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It's true.  Sometimes ya gotta changes things up :) This time it's a different Maui beach. For the Chernenko's beach portrait, we chose Baldwin Beach. Rather than stating the obvious, here are a few things the people don't tend to think about when choosing a location for photos. Access: Make sure there is good access and parking.  Ya it's not the "sexiest" part of it, bu there needs to be parking and good walking access (especially if there is a wheelchair involved). Room: Crowded beaches are popular because for many reasons.  But they are still crowded. For family photos,

Picking up where we left off: The two main influences on beach portrait photography are lighting and posing. In part one, we covered lighting. In this part will discuss posing. This can also be broken down into two main areas: Posed and candid. TLDR? Do little bit of both. But let’s start with posed. The word “pose” is sometimes cringeworthy. “It looks so posed.” “What a poser.” “That pose makes me look fat.”   You get the idea. Portraits are cool. And its important to organize your subjects in certain ways.  We’re just gonna refer to that as posing. You

Sunny / Not Sunny Beach Portraits The title should have been "How To Add Pizazz to Your Natural Light Photos." Or something like that.  But the image has that fun slider feature that shows a "before and after" look. How cool is that? This particular "pose" is carefully setup with the intention of having that candid look.  There's alot to talk about there, but this discussion is really going to focus in on the lighting. The first thing to know is that these images were taken about a minute apart. Same location,

The Guide to Better Beach Portraits February 13, 2013 The Session Some photographers pride themselves on providing an hour or even 90 minutes for a standard portraits session. Most people (especially kids) are tired of smiling and posing after 30 minutes on a Hawaiian beach. I think it is important to allow an hour, but a professional photographer should focus on getting the shots and not on using up an hour. The Session: Hair What about the hair? We get wind in Hawaii, but we work at certain beaches where the wind conditions are minimal. There is almost always