Meet Betsy.
Casual…comfortable…and confident!
We’ve known Betsy and her family for quite some time now, having first met when we photographed her wedding, back when her kids were...well, kids! We’ve since had the opportunity for a few other sessions with her - a family portrait shoot, and a couple of corporate headshot sessions (the last of which we documented here).
No fighting for the drivers seat!
Just before Christmas, we got together for another photo session because Betsy was to be featured in a spray foam trade publication. These photos were planned to visually support this feature on her business experiences with a focus on her personal story - of her family life, and her interests and hobbies outside of her professional life.
Oh, and her husband, Greg, had a flight to catch, and had to leave two hours after the scheduled start time...
No pressure!
Discussing exactly WHO is truly in the drivers seat…
Betsy thought of all the details on what she wanted to portray. She rounded up her busy family and took the top off their beautiful ‘57 Ford Fairlane for the first shots to capture the family and their love of their classic cars...even though it was a touch frosty!
Hanging out in the kitchen
Her passion for food lead her to study to be a chef…which lead us into her kitchen for some lifestyle images in a chefs jacket, and the family hanging out.
Who’s in the driver’s seat now?!
Unfortunately, the time of year was just not right to capture her endeavors in beekeeping! Thankfully, there were multiple jars of honey to include in the photos - one of which may have been quickly consumed in our household afterwards.
Honey from Betsy & Greg’s beekeeping endeavors
Most people avoid selecting winter as a time of year to take photos...it’s sooo cold! Photographically, however, it is a great time to take pictures. Snow reflects light all around, lighting your subject brilliantly from multiple angles, reducing shadows on the face. With snow being white, it also creates a pleasing quality of light, helping to make skins tones beautiful.
Thankfully, the day of our session worked out to be milder, and not overly taxing to be outside. They just needed to hold their breath every once and a while…to avoid seeing it!
Read the full article on Betsy, as it appears in the print version of the magazine here. The web version can be found here.
For our next post, we’ll be sharing the headshot session we did for a company a while back…95 individuals over 2 days....and no, that’s not a typo!
Let us know if there’s any photographic stories that you’d like us to share!