Nov 22 2010

Kitschy Christmas Family Portraits… 2010!

Last year I did this awesome concept shoot with Addie and her family– she made some hilarious holiday cards to mail out and it was a huge hit with everyone… she also bought some amazing looking framed and canvas wall-pieces to decorate her apartment and give as holiday gifts! SIDENOTE: For those of you who may not be aware, I do offer some really cool ways to show images in the home– lately i’m a big fan of METAL and acrylic prints (they look very modern and artistic and the colors just really pop– you’ve probably seen photography face-mounted to “plexi” or acrylic in art galleries… metal is just a way of printing images onto a brushed aluminum substrate such that the texture and gleam of the metal just comes through enough to look really cool!)– Anyway I was totally psyched when Addie said she wanted to do more kitschy family portraits for her card this year– I’m in favor of this tradition! The challenge was how can we top what we did last year? Well for starters I brought in this fly background (it’s a velvetine patterned to look like woodgrain, and yes, it’s gonna be my new favorite thing for photobooth setups at weddings and events. These guys showed up with personalized red longjohns and a couple of big wrapped “presents” and the dogs in tow… Ok, so you wanna see my favorites? Yes. You. Do.

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