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F O R D I G I TA L A N D F I L M P H OTO G R A P H E R S GROUP PORTRAIT P H OTO G R A P H Y H A N D B O O K 2ndEd. BILL HURTER Amherst Media ® PUBLISHER OF PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS ABOUT THE AUTHOR BillHurterstartedoutinphotographyin1972inWashington,DC,wherehewasanewsphotographer.Heevencovered thepoliticalscene—includingtheWatergatehearings.AftergraduatingwithaBAinliteraturefromAmericanUniversity in 1972, he completed training at the Brooks Institute of Photography in 1975. Going on to work at Petersen’s PhotoGraphicmagazine,heheldpracticallyeveryjobexceptartdirector.Hehasbeentheownerofhisowncreativeagency, shotstock,andworkedassignments(includingayearorsowiththeL.A.Dodgers).Hehasbeendirectlyinvolvedinpho- tography for the last thirty years and has seen the revolution in technology. In 1988, Bill was awarded an honorary MastersofSciencedegreefromtheBrooksInstitute.HeiscurrentlytheeditorofRangefindermagazine. Copyright © 2005 by Bill Hurter. All rights reserved. Front cover photograph by Leslie McIntosh. Back cover photograph by Frank Frost. Published by: Amherst Media, Inc. P.O. Box 586 Buffalo, N.Y. 14226 Fax: 716-874-4508 www.AmherstMedia.com Publisher: Craig Alesse Senior Editor/Production Manager: Michelle Perkins Assistant Editor: Barbara A. Lynch-Johnt ISBN: 1-58428-159-6 Library of Congress Card Catalog Number: 2004113075 Printed in Korea. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechani- cal, photocopied, recorded or otherwise, without prior written consent from the publisher. NoticeofDisclaimer:Theinformationcontainedinthisbookisbasedontheauthor’sexperienceandopinions.Theauthor and publisher will not be held liable for the use or misuse of the information in this book. TABLE OF CONTENTS ThePhotographers ..............................6 Introduction ..................................12 1. Cameras for Group Portraiture ...............14 FilmCameras .................................14 FilmChoice ..................................15 Black&WhiteFilm ..........................15 DigitalSLRs ..................................16 Price ......................................16 DimensionsandWeight ......................16 ImageSensors ..............................16 EffectivePixels ..............................18 RemovableMedia ...........................18 ReformatYourCards .........................19 FileTypes ..................................19 ColorSpace ................................20 LCDMonitor ...............................23 d. WhiteBalance ..............................23 ar h c LensCompatibility ..........................24 Or nis LensConversionFactor .......................24 en D y ShutterLagTime ............................24 b h p a ExposureLatitude ...........................25 gr o ot EvaluatingDigitalExposures ..................25 Ph DigitalISOs ................................27 2. Technical Basics ............................30 Noise......................................27 Filmvs.DigitalRetouching ......................31 Contrast ...................................28 Lenses .......................................31 Black&WhiteMode .........................28 FocalLength ................................31 BurstRate ..................................28 Focus ........................................34 Batteries ...................................29 DepthofField ..............................34 Sharpening .................................29 ShiftingtheFocusPoint ......................35 Metadata ...................................29 PlaneofFocus ..............................35 ClockSettings...............................29 ShiftingtheFieldofFocus ....................36 TABLEOFCONTENTS•3 MeteringandExposure .........................37 TheGoldenMean .............................55 IncidentFlashmeters .........................37 Line,Form,andDirection .......................56 OptimumShootingApertures .................38 Line ......................................56 ShutterSpeeds ..............................38 Shapes .....................................56 PleasingCompositionalForms.................57 3. Posing .....................................41 Direction ..................................58 SubjectPositioning.............................41 SubjectTone ..................................58 Head-and-ShouldersAxis .......................42 TensionandBalance ...........................60 HeadPositions ................................42 The7/ View .................................42 5. Building Groups ............................63 8 The3/ View .................................42 PosingHierarchy ..............................63 4 Profiles ....................................42 PosingDialogue ...............................65 TiltingtheHead ...............................43 PerimeterCheck ...............................65 HeadLevelsandPlacementinGroups.............43 CoordinatingApparel ..........................66 ChinHeight ..................................44 Photographer’sFavorites ......................67 ExpressionsandCommunication .................45 Seating.......................................68 Eyes .......................................45 ArrangingSmallGroups ........................73 Mouths ....................................46 StartwithTwo ..............................73 CameraHeightandPerspective ..................47 AddaThird ................................73 PosingHands .................................48 AddingaFourth .............................75 Using3/-andFull-LengthPoses ..................51 FiveonUp .................................75 4 ObviousThingstoAvoid .....................80 4. Composition ...............................53 TheRuleofThirds .............................53 6. Building Big Groups ........................82 NaturalnessCounts ............................82 PosingLevels .................................83 Level1,Standing ............................85 Level2,TallKneel ...........................85 Level3,ShortKneel ..........................85 Level4,Sitting .............................85 Level5,LyingDown .........................86 Stepladders ...................................87 LinkingShapes ................................87 TheReallyBigGroup ...........................89 7. Outdoor Lighting ...........................90 Roundness ...................................90 LightingRatios ................................91 DeterminingLightingRatios ...................93 LightingRatiosandTheirUniquePersonalities ...94 ost. Fr FindingGoodLight ............................95 k n Fra TheBestLight .................................96 y b OneMainLight ...............................97 h p a gr Reflectors ....................................97 o ot h Fill-inFlash ...................................98 P 4•GROUPPORTRAITPHOTOGRAPHER’SHANDBOOK UsingFlashFill,Metering,andExposure ...........99 BackgroundControl ...........................101 DirectSunlight ...............................102 ProblemsOutdoors ...........................103 8. Indoor Lighting ............................107 Feathering ...................................107 LightingtheLargeRoomorDanceFloor ..........108 FocusingUmbrellas ...........................109 WindowLight ................................110 SubjectPositioning ..........................111 Exposure ....................................111 Fill-inIllumination............................112 DiffusingWindowLight .......................113 BounceFlash .................................113 LightingLargeGroupswithBounceFlash .......113 Diffused“Straight”Flash .......................114 n. UmbrellasandSoftboxes .......................114 o d or TheMakingoftheUltimateGroupShot ..........115 G Al y b h p Glossary .....................................117 gra o Index .......................................122 hot P TABLEOFCONTENTS•5 [ THE PHOTOGRAPHERS ] Michael J. Ayers, PPA-Certified, M.Photog., Cr., APM, most revered photographers. It’s this talent combined AOPA, AEPA, AHPA. Michael Ayers, WPPI’s 1997 with his natural ability to make people feel at ease in InternationalPortraitPhotographeroftheYear,isastudio front of the lens that attract so many of his clients. owner from Lima, Ohio. He has lectured about portrai- Marcus’s comprehensive portfolio of work clearly illus- ture and his “album architecture” all across North trates his natural flair and versatility. His work has been AmericaandhasalsobeenafeaturedspeakerinEurope. published in numerous magazines in Australia and over- Janet Baker Richardson. From a successful career as a seas, including Black & White, Capture, Portfolio Bride and producer of television commercials, Janet was drawn countlessotherbridalmagazines. toward photographing children because of the simplicity Don Blair. For over 50 years, the name Don Blair has and honesty of the profession. Not having the funds for been synonymous with fine portraiture, craftsmanship, studiolightswhenshestartedout,Janetmasteredtheuse and extraordinary contributions to the industry. Don ofoutdoorandwindowlightandhassubsequentlycreat- Blair, who passed away in 2004, was a master craftsman ed a meaningful niche in the world of children’s portrai- and a gifted and caring educator—hailed as a leader in ture.JanetliveswithherfamilyinLosAngeles,whereshe this field. Don was well known for sharing his wealth runsahome-basedbusiness. knowledge with photographers throughout the United Becker.Becker,whogoesbyonlyhislastname,isagre- States and in numerous other countries. It’s no accident garious,likeableweddingphotojournalistwhooperatesa that in professional circles such as PPA, Camera Crafts- successful studio in Mission Viejo, California. He has men of America, Intermountain Professional Photog- been a featured speaker at WPPI and has also competed raphers Association, and WPPI he was among the most and excelled in international print competition. Visit his respectedofallportraitphotographers.Hewasaffection- websiteat:www.thebecker.com. atelyknowntomanyas“BigDaddy.” Vladimir Bekker. Vladimir Bekker, owner of Concord Amy Cantrell. Amy Cantrell, a commercial, editorial, Photography in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, specializes in andfine-artphotographer,hasapassionforphotograph- weddings and environmental portraits. An immigrant ing people. She has made her reputation photographing from the Ukraine, Vladimir took up photography when celebritiesandexecutivesintheLosAngelesareaandhas he was a boy. He graduated from Lvov Polytechnical had her work featured on the covers of many prominent University with a master’s degree in architecture, which magazines. She recently became interested in photo- explains why many of his wedding images include archi- graphing weddings and successfully employs her people tectural details. His studio photographs over 100 wed- skills in this field, as well. She was voted Professional dings a year. He has won numerous internationalawards Photographers of Los Angeles County’s (PPLAC)Photog- forhisprintsandalbums. rapher of the Year in 1999 and is currently the president Marcus Bell. Marcus Bell's creative vision, fluid, natu- of that organization. Several of her exhibits have been ralstyle,andsensitivityhavemadehimoneofAustralia’s reviewed favorably by the Los Angeles Times and other 6•GROUPPORTRAITPHOTOGRAPHER’SHANDBOOK publications. You can visit her web site at www.amy mer manager of trade relations at Eastman Kodak cantrell.com. Company. Terry is a Rochester Institute of Technology Ron Capobianco. Ron Capobianco has been a profes- graduate with a degree in Photographic Science and a sional photographer for over twenty-five years. Based in marketingdegreefromtheUniversityofPittsburgh.Terry New York and working throughout the U.S. and Europe haslecturedextensivelythroughouttheUnitedStatesand as a fashion and beauty/editorial photographer, he has aroundtheworld. a broad knowledge of the photographic profession. William L. Duncan, M.Photog., CPP, APM, AOPM, Ron has a background shooting architecture, corporate AEPA. Bill Duncan was one of the original members of images, and annual reports. His commercial work has WPPI with three levels of advancement. He has been a been seen in Vogue, W, Glamour, New York, French Vogue, consistent winner in print competitions from all organi- Harper’s Bazaar, the New York Times, and Madam Figaro. zations and is known around the country for his unique HisweddingworkhasbeenseeninModern Bride, Bride’s, images. He is the instructor of the “Artistry in the Wedding Bells, Manhattan Bride, and other bridal publica- LanguageofLight”seminars. tions. He also has collaborated on several book projects Gary Fagan, M.Photog.,Cr., CPP. Gary, with his wife including, Eclectic Living: At Home with Bari Lyn (Harper Jan, owns and operates a studio in Dubuque, Iowa. Gary Collins, 1998) and Hair: The Inter-Beauty Collection concentrates on families and high-school seniors, using (Intercommunication Magazine, 1979) by Elena Domo. his half-acre outdoor studio as the setting. At a recent HisworkhasbeenexhibitedatgalleriesinNYandParis. WPPI convention, Gary was awarded WPPI’s Accolade of Anthony Cava, BA, MPA, APPO. Born and raised in Lifetime Excellence. He was also awarded the Inter- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Anthony Cava owns and oper- nationalPortraitoftheYearAwardbythatsameorganiza- ates Photolux Studio with his brother, Frank. Frank and tion.AttheHeartofAmericaconvention,hehadtheTop Anthony’s parents originallyfounded Photolux as a wed- MasterPrintandtheBestofShow.Forthehighest-scoring ding/portrait studio, thirty years ago. Anthony joined master print in the region, Gary received the Regional WPPI and the Professional Photographers of Canada ten Gold Medallion Award at the PPA national convention years ago. At one time, he was the youngest Master of ASP(AmericanSocietyofPhotographers)banquet. Photographic Arts (MPA) in Canada. Cava won WPPI’s Deborah Lynn Ferro. A professional photographer Grand Award for the year with the first print that he ever since 1996, Deborah Lynn calls upon her background as enteredincompetition. awatercolorartist.Shehasstudiedwithmasterphotogra- TonyCorbell.Sincebeginninghisphotographycareer, phersallovertheworld,including,MichaelTaylor,Helen Tony has photographed three U.S. presidents, numerous Yancy, Bobbi Lane, Monte Zucker, and Tim Kelly. heads of state, about 550 brides and grooms, a couple of Deborah has earned her Masters and Photographic astronauts, and lots of famous and not-so-famous faces. Craftsman degrees from PPA. In addition to being a fine In his travels he has photographed lions in Africa, sun- photographer,sheisanaccomplisheddigitalartistandis flower fields in Tuscany, Mayan ruins and street vendors coauthor of Wedding Photography with Adobe® Photoshop® in Mexico, and volleyball players at the Olympics. Along (AmherstMedia,2003). theway,Tonyhasspokenatover250seminarsandwork- Rick Ferro, CPP. Rick Ferro has served as senior wed- shops nationally and internationally. He is the recipient ding photographer at Walt Disney World. In his twenty- of the highest honor from WPPI, the Lifetime Achieve- fiveyearsofexperience,hehasphotographedover10,000 mentAward. weddings and received numerous awards, including Stephen Dantzig, Psy.D. Dr. Stephen Dantzig owns having prints accepted into PPA’s Permanent Loan and operates a small commercial studio in Honolulu, Collection.HehaswonnumerousawardsfromWPPIand Hawaii. His work ranges from commercial fashion to he is the author of Wedding Photography: Creative Tech- products,andinteriorstoexecutiveportraits. niques for Lighting, Posing, and Marketing (3rd ed., 2004), Terry Deglau. Terry Deglau has been a professional and is coauthor of Wedding Photography with Adobe portrait photographer for over forty years. He is the for- Photoshop(2003),bothfromAmherstMedia. THEPHOTOGRAPHERS•7 Frank A. Frost, Jr., PPA-Certified, M.Photog.,Cr., years. Kathleen Hawkins holds a masters degree in busi- APM, AOPA, AEPA, AHPA. Located in the heart of the nessadministrationandispastpresidentoftheWedding Southwest, Frank Frost has been creating his own classic ProfessionalsofCentralFlorida(WPCF)andpastaffiliate portraiture in Albuquerque, New Mexico for over twenty vice president for the National Association of Catering years.Believingthat“successisinthedetails,”Frankpur- Executives (NACE). Visit their web site at: www.jeff sues both the artistry and business of photography with hawkins.com. remarkable results, earning him numerous awards from Elizabeth Homan. Elizabeth Homan owns and oper- WPPI and PPA along the way. His photographic ability ates Artistic Images and is assisted by her husband, Trey stems from an instinctive flair for posing, composition and her parents, Penny and Sterling. They opened their andlighting. countrystyledstudioin1996.ElizabethholdsaBAfrom Jennifer George Walker. Jennifer George Walker runs Texas Christian University and was decorated by PPA as her studio out of her home in the San Diego, California theyoungestMasterPhotographerinTexasin1998andis community of Del Mar. The affluent neighborhood is the recipient of many awards, including ten Fujifilm close to the beach and a variety of beautiful shooting Masterpiece Awards, PPA’s Best Wedding Album in the locations, and is lush with prospective clients. She has Southwest Region for six years, and two perfect scores of wontheCaliforniaPhotographeroftheYearandbeenthe 100inPPAnationalprintcompetitions. winner of the People’s Choice Award 2001 at the TiborImely.ImelyPhotographyisknownasoneofthe Professional Photographers of California Convention. In most prestigious studios in the Tampa Bay area. Tibor, a 2003, Jennifer was the Premiere category Grand Award relativenewcomertoprintcompetition,enteredeighteen winneratWPPI.YoucanviewmoreofWalker’simagesat prints in 2004’s WPPI Awards of Excellence 16x20 Print www.jwalkerphotography.com. Competition. Of that number, he received a First Place Alfred Gordon.RecognizedasoneofFlorida’stop-ten award, two Third Place awards, and thirteen Honorable photographersin2001,2002,and2003,AlGordonoper- Mentions. He has won WPPI’s Accolade of Photographic atesafull-servicestudioandhasphotographedweddings Mastery and Accolade of Outstanding Achievement, and throughout the Southeast. He holds the Master Pho- was recently presented by WPPI with a Fujifilm New tographer and Photographic Craftsman degrees from the Approach Award for new and innovative solutions to PPA. He is also a Certified Professional Photographer tried-and-truephotographicmethods. from the PPA, and has earned the AOPA degree from Claude Jodoin. Claude Jodoin is an award-winning WPPI. He received the coveted Kodak Trylon Gallery photographer from Detroit, Michigan. He has been Award twice, and has images in the coveted ASP Masters involved in digital imaging since 1986 and has not used LoanCollection. filmsince1999.Heisaneventspecialistandalsoshoots Dale P. Hansen, PPA Cert., APM, AOPA.DaleHansen numerousweddingsandportraitsessionsthroughoutthe holds a bachelor of arts degree from Brooks Institute of [email protected]. Photography in Santa Barbara, California and has had Giorgio Karayiannis. Giorgio Karayiannis is one of many of his photographs published nationally, in such those rare photographers who specializes in editorial, publications as Audubon, National Geographic, World Book fashion, advertising, commercial, and portrait photogra- andthecoverofPPA StorytellerinMarch1999. phy—and is successful at each discipline. He has been a JeffandKathleenHawkins.JeffandKathleenHawkins technical photographic adviser for the Ilford Imaging operate a high-end wedding and portrait photography Group International and is recognized for his ability studio in Orlando, Florida. They have authored several to produce graphically intense images. He was recently books, including Professional Marketing & Selling Tech- awarded the Australian Institute of Australian Photogr- niques for Wedding Photographers (2001) and Professional aphers’ (AIPP)Editorial Photographer of the Year Award Techniques for Digital Wedding Photography (2nd ed., and AIPP’s Victorian Portrait Photographer of the Year 2004), both published by Amherst Media. Jeff Hawkins Award, and has also been an award winner at WPPI has been a professional photographer for over twenty conventions. 8•GROUPPORTRAITPHOTOGRAPHER’SHANDBOOK Kevin Kubota. Kevin Kubota formed Kubota Photo- digital work. Charles Maring is the winner of the WPPI Designin1990asasolutiontostifledpersonalcreativity. 2001AlbumoftheYearAward.Hisworkwasrecentlyfea- The studio shoots a mixture of wedding, portrait, and tured in People magazine, which ran six pages of his commercial photography. Kubota Photo-Design was one imagesfromtheStarJoneswedding. of the early pioneering studios of pure digital wedding Heidi Mauracher, M. Photog., Cr. CPP, FBIPP, AOPA, photography in the late 1990s and began lecturing and AEPA. The late Heidi Mauracher was one of the most training other photographers to make a successful transi- acclaimed portrait and wedding photographers of our tionfromfilmtodigital. day. Her unique style earned her more accolades and Cal Landau.CalLandaustartedhisphotographybusi- awards from the professional organizations (PPA and ness in 1996. He was an art major in college in the late WPPI)thananyothercontemporaryphotographer.Sadly, 1960s,andthoughhismotherwasatalentedartist,hedid shelostherbattlewithcancerin2003.Shewillbemissed notinheritherskills,andspentthenextthirtyyearstrying byallwhoknewherandknewherworkandespeciallyby to become a professional race car driver. His father was those of us fortunate enough to spend a few late nights alwaysaphotohobbyistandgavehimaNikkormat,with talking with her about her passion and greatest love, which he took pictures of auto racing and bicycle racing photography. for small magazines for fun. One day, someone who Leslie McIntosh. Continuing a family tradition into crewedforCal’sracecaraskedhimtoshoothiswedding. the new millennium, Leslie McIntosh represents a new Calturnedhimdownafewtimesandfinallygavein.“Of generationofhigh-qualityportraitartists.Recentlyreturn- course everyone knows the rest of the story: I fell in love ing to Virginia Beach to join the McIntosh family busi- with this job. So at 54, I am a very late bloomer and I ness, Leslie completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree pinchmyselfeverydayforhowgoodIhaveit.” from the Art Institute of Chicago, moving on to London Robert Lino, M.Photog.,Cr., PAPM, AOPM, AEPA, and then Hamburg to build a successful career in the FDPE, FSA. Robert Lino of Miami, Florida specializes in advertisingandfashionphotographybusiness.Shesensi- fine portraiture and social events. His style is formal and tively captures the mood of a subject’s character, person- elegant,andheexcelsinstylizedposes.Hisabilitytocap- ality, and stage of life. Leslie has specialized in families, ture feeling and emotion in every image is unparalleled. mothersandchildren,alongwithhighschoolseniors,but Lino is a highly decorated photographer in national and isopentoallmarkets. international print competitions and is a regular on the William S. McIntosh, M.Photog.,Cr., F-ASP. Bill workshopandseminarcircuit. McIntosh photographs executives and their families all Robert Love, APM, AOPA, AEPA, M.Photog.,Cr., CPP over the United States and travels to England frequently andSuzanneLove,Cr.Photog.RobertLoveisamember on special assignments. He has lectured all over the of Camera Craftsmen of America, one of forty active world. His popular books, Location Portraiture: The Story members in the world. He and his wife, Suzanne, create Behind the Art (Tiffen Company LLC, 1996) and Classic all of their images on location. Preferring the early Portrait Photography: Techniques and Images from a Master evening “love light,” they have claimed the outdoors as Photographer (Amherst Media, 2004), are sold in book- their “studio.” This gives their images a feeling of ro- storesandotheroutletsaroundthecountry. manceandtranquillity. Caresse Muir. Caresse Muir began her home-based Charles and Jennifer Maring. Charles and Jennifer business seven years ago, specializing in family, high Maring own Maring Photography Inc. in Wallingford, schoolsenior,andchildren’sportraits.Fouryearsagoshe Connecticut. Charles is a second-generation photogra- began photographing weddings. She is a member of pher, his parents having operated a successful studio in WPPIandfrequentlyentersprintcompetition. the New England area for many years. His parents now Melanie Maganias Nashan. Melanie Maganias operate Rlab (www.resolutionlab.com), a digital lab that Nashan, founder of Nashan Photographers, Inc. in Liv- doesalloftheworkforMaringPhotography,aswellasfor ingston, Montana, specializes in weddings; however, she other discriminating photographers in need of high-end also photographs portraits, commercial/product work, THEPHOTOGRAPHERS•9 andarchitecture.Herstrikingimageshavebeenpublished successful low-volume portrait/wedding business from in such well-known magazines as Martha Stewart Wed- thestudioshedesignedandbuiltonherresidentialprop- dings, The Knot, Bride’s, Modern Bride, and Sunset maga- ertyinFrisco,Texas.Shehaswonnumerousstate,region- zine.In2003,PDN(PhotoDistrictNews)namedherone al,andnationalawardsforherphotography. ofAmerica’sTop15weddingphotographers. PatrickRice,M.Photog.Cr.,CPP,AHPA.PatrickRiceis DennisOrchard.DennisOrchardisanaward-winning an award-winning portrait and wedding photographer photographer from Great Britain. He has been a speaker withovertwenty-fiveyearsintheprofession.Heisapop- and an award winner at WPPI conventions and print ular lecturer and judge across the United States and competitions.HeisamemberoftheBritishGuildofpor- Canada and has authored numerous books, including traitandweddingphotographers. Digital Infrared Photography (2004) and Professional Parker Pfister. Parker Pfister is the consummate wed- Techniques for Black & White Digital Photography (2005), ding photographer. Located in Hillsboro, Ohio, he also bothbyAmherstMedia. shoots weddings in neighboring states and is quickly Martin Schembri, M.Photog., AIPP. Martin Schembri developing a national celebrity. He is passionate about has been winning national awards in his native Australia hisworkandcan’timaginedoinganythingelse(although for twenty years. He has achieved a Double Master of hehasabeautifulportfolioofnatureimages).Visit:www Photography degree from the Australian Institute of .pfisterphoto-art.com. ProfessionalPhotography.Heisaninternationallyrecog- Norman Phillips, AOPA. Norman Phillips has been nized portrait, wedding, and commercial photographer awardedtheWPPIAccoladeofOutstandingPhotographic and has conducted worldwide seminars on his unique Achievement(AOPA),isaregisteredMasterPhotographer styleofcreativephotography. with Britain’s Master Photographers Association, is a Fel- JosephandLouiseSimone.JosephandLouiseSimone low of the Society of Wedding & Portrait Photographers, of Montreal, Quebec, Canada are two highly decorated andaTechnicalFellowofChicagolandProfessionalPho- international photographers and teachers. They have tographers Association. He is a frequent contributor to been a team since 1975, the year they established their photographic publications, a print judge, and a guest Montreal studio. The Simones constantly strive to give speakeratseminarsandworkshopsacrossthecountry. their clients a true work of art, a portrait that will pull at Ray Prevost. Ray Prevost is a microbiologist who their heartstrings and command a very special position worked for twenty-seven years as a medical technician in within the home or office, much like artist-painted por- theModesto,Californiaarea.Hehasalwaysbeeninterest- traits throughout history. The Simones have lectured in ed in photography, but it wasn’t until his two daughters France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Martin- wereincollegethathedecidedtoopenuphisstudiofull ique,Guadeloupe,andtheUnitedStates. time. In 1992, he received certification from PPA, and Kenneth Sklute. Beginning his photography career at after four years of submitting prints, received his Master the age of sixteen in Long Island, New York, Kenneth Photographerdegreein1996.RayisamemberofStanis- quicklyadvancedtoshootinganaverageof150weddings laus Professional Photographers, Professional Photog- a year. He purchased his first studio in 1984 and soon raphersofCalifornia,PPA,andWPPI. after received his Masters degree from PPA in 1986. In Stephen Pugh. Stephen Pugh is an award-winning 1996, he moved to Arizona, where he enjoys a thriving wedding photographer from Great Britain. He is a mem- business.Kennethismuchdecorated,havingbeennamed ber of both WPPI and the British Guild and has won Long Island Wedding Photographer of the Year fourteen numerousawardsininternationalprintcompetitions. times, and has often been named PPA Photographer of FranReisner.FranReisnerisanationalaward-winning theYearandAPPAWeddingPhotographeroftheYear.He photographerfromFrisco,Texas.SheisaBrooksInstitute has also received numerous Fuji Masterpiece Awards and graduateandhastwicebeennamedDallasPhotographer KodakGalleryAwards. of the Year. She is a past president of the Dallas Pro- David Anthony Williams, M.Photog., FRPS, AOPA. fessional Photographers Association. She runs a highly David Anthony Williams owns and operates a wedding 10•GROUPPORTRAITPHOTOGRAPHER’SHANDBOOK

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