Portrait Session : The Insleys
After being rained out on Saturday afternoon, I was able to get together with our friends, the Insleys, on Sunday afternoon for the third of the five free portrait sessions that I offered a few weeks ago. We met up in Redondo Beach and had a wonderful time bouncing around a few spots on the beach.
Here are some of my favorite photographs from the session:
Portrait Session : Carrie
On Friday I held the first of the five free portrait sessions that I offered last week with my friend Carrie. We had a lot of fun bouncing between a few locations in downtown Long Beach and Carrie was great to photograph.
Here are some of my favorite photographs from the session:
A special ‘thank you’ goes out to my wife Miranda for all her assistance during the session.
Five Free Portrait Sessions Up for Grabs – Come and Get ‘em!
- Need a fabulous photograph for your social networking profile?
- Want to give your significant other a stunning photograph for their desk at work (or hang on your own wall)?
- Have you always wanted a professional family portrait?
Here’s your chance, just in time for the holidays. I’m offering five free portrait sessions, in exchange for use of the photographs in my portfolio, brochure, and other Paul R. Giunta Photography promotional materials.
I’ll edit the portraits so they’re magazine perfect, and provide you with the digital files for you to share.
There are only five sessions available, so it’s first come, first served!
Email me to reserve your spot.
UPDATE : Thank you all for the fantastic response to this!!! The five slots have been filled up but don’t hesitate to contact me if you are still interested. I may add another session or two once the first 5 are complete.
100 Strangers
Recently I came across a story on JPG Magazine’s website (that unfortunately, I am unable to locate) in which the author commented that a mentor instructed him to shoot women because that was what the author was the most afraid of. The mentor did this to challenge the author in order to help the author become a better photographer.
When I ask myself, “what I am afraid of”, shooting strangers is the first thing that comes to mind. I have been reluctant to take any shots in which a stranger is or is a major part of the composition because I fear coming of as intrusive or “creepy” in the process. This may be holding me back a bit and something I see as an opportunity to develop myself.
This brings me to 100 Strangers. I came across this group on Flickr and I thought that this would be a great way to get over my fear and to improve myself as a photographer. The business cards that I discussed in my previous post were mostly made for this project. I wanted the subjects of the portraits to be able to contact me so that they could see the shots and so that they could get a copy of the photographs.
I have yet to start this project, but my intention is to post a photograph of each “Stranger” on my blog as well as in the Flickr group.
Wish me luck!!
