About Women's Portraits
Many people think of portraits as the typical "head and shoulder" shots you get when you go to one of these "walk in and grin" discount photo studios. We are all familiar with our school portraits, our wedding portraits and portraits offered by a variety of different photo businesses. Most of us have had passport portraits. Maybe we have sat in a "portrait booth". So what is so special about portraits anyway?
Well, real photographers know that portraits are not simply head and shoulder shots but are in fact a mirror into the character and personality of the subject. Portraits can be full length, location or studio, involve the use of costumes (or lack of), and can be shot is a variety of different styles and techniques.
The great Canadian portrait photographer Yosuf Karsh understood this so well. His portraits of famous people like the queen of England and Winston Churchill portrayed the very depth of their souls and brought to life their personality in a photo frame so that those who gazed upon this portrait felt that they had actually met the person themselves.
Glamour portraits are similar in that they are far more than a simple picture. We try to bring out the inner beauty that lives inside every woman. After Oleanna has worked her makeover magic on you and Frederick has brought you to life under the flattering soft lights of the studio, you will be amazed at how fantastic you look.
"Wow! That doesn't even look like me!" some clients exclaim. But look again... it IS you! But it is you in the best possible light and posed in a way that you never imaged yourself to be. You will be astonished at the transformation and will see yourself more clearly than you ever have before.
