying and screaming and the sunset portrait ends up being the first thing tossed in the impending divorce.
So, what do I do instead when somebody calls and asks me, "please"?
I call the best hair and make up person and get ahold of a world renowned couturist and tell my clients "OK".
IF!
If they go for the hair, make up and couture right down to the shoes and jewelry. AND the location has to be agreed upon, sometimes requiring permits and all that jazz.
How come?
Cuz it's what we're brought up to believe in as "fine portraiture" and it normally puts me right to sleep.
It is indeed more expensive than your average studio portrait.
But is it worth it?
Every penny.
