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[Melanie- Studio Portrait Session] Chicago Studio Portrait Photographers- Continuum Photography

Continuum Photography — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:00:01 +0000

I met Melanie randomly a few years back photowalking with a Flickr buddy, who in the midst of a photowalk needed to make a jewelry pit stop for a present. So I found myself hanging out in a ritzy jewel store waiting for said buddy to pick out something good for his lady. I struck up a conversation with the small and lively jewel specialist by the name of Melanie and ended up photographing her a few months later. Since then Melanie has been a subject of portraits, dinner companion of Melissa and I, and unparalleled Star Wars fan. A few weeks ago I got a message from her saying her friend had entered her into a national reality TV show and she needed headshots. So we had her over, got her hopped up on caffeine and here are some of the results.

- Josh

Melanie is a fan of Big Sexy Hair.

Trying to keep a straight face while the aviators are on.

Girls look way better in men’s hats than most men do.

If you hang around me long enough you will eventually be photographed in the Party Glasses. The Party Glasses have been with me for many years, and I’m not exactly sure where I acquired them from. But I do know this… they don’t fit anyone and most of the photos of people who are wearing them are holding them in place with one hand or leaning their head back to keep them from falling off.

[Studio Session with Chicago Yelp's Colleen C.] Chicago Portait Photographers – Continuum Photography

Continuum Photography — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 05:07:32 +0000

Do you Yelp? I got started Yelping back in mid 2006 in Seattle. I wish I could say it had been wonderful service that led me to start reviewing in the first place like some have, but unfortunately that was not the case. Yelp like any online review site is to be taken with a grain of salt, and I’m just as guilty as the rest of the extreme love or extreme hate reviewers out there. I used to think I was a pretty casual reviewer, but apparently I have a lot more reviews than the average user. Of course this may also be due in part to the large number of silly reviews I post on establishments such as fast food joints or convenience stores… I mean really, how good can it possibly get? While I haven’t delved too much into the Yelp community in terms of participation in Yelp events (I did actually photograph one awhile back), I have gotten to meet Colleen C., the official Chicago Yelp Ambassador. If you’re wondering what a Yelp Ambassador is, well they are the party coordinating geniuses behind all of the events that Yelp promotes. They also write a bunch of newsletter type notifications and set the example in reviewing all sorts of places. Colleen happens to be completely sweet and vibrant, and was easily coerced into sitting for me some studio fun.

- Josh

Colleen modeling the latest in Yelp fashion trends.

You reviewin’ me?

This was our mutual favorite from the day.

Grr! One star review face.

Playing around with our new video light that I plan of detailing soon after we put it through it’s paces.

[Erin in the Studio] Chicago Portait Photography – Continuum Photography

Continuum Photography — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:29:43 +0000

Back in December (sigh- bad blogger) one of our future brides came over to let me test out our new studio equipment. Being more of a documentary photographer in nature makes doing more posed styles of photography a bit difficult for me as I’m not used to directing much, but it’s always good to step outside of the box every once in awhile. Thanks to the beautiful Erin for being such a wonderful test subject!