Lisa Walsh Photography

Yesterday I told The Oldest that he had to let me get a few images of him, because The Youngest gets far too much face time on the blog and I figured my reader’s were starting to wonder if I really had two children or if I was just making that up. Not that anyone in their right mind would make up having a teenager, but then again I’m not in my right mind. At all.

The plan was to drive around and search for more abandoned houses for my project, and also for an interesting location for his “session”. While we were driving around I saw this awesome concrete….thing…at a rock quarry, so my plan was to use that as a backdrop. However, the light was facing it straight on, and in order to get it in the background I had to face him towards the sun and he got all squinty. So that wasn’t working. I tried some side light and didn’t like that, either, so in the end I caved and positioned him with the sun at his back. As soon as I got him into position and raised the camera to my eye and saw the sun back lighting him I knew I’d scored. The lesson learned? The background of the photo does not matter if the light isn’t right. As much as I know that, it’s hard to keep it in mind when you’re actually doing a session. This year I’m really working on finding the best light, and I think I’m making friends with yummy back lighting.

And I couldn’t resist a portrait of my men together.