Seattle/Tacoma HS Senior Portraits

Do you have a CLASS of 2010 HS SENIOR? Give them something UNIQUE & FUN. Tell them about Michele at Render's Photography! You only have one chance to get it right. When they look back at their Senior Portraits, you want them to smile and be happy they had them done. So choose me and I'll capture their personality ...and have fun with it! The time to start scheduling sessions is February! Check out the gallery below for past HS Senior sessions!

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Sam's Senior Portrait Session, Seattle/Tacoma

Sam's Senior Session!

Photo tips

Photography tip: Low-Light Action
To freeze action, a camera must be able to use a fast enough shutter speed to stop the action. A fast shutter speed may be anything from 1/60 sec. all the way to 1/1,000 sec. depending on the kind of action you want to freeze.
If the camera is unable to use a fast enough shutter speed, the result is a blurred picture [which can also be quite effectively used in certain situations to depict action].
Use a higher ISO setting, e.g. ISO 400 or 800, if available, allows the camera to use a faster shutter speed.

Julia's Senior Portraits

Julia is a 2010 graduate. When she showed up for her session, my first thought was, WOW, look at those eyes. I gave her a few pointers on ways to look your best in the photographs and off we went. Without hesitation, she rocked at her session. In fact, she did so good a posing, that I learned a few things from her!! We had to keep a close eye on the sky as a black cloud was quickly moving our way. We got an hour in before we had to sprint back to our cars. What a fun session!

Jackie & Tim's Wedding - Tacoma WA

Jackie & Tim were married on October 4th, in Olympia. These 2 just melted together. I really don't mind giving my wedding couples some direction while creating their wedding portraits, but this couple didn't need any. The are adorable and were a pleasure to work with!!
Click here for a slideshow of their wedding day!

Taking better action shots of your kids!

So a good friend of mine purchased a new camera this week. She is trying to get to know her camera and had a question about taking action photographs. I thought this would be a great topic for all of you since I know many have children.
Here are a few tips:
*Use a higher ISO, which you should be able to change on your camera in the menu option.
*One caution is that using a higher ISO may cause "noise". Noise is they fuzzy stuff on the image. Test your camera.
*Try photographing with a faster shutter speed, 100 or higher at 100 ISO, then move the ISO to 400, then 800. See what you get at the different ISO settings. If your camera has a "TV" Mode (shutter priority), that is where you set the shutter speed and the camera will set the aperture for you.
*Pop up your flash and try to get close to the action!

Family Portrait Holiday Special!