New Portrait Sample Portfolio

I recently told a fellow photographer that I keep leaving my blog out in the cold too long, so, back again with some news and observations.

After many weeks of portrait jobs I have finally selected samples from several of the assignments to publish as examples of my work. They, of course, are published with permission and they are to demonstrate to you various styles and approaches to capturing and presenting the human face. My sessions usually result in about 250 images (an advantage of digital photography) and I spend hours applying minor editing to best enhance the view and render the subject naturally. No, I do not like blurring, over softening effects, or digital plastic surgery, so if you desire to have a new facial identity then I am not the portrait photographer for you. I will present to you what the Nikon actually saw, but, of course you may use all the make-up you want and I am sometimes assisted by a lady who is an expert in the art. I encourage multiple wardrobe changes and I set up various poses and different locations, indoors and outdoors...more of these varieties will show up in my portfolio soon. The full portfolio as it now exists shows up on my website, rclinephotography.com. Scroll to the last portfolio, Portrait Samples, on the home page.

So far, all of my jobs have been in the regional Taos, New Mexico area, but I am willing to travel with compensation, of course. At this time, my basic fee is just $50.00 per sitting and you select the prints you want to order from a free low res DVD which I provide. Soon I will have package prices of different levels which will include everything you need under a single price minus the variables of travel and extra prints beyond what the package contains.

So, please, check out the full array of samples and contact me through the website, by direct email at rcline@cybermesa.com, or call 575-751-7223 to schedule your portrait sitting today! Thanks.

On another note, the summer, once again, was far too short up here, but the autumn has been unusually warm (in that global warming sense). This summer, I photographed plenty of thunderstorms, wildflowers, and scenics, but there is one favorite subject I have been hurridly skipping over until recently and that is architecture, particularly, capturing old buildings (houses, barns, etc.) in extensive studies. I tend to spend a lot of on site time with these subjects, hence, the busy pace of life recently has caused me to skip these treasures as I longingly gaze at them as they go by. So, I have made time over the past couple months to revive these studies and I will present a re-start of this subject soon on the website and on Fine Art America. Now that I am "kick-started" again on this subject, I will be able to continue it.

I am also beginning to link to other photographers I know in my Friends In Photography category and they will link to me, also. The first one is Daryl Black, here in northern New Mexico, a multi-talented professional who I first met on jury duty years ago. See her blog at darylblackphotographer.blogspot.com, or go to http://blackscrossing.com and enjoy her work.

Now, out to capture the peak of autumn here in northern New Mexico and schedule more portraits.

I will be back for another post next week.