Family Portrait Testimonial
I did some commercial photography work for Mark and Tammie making images for their Bed and Breakfast at the Creekside Inn. We hit it off pretty well and they decided to have some family portraits created with a little nudge from me. Here's Mark to tell you more......
"We had come to the decision that now that our two boys were on there way to college it was now or never if we were to have a chance of getting the whole family together for a portrait. Once that decision was made we had to figure out who would do it. In the past we had never had time to do anything other than whip into a department store to get our holiday pictures taken. This time was different, firstly there was no department store to whip into and secondly this was a once in a life time opportunity to have an art grade portrait done. After researching the many options in Sedona we selected Bob. Not only where his qualifications way above any other in town, his style was just what we were looking for.
The extra challenge we had given him was to include our two dogs, Bandit and Opal, as we considered them “family”. Our whole experience could not have been better, what a fun session we had. Not only were the dogs a little challenging to get to pose, but our two identical twin boys decided to do some clothes swapping outside just to throw Bob off. Of course Bob, with his eye for detail, cottoned onto it pretty quickly. He took it all in his stride and everyone including Bob I suspect, had fun.
As to the result, stunning!!! Not only did we take “the family portrait” but we ordered a series of portraits of family members and family groups: kids, boys, mum and dad etc and now have them proudly displayed around our home. We also have some of the out takes, not perhaps for display, but certainly a fond reminder of our session with Bob. Mark Charlesworth Creekside Inn Sedona, AZ"
The dogs were definately a challenge. As soon as the first flash went off it was basically over! The dogs were running around and crazy. Luckily we got a good portrait from the first exposure. Here's one from when we were still trying to get the dogs in place after the first flash.
"We had come to the decision that now that our two boys were on there way to college it was now or never if we were to have a chance of getting the whole family together for a portrait. Once that decision was made we had to figure out who would do it. In the past we had never had time to do anything other than whip into a department store to get our holiday pictures taken. This time was different, firstly there was no department store to whip into and secondly this was a once in a life time opportunity to have an art grade portrait done. After researching the many options in Sedona we selected Bob. Not only where his qualifications way above any other in town, his style was just what we were looking for.
The extra challenge we had given him was to include our two dogs, Bandit and Opal, as we considered them “family”. Our whole experience could not have been better, what a fun session we had. Not only were the dogs a little challenging to get to pose, but our two identical twin boys decided to do some clothes swapping outside just to throw Bob off. Of course Bob, with his eye for detail, cottoned onto it pretty quickly. He took it all in his stride and everyone including Bob I suspect, had fun.
As to the result, stunning!!! Not only did we take “the family portrait” but we ordered a series of portraits of family members and family groups: kids, boys, mum and dad etc and now have them proudly displayed around our home. We also have some of the out takes, not perhaps for display, but certainly a fond reminder of our session with Bob. Mark Charlesworth Creekside Inn Sedona, AZ"
The dogs were definately a challenge. As soon as the first flash went off it was basically over! The dogs were running around and crazy. Luckily we got a good portrait from the first exposure. Here's one from when we were still trying to get the dogs in place after the first flash.
posted by Bob at 11:22 AM
3 Comments:
I thought the family portrait was beautiful Bob, contact your old buddy as soon as possible. Tell Holly I sais hello. Darral
HI Darral Thanks for the kind words about the family potrait taken here in Sedona. I don't have any contact info for you. Send me an email....
Your photographs are AMAZING!.. I just happen to be looking for family portraits to use in a senior art project at my high school on google when I came across this picture.. If you and the family don't mind I would absolutely love to use this image. Please let me know if that would be OK.... My email is Ditsyg1@aol.com ... Keep up the amazing work! Sarra :)
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