long beach island: Choosing the Right Beach Portrait Photographer (Long Beach Island's portrait photographer Rob Wilson)

25 Şubat 2013 Pazartesi

Choosing the Right Beach Portrait Photographer (Long Beach Island's portrait photographer Rob Wilson)

To contact us Click HERE

Beach Portrait Photographer Rob Wilson

Here are some tips how to choose the right beach portrait photographer for your multiple generation portrait session. First you have to be honest with how important your family portrait is to you. One of the things that took me a long time to realize is that a beautiful family portrait isn’t something that is very important to everyone. Often a potential client wants a decent picture but it doesn’t have to be the best. I had to equate that with services or items that I spend money on. For instance, I need a new BBQ Grill, although I like to cook I don’t grill as much as I would like to since I am at the beach photographing families every evening in the summer. Instead of buying a 600.00 dollar grill I will probably purchase a grill around 300.00 and it will be “good enough”. The best grill isn’t something that is very important to me. My friend who is a Chef has a different attitude when purchasing a grill, he wants the best and he buys the best. However, if there was something wrong with my Kidneys I would go across the river to Manhattan and go to the best Doctor available. One of the things that I’ve been always able to do is attract the right clients, the ones who understand the value in what I do and hire me because their extended family portrait is something that is important to them. That doesn’t mean that everyone who inquires about a family portrait session is the right fit and I can usually detect that right away by the first question they ask. Typically it’s either the first time that everyone is together or it’s the last time that everyone will be together. Think about that, imagine that all your brothers and sisters, nieces and nephews living all over the world and it’s most likely that during your vacation at Long Beach Island that for different reasons this will be the last time that everyone is together. From experience I know that this portrait session is most likely is going to be important to someone in that situation. When choosing your family portraitphotographer always make sure that the photographer has a lot of examples of large groups. You will find that most portrait photographer’s web sites, especially beach portrait photographers don’t have many examples of large group portraits if any at all. There is a reason for that, it takes years for a photographer to get good at composing a group of fifteen, twenty, orthirty or more people. It took me ten years to develop my constancy posing my large groups neatly, cleanly and more importantly quickly. The fact that most of these portraits are taken on the beach makes everything even more challenging. You are dealing with wind, cranky kids, cranky fathers, and to get twenty or more people looking fantastic is an art in its own. This summer if you are staying at Long Beach Island or any other beach at the Jersey Shore then make sure you call me now at (800) 757-3491 or email me at rob@rwilsonphotography.com. Take a look at some of my multiple generationportraits that I took over the years.