WANTED! part 2

BOOT SCOOTIN' JAMBOREE was the name of the event. The folks at one of the elementary school in town, including the PTO, teachers, staff and volunteers, did an unbelievable job. I was hired to take the pictures to be placed in the WANTED frames that I talked about here.



My setup was the usual 2 softboxes. The background was already provided, and it was more than I could have hoped for (and better than anything I could have thrown together). An old shed with a wooden fence, haystacks, a saddle, etc. All the kids really wanted to sit on the saddle but it was not steady on the fence, so I limited it to kids who were under school age.

It was a pretty steady crowd for the 2 hours I was scheduled, but was still half expecting to sell more portraits than I did considering 500 tickets were sold.  I've been working these types of events for a couple of years and I've definitely seen a decrease in the number of pictures people seem to be buying since the economy got into trouble.  I'm still appreciative for the business I did get and will definitely do more of them. Hopefully it will lead to a few extra clients.

WANTED!

Next week I'm doing a shoot at an elementary school dance. It's going to be a "western" theme and they wanted the pictures to look like "wanted" posters. Since I only offer 4X6's at these events it was a challenge figuring out exactly how to pull this off. I managed to locate some frames on line that already said "wanted" on them. The only additional thing I would need to do is give the pictures an antique look.

I wanted to try one picture before the event so I have something to show potential customers. The sun was a concern, but this was only supposed to be a throwaway that I could use to see how the pictures would look in the frame.

At first I took about 15 pictures of my daughter wearing a cowboy hat and then sent her on her way. Then I realized there was no memory card in the camera (OOPS). I called her back to do it again and she was a bit irritated with me. I quickly took 6 more shots (WITH the memory card this time) and managed to get this pose from her. I told her to look like a mean criminal and I think it was easy since she was already mad at me.

I edited the picture and put it inside one of the frames I'll be using at the event. Below is the result.