Creative ideas are funny things. The formation of a creative idea sometimes seems instantaneous and sometimes prolonged. My color wheel portraits project seemed to be both. I ‘grew up’ in photography doing headshots. I learned headshots, studied headshots, and built a business on photographing people with a tight crop of their head and shoulders before taking on the challenge of shooting any looser. Eventually, the learning curve slowed down, and the business was going pretty well, and I had the ability to start learning a new genre within portrait photography.
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I’m sure it’s happened to all of us – but sometimes it feels like just me. I grab a favorite paper background from my closet and realize that it’s already been swept out before and walked on. Or, taking down a roll of paper; and despite my best efforts, sometimes it gets crinkled. Ugh! Not at the end, not in some inconspicuous corner, but right there in the middle of the section I want to shoot against. And it seems a shame to cut off 6 feet of paper when it’s 99% perfect. Just like a single tiny white cloud in a clear blue sky, our attention can be instantly captured by the smallest hiccup in an otherwise buttery smooth background. It can happen with any type of smooth, seamless background and can really distract the viewer’s attention.
A Color Wheel Portraits ProjectCreative ideas are funny things. The formation of a creative idea sometimes seems instantaneous and sometimes prolonged. My color wheel portraits project seemed to be both. I ‘grew up’ in photography doing headshots. I learned headshots, studied headshots, and built a business on photographing people with a tight crop of their head and shoulders before taking on the challenge of shooting any looser. Eventually, the learning curve slowed down, and the business was going pretty well, and I had the ability to start learning a new genre within portrait photography.
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