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Fun at Superstition Mountain Museum

Posted on February 25, 2010

Couple weeks ago I had the opportunity to takes some photos of two young ladies I work with; we met up at Superstition Mountain Museum. They were very gracious on sitting model so I could build my portfolio. Thank you Erin and Gloria for agreeing — I hope you two had as much fun as I did.

I really start feeling comfortable to shoot with my camera on either fully manual mode or semi-manual mode. There were a couple things that I did learn during the shoot: check the clothing (as well as the facial expression) and to instruct the models better to get a good portrait shot. Although it is important to instruct the models, I am not good at ‘barking’ instructions – I am more the gentle type. I do start to get my point across though; which makes me happy.

Here are a couple of my personal favorite shots:

The first ones are of Erin…

…and Gloria…

Thank you again, Ladies

If you are interested in booking a session, please use my contact form.

Until next time…

Iris

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Looking Ahead…

Posted on February 1, 2010

…with hope. I know it has been a little quiet around here. Well, I am not that well known around the Phoenix area (yet); the competition is large. There are some really good photographers out there like my friend Erin.

In the meantime I have been learning — a lot. I am also planning on getting my professional license to set myself a little apart from others. Did you know that only 8% percent of portrait photographers have their professional license? Well, that spurs me on.

I do have a photo shoot on Saturday — building my portfolio. I ordered some gear from Lastolite – I am very excited about the Tri-Reflectors (they will be here for my shoot on Saturday – yeah!!!). Thankfully I still have a full-time job to fund my photography …

I do want to share a portrait I took a couple of weeks ago at a Multi-Culterual Festival in a neighboring city. I am planning having a large print for your home. Let me know what you think:

Hopefully next week I have some photos to share from my shoot on Saturday. I will be out at Superstition Mountain Museum

Until then…Toddles,

Iris

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Merry Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2009

We  wanted to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Please keep your eyes on my website, because in January of 2010 I will be looking for ambassadors for my portrait business.

Thank you for stopping by today…

Iris

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Mark ~ Senior 2010

Posted on November 27, 2009

I had planned a ‘Black Friday’ sale for Christmas cards — so that didn’t happened …

But let me show you what I did do. I had another Senior session last weekend: Mark. Although I wanted to have his Senior session other than at Tempe Town Lake, we ended up there. This time I went the other direction toward the Arts Center.

Mark is attending Corona High School in Tempe. He is planning to join his older brother at NAU in Fall of 2010.

Let me share some of my personal favorite photos from Mark’s session – I chose two each from his formal wear and jeans/t-shirt outfit:

What a great smile, Mark. The purple shirt goes well with his eyes…I think…

The next shot I like because how the lines behind Mark come in to focus on him…

The next shot is on the top of my favorite list. I used an action by Sarah Cornish (Denim & Dirt) to bring out the ‘grungy’ look of the pole behind Mark…

On the next photo I used my flash, kneeling down to get the up-look…

So…let me know what you think…I really had a great time with Mark (even though it was really, really busy at TTL)…Thank you Mark for choosing Iris Nelson Portraits for your Senior photos. Best wishes for your future.

If you are interested in setting up your own Senior session, please use my contact form so I can get in contact with you.

Thanks for stopping by today…until next time,

Iris

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Garrett ~ Senior 2010

Posted on November 12, 2009

This past weekend I had the honor taking Garrett’s Senior photos at TTL (Tempe Town Lake). Garrett has a fantastic smile and I was able to capture it in most of the photos (there are some serious ones in collection too ).

I believe that TTL was the perfect location taking Garrett’s Senior shots; the different backdrops make the portraits interesting. I was thrilled to hear that the photos were liked by Garrett and his family. I am excited to take the family portrait next weekend.

Here are my personal favorites from Garrett’s session…

Thank you Garrett for choosing Iris Nelson Portraits for your Senior 2010 photos – I am looking forward seeing you and your family next week.

If you are interested in setting up your own Senior 2010 session, please use the contact form to inquire about available dates.

Thank you for stopping by today…

Iris

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