The Portrait Session
with Elaine Coale
Whether we are looking at photographing dogs, horses or humans, the process of the portrait session is almost identical. Learn about the steps involved here.
with Elaine Coale
Whether we are looking at photographing dogs, horses or humans, the process of the portrait session is almost identical. Learn about the steps involved here.
Register your interest. It seems simple and it is – simply select a date or outline a deadline, let me know a little about the subject and share your general location. From here, we’ll set up a consultation…
During your complimentary consultation, I will gather your wishes into a single, or a few, specific concepts. We’ll discuss locations and timings, as well as dates and end goals here before moving on to…
The Creation. At this point, the creation commences. This could be one single portrait session with you and/or your preferred subject, or it could be an entire process working through months of individual photo shoots, costuming, styling and more, to result in all of the elements needed to finish the concept identified in the consultation.
we’ll then move into…
The Reveal. This is when you will receive a link to your gallery to reveal the images created within Step 3. From here you will select the images that you would like to move forward to the editing process. Images will be edited in one of 3 styles, Classic, Portrait, or Illustrative/Fine Art. This will be determined based both on your preference and what suits the individual photo itself. Note that not all images are suitable for Photo Illustrative/Fine art edits. We can determine this together at this stage.
Once images have been selected, the editing process will begin. This is where many days are spent carefully working on every inch of the pieces to create something truly special. At the end of the creation…
Here the final artwork will be uploaded into your gallery where you can download digital files to share on social media and select your wall art and other keepsakes.
Once you have checked out your print selections in the gallery store, they will then be delivered directly to your door!