portraits

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A friend of mine asked if I would take some photos of her for her website. She had some ideas and I had some ideas and we worked together to come up with some things that she says she likes.

It was very challenging because I have no equipment, other than my camera, to do a studio-like portrait session. But I improvised and the photos didn't turn out too bad. Then I got a book on digital portrait photography for Christmas. I still don't have any equipment but I feel better prepared to do a session like that.

And since then, two people have approached me about doing some portraits for them. I'm seriously thinking about taking them up on their offers. I'll ask them to keep their clothes on, though.