Dubois Images Photography: Blog https://www.duboisimages.com/blog en-us (C) Dubois Images Photography [email protected] (Dubois Images Photography) Mon, 08 Jun 2020 13:27:00 GMT Mon, 08 Jun 2020 13:27:00 GMT Meet Ali from the AHS Class of 2020 https://www.duboisimages.com/blog/2020/6/meet-ali-from-the-ahs-class-of-2020 Meet Ali. Ali is a member of the Acadiana High School Class of 2020.

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Ali moved to Louisiana from Tennessee in 2019. I met Ali through the Greater Acadiana Adopt a Senior program. Jude and I were honored that Ali and her sister entrusted us with her senior portraits.

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Ali’s fun loving spirit really shines through in her images. In fact, during our session Ali met her first alligator! untitled-9651untitled-9651

Ali plans to attend South Louisiana Community College to study business. Congratulations Ali and good luck!

If you'd like more information about a senior session for the Class of 2020 or the Class of 2021 contact us at [email protected].


 


 

 

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[email protected] (Dubois Images Photography) Acadiana Acadiana High School Class of 2020 Dubois Images Photography High School Senior Photography Lafayette Lafayette Louisiana Photographer https://www.duboisimages.com/blog/2020/6/meet-ali-from-the-ahs-class-of-2020 Mon, 08 Jun 2020 05:00:00 GMT
Class of 2020 https://www.duboisimages.com/blog/2020/6/congratulations-kaeleigh-southside-high-school-class-of-2020 Meet Kaeleigh. Kaeleigh is a member of the first ever Southside High School graduating class – the Class of 2020. What a senior story they will have to tell – the class that was quarantined! Kaeleigh came to our studio for a mini session in late February and just days before her full outdoor session was scheduled the quarantine went into effect. We were finally able to schedule Kaeleigh’s session 2 months later.

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Kaeleigh is a member of the National Honor Society. Her hobbies include equestrianism and embroidery. Her post graduation plans include attending the University of Louisiana at Lafayette to major in nursing. Congratulations Kaeleigh and good luck! Thanks for allowing us the honor of photographing your senior session.

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If you'd like more information about a senior session for the Class of 2020 or the Class of 2021 contact us at [email protected].

 

 

 

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[email protected] (Dubois Images Photography) Acadiana Class of 2020 Dubois Images Photography High School Senior Photography Lafayette Lafayette Louisiana Photographer Southside High School https://www.duboisimages.com/blog/2020/6/congratulations-kaeleigh-southside-high-school-class-of-2020 Fri, 05 Jun 2020 05:00:00 GMT
Photography Challenges During COVID-19 https://www.duboisimages.com/blog/2020/4/what-i-miss-while-quarantining-during-covid-19 I miss creating portraits – a lot. After freshening up the landscaping and trying to find a new focus during the first three weeks of quarantine due to COVID-19, I spent a lot of time taking advantage of a multitude of free or discounted online photography learning videos, webinars and conferences. Even though I retired from my full time job in the legal field – there’s still not enough time in the day for all the photography knowledge I want to absorb! I want to experiment with the new techniques I’m learning, but I want to be a good citizen and maintain physical distancing. What am I to do? First start a blog as my husband has been after me to do since I retired.

To start the year off, as a belated Christmas and anniversary gift, my husband and I attended a national photography conference – Imaging USA. The learning was phenomenal and inspirational. My husband, Jude, came away from a session that demonstrated the use of canned aerosol which creates a fog effect. He could not wait to try the technique and promptly ordered Atmosphere Aerosol – basically fog in a can. For more information about this product see https://www.atmosphereaerosol.com. I think using the product on a dark background enhances the effect.

One of my last photography sessions prior to the quarantine was a mini-session for a high school senior. First I make sure I have the pose, composition, focus and lighting set the way I want, then my assistant (who happens to be my husband and fellow photographer) sprays the aerosol around for a few seconds and I quickly snap images. The aerosol doesn't float around very long (the intensity only lasts for seconds) so I have to work fast. I save the canned aerosol for the end of an in-studio session so we aren’t continuing to use the studio after “fogging up” the space. And very importantly, I check with my client to be sure they don’t suffer from asthma or any respiratory issues that may be adversely affected by the use of aerosol.

 

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Since we are limited in our personal contact due to the quarantine, I’m trying to be more mindful about practicing various photography challenges that I run across in my online learning. One of the photography groups that I am involved in recently posted a challenge using only a single light source. A second group which concentrates on flower photography posted a challenge dealing with lighting. I decided to combine those two challenges and add in the fog as a supplement to the challenges. My roses just started blooming so that was a great subject matter for these challenges. In addition to the Atmosphere Aerosol, I used an Alien Bee B800 studio strobe (https://www.paulcbuff.com/AlienBees-tm-Flash-Unit.html) with a strip box modifier, placed behind and to the right of the rose and a large 4' x 8' (1/2 of a V-flat) reflector to camera left.
 

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If you check out https://www.atmosphereaerosol.com/pages/how-atmosphere-aerosol-works you’ll see that the canned aerosol can also be used outdoors to enhance light rays. I’m looking forward to trying that out.

 

 

 

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[email protected] (Dubois Images Photography) Acadiana Dubois Images Photography High School Senior Photography Lafayette Lafayette Louisiana Photographer https://www.duboisimages.com/blog/2020/4/what-i-miss-while-quarantining-during-covid-19 Fri, 17 Apr 2020 13:00:00 GMT