Wild Poppy from the USA

Ashley Kanee, like so many young waitresses in Fremantle restaurants is on a working holiday from the USA. We photographed Ashley at Wild Poppy in Wray Ave, Fremantle. Wild Poppy is a popular coffee shop/cafe with city suits and coffee aficionados. If you're looking fora  quirky lunch menu in quaint, olde worlde surroundings you could give Wild Poppy a try.

FACEZ Studio is interested in photographing progressive businesses in Fremantle, particularly in East Fremantle. So if you own a  restaurant, coffee shop, boutique or any small business and are interested in getting promotional shots of your staff please contact FACEZ on 0407 082 371 or email dale@facez.com.au
  

Real people, real beauty

Mona Ashfar in FACEZ Studio

At an AIPP photography workshop yesterday at the Moores Building in Fremantle, Tony Hewitt suggested that I took real photographs of real people. Thanks Tony!

Click the link below -yes, its an advertisement made by Dove. Its one of the most watched advertisements in history but parts of it give us an insight into that hugely complicated and problematic area of self-image and perceptions.

Your self image

And if you would like to learn a lot more about making real portraits join my Portraits - Memories Forever workshop at UWA on 6, 7 and 11 July.

You will come away taking some of the best portraits of your life and may just end up with a real portrait of yourself!

Tip - How to achieve Remrandt Lighting in Portraiture

Rembrandt lighting is achieved using light coming from the side of the face and body. The angle is usually somewhere between 6o and 90 degrees.

The effect is one side of the face is fully lit and the shadow side partly lit, ideally with a small triangular patch of light under the eye on the shadow side.

If the photographer positions himself and camera so that the lit side is towards the camera it makes the face look broader and plumper. This is called Rembrandt Broad lighting.

With exactly the same lighting, if the camera is now re-positioned to point at the shadow side of the face, the emphasis is on the dark side with the small triangle of light. This produces a far more theatrical, dramatic lighting effect and makes the face and body look narrower and slimmer. This is referred to as Rembrandt Short lighting.

The Fremantle Portrait Prize offer more than AU$10,000 in prizes including a AU$5000 cash First Prize for the best portrait. Entries are $15 each and close on 8 July 2013. All proceeds to the Arthritis and Osteoporosis Foundation of Western Australia. Click HERE for details.

To learn more about Portrait Lighting and Techniques join Master Photographer Dale Neill in his next UWA Extension Portrait Workshop on 6/7/11 July 2013. Click HERE for details.