Look Great For Your Portrait Session: Some Easy Tips

CLOTHING

Here are some things to consider when selecting your clothes:

• White or pastel colors are perfect for lighter backgrounds.
• Casual outfits in earth tones work best for outdoor photographs; but do avoid brown and green as you will blend in to the foliage.
• Middle tones or deeper solid colors are ideal for formal portraits
• Avoid large prints or patterns that distract from your face.
• Choose long-sleeved shirts or sweaters rather than short-sleeved. If you must show bare arms, make sure their tan matches your face.

HAIR

Plan to wear your hair in a style you’re comfortable with. Avoid new cuts or styles.

GLASSES

If you wear glasses, wear them for your portrait, but have the lenses removed.

FOR GIRLS

Keep your make-up natural and fresh.

FOR GUYS

A fresh shave is a must! If you have a beard or mustache, make sure it’s neatly trimmed.

Audrianna Cole : Fashions Night Out 2011 Schedule

Audrianna Cole at sound check for performance at Camille La Vie Fashion Store Photo by Antonia for Bill Shaw Photography

Greetings readers. I have clipped some news from FABSUGAR blog just to give you a heads up on some exciting things soon to happen in NYC. I’m very glad to see Audrianna Cole will be performing at Bergdorf’s. She’s a greatly talented singer/songwriter. So check out some her music on Sound Cloud. I photographed her last march at a show she did for Z100 and Camille La Vie with SEVENTEEN Magazine. Please click on the image at right to see some of the shots from her show.

More on Fashions Night Out 2011 Schedule on the link to FABSUGAR below.

Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour created the ultimate shopping extravaganza,Fashions Night Out, in 2009 and the festivities are still going strong. This years schedule, just released today, gives us a look at whats to come nationwide on Sept. 8. As expected, its going to be a hoopla of fun, fashion, and shopping. Check out our list for the top five events to attend in NYC, and dont forget to check back at FashionsNightOut.com for updates and the full listing of events in your city!Bergdorf Goodman: Michael Kors will make an appearance in Bergdorf’s famous Fifth Avenue windows to celebrate 30 years with the retailer, Oscar de la Renta will be around to sign his limited-edition “Face of Fashion” Fall kaleidoscope palette by Le Métier de Beauté, Audrianna Cole will perform, and one of our favorite events of the night, the designer dog show where designers like Badgley Mischka, Joseph Altuzarra, Lela Rose, and Reem Acra will strut the runway with their dogs while Marchesas Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig, Santiago Gonzalez, and The BagSnob’s Tina Craig do the judging.

via Fashions Night Out 2011 Schedule.

The Transcendence of Words | The Etsy Blog

The Transcendence of Words | The Etsy Blog.

I had the pleasure to photograph a couple whose wedding I will photograph in September. I met them up at their farm in Hackettstown, NJ for a late afternoon photo session. Here are a few of the photographs.

I’ve decided I want to blog more

I’ve decided I want to blog more. Rather than just thinking about doing it, I’m starting right now.  I will be posting on this blog once a day / once a week for all of 2011.I know it won’t be easy, but it might be fun, inspiring, awesome and wonderful. Therefore I’m promising to make use of The DailyPost, and the community of other bloggers with similiar goals, to help me along the way, including asking for help when I need it and encouraging others when I can.If you already read my blog, I hope you’ll encourage me with comments and likes, and good will along the way.

Bill

via Signing up? Here’s a sample post | The Daily Post at WordPress.com.

Girl from Prague experiences New York City for the first Time | Bill Shaw.

 

Here are some great pictures of Monica in South Street Seaport. She is visiting from Prague.

http://liamshaw.photoshelter.com/gallery/Monica-NYC/G0000v8w5uYlsrbY/

Wedding and Portrait Photography in Ramsey, New Jersey | Bill Shaw

Wedding and Portrait Photography in Ramsey, New Jersey | Bill Shaw.

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