People have been asking me how photographing with my Hasselblad 500C/M & Phase One P30 digital medium format back has been going.
The answer to that is a bit complicated: It turned into a Mamiya 645DF with DM33 digital back.
Wait, wut?
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It's time once again to air the place out and open our doors to visitors! The Picker Artists are having their Spring Open Studios on Saturday, May 4th 2019 from 11-5pm.
Stop by, say hello, and catch up with all of us. It's the perfect chance to meet if we've never met, and ask questions in person if you are thinking about an updated head shot.
Come visit us! We love friendly faces!
See you on May 4th!
Those of you who might be return visitors will notice that website looks much different. I’ve moved over to a new website host/layout and it just went live today!
I love tiles and boxes and things that are organized, and I love this new layout that showcases my extensive commercial portrait photography.
a HUGE thank-you to Dave Seah, who must bang his head against his desk over and over when trying to deal with me and my lack of website knowledge. He is a true powerhouse and a dedicated friend. He helps me navigate all this web-stuff, and I would look less professional without him around.
things that are new or altered:
• I’ve integrated the Portable Portrait workshop website into this website and it can be found on the WORKSHOP page. I’ve slimmed the workshop stuff down to fit one static page, much easier to navigate.
• the BLOG is mainly the same. If you do notice some errors or wonky bits, please don’t hesitate to bring it to my attention. I have a decade worth of blog posts that I’ve moved over from Wordpress, so there might be a hiccup or two along the way.
• HEADSHOTS are now the default landing page. I’m working with more corporate clients these days, so taking them directly to the head shots is the best way to smooth their research process.
Cheers,
Sid
Moe
For as long as I’ve known Maureen, she’s told me to call her Moe. I love that. I love her nickname.
Moe took my workshop a long, long time ago. Sometime back in 2009 or 2008.
Moe. Taking one of my Portable Portrait workshops. Here we are lugging drum equipment in a field to photograph a drummer.
All these years have passed, and when Moe decided it was time to take a step forward professionally, she told me I was the only photographer she wanted to call. Comments like that make me feel all warm and appreciated inside.
So Moe came by the studio a little while ago, and we caught up and we had a ton of laughs, and then we got down to business.
When a session is booked with me, I leave a lot of time for what I call “the Process” to happen. Head shots, to me, are an organic process. Not only am I photographing you in a certain way, but I want to make sure that we don’t feel rushed – that we aren’t pressured for time. I ask clients to leave their schedule open; to not schedule anything after our shoot. I don’t ever want a client and I to loose the connection we are developing because they are pressed for time, or looking at their watch. We’ll shoot a bit, and chat, and shoot, and chat. There will probably be a lot of talking, because I love to talk and share.
Catching up. Shooting. Chatting. Joking. Laughing. All part of the process. All awesome.
When I emailed Moe her proofs, she emailed me back saying “This photo is a statement of how I see myself moving forward.”
Thank you, Moe. I am always in your corner
While on a location job getting equipment set up, I found this made a very pleasant photo. A simple still life with a beauty dish and a gorgeous orange wall.
Each year, The Hippo magazine hires me to handle a majority of the images for their “BEST OF” issue. This is a quality color glossy magazine that covers all of Southern New Hampshire that features businesses voted and recommended by readers and citizens of the state. If you love certain businesses and want them to get a little exposure, you can write them in. The places with the most votes then get collected in this magazine with short articles and information about them. It’s serves as a great travel guide for visitors to see what the state has to offer.
Here are some sample images from the 2018 edition
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I love helping people create new head shots because I never know who I’m going to get to work with.
Like Carla.
Carla contacted me after being recommended by a prior client (Thank you, Kate!). She was going to toss her hat into the political ring and run for Senate, and she needed a new head shot.
Absolutely.
Carla was an absolute joy to work with. She was so friendly and she had great humor. She grew up in Africa and she wanted to wear a few things that hark back to her home.
I love her smile and her adorable pixie hair cut and she had she was just so warm and friendly and a joy to be around. I really liked photographing her and working with her.
I also get a kick when I see an image I created being used for things like billboards:
I had a very bad experience a few years ago with an image I took of someone and that head shot was taken by someone else and used politically in an attack print advertisement without my permission or knowledge. It’s taken a few years to get comfortable enough when someone approaches me asking about creating an image that will specifically be used for a political reason. Carla was so energized that she helped me feel comfortable making an image that was going to be used for that purpose.
I would love to photograph her again.
HACK ATTACK!
My websites for Sid Ceaser Photography, Sid Ceaser Fine Art, the Portable Portrait workshop and Sara Ceaser's website were hacked a few days ago and damage was done.
Most of ceaserphotography.com is back up, but the other three are currently down as the structure is rebuilt for those sites.
If you were looking for those specific sites, please pardon as attempts are made to get those sites back to working condition as soon as possible.
Thanks!
-Sid
I've always surrounded myself with music - in my primary school days I was buying cassettes and records and would sit at home and just listen and digest all these forms of music; from rock to new-age to film soundtracks to rap - I would just absorb it like a sponge. And that has never changed and there isn't a time when I'm not listening to music. I recently brought a record player and all my records to my photography studio so I can spin while I'm working on client images, and I always have a playlist going when I'm photographing someone or something.
I'm not in any way a music critic, nor do I contain a music critics vernacular, but I thought I'd mention a few artists/albums I've been playing a lot lately and maybe find some new ears and make them a few new fans, because they are all awesome.
Read MoreLauren had wanted to work with me for many years but it was never the right time until recently when she needed an updated headshot for her business and LinkedIn pages. But as you can see from the image above, this session became much more than a headshot session.
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