Location Tips

For the purpose of this post, we will use Fox Hill Tower as our location. This is only the third shoot (if I remember correctly) that we have done at this location. Out of the few places around here where I have shot portraits I would say that this one fares pretty well. As for my location tips -
- You can really find photo shoot locations in any area, as long as you are on the lookout for them. For example, if you don't think you have a good place around you, look again. All you really need is an open area (a field or even your own back yard for example).
- Once you have your location, start looking for objects that are going to be in the background and foreground. This can include trees, flower bushes, or even buildings if that is the look you are going for.
- You want to make sure that you compose the shot by placing your model where you want him/her and looking through the viewfinder to make sure everything looks good. You want to make sure that the objects you have in the background and foreground don't take the attention away from the model.
- Then once you have composed your shot and are happy with the way everything looks, you can start shooting!
Here are the shots that I took of Emily at Fox Hill -

As you can see, we heavily relied on the tower wall, and the cloudy sky in these photographs. In some of them, we relied on the grassy field by the tower and we even had the tower in the background at one point. In some of the photographs, I had her pose standing in front of one of the trees by the tower. One of these photographs is shown above - this location was okay, but I thought it provided too much shade. Just be cautious of areas like this one which give too much shade, or even areas that are too sunny!