From the course: Narrative Portraiture: On Location in New York City

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Collaborating with the subject

Collaborating with the subject

From the course: Narrative Portraiture: On Location in New York City

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Collaborating with the subject

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Chris Orwig: What are the ages of the kids? Jared Mason: Uh, 9, 8 and 3. Chris Orwig: Yeah, right there. 9, 8, 3, okay. Chris Orwig: And they are all into music too, right? Jared Mason: Yes. Chris Orwig: They have the -- Jared Mason: Yeah, if they apply themselves, they will be playing circles around me in no time. Chris Orwig: That's great! After you get through the first few images, one of the next things that you want to try to do is to figure out how you can work your way towards the area where you really want to create photographs. So in this case, I knew we needed to travel across the bridge. Chris Orwig: Yeah. Jared Mason: So, maybe that prompted them, the classical string instruments. Chris Orwig: Yeah. Jared Mason: Warm, mellow, rich instruments. Chris Orwig: I also noticed that Jared had brought this really colorful jacket. And whenever someone brings something to a shoot, you jump on it. You take advantage of it. Because the best portrait shoots I believe are collaboration…

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