Portrait Photography: Photographing People You Love (and Anyone Else)
The human face and the human form are endlessly fascinating. No two are the same, with the variations created by life experiences evident to artists able to draw out our natural reticence about revealing our true selves. Whether a beautiful young woman (like my daughter) or a grizzled old man (like me), the collaboration of subject and photographer can lead to each bringing out new insights into themselves and each other.
In addition to a brief look at post-processing, our CLICK sessions will include posing, various lighting patterns and DIY solutions, and the psychology of working with people who may be nervous and resistant about allowing their vulnerability to show to the photographer and the camera.
Bio: A native of Boston, Dave graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music in the late 1970s. Upon failing to become principal trumpet in the Boston Symphony Orchestra he began a career teaching music in Washington DC. After a decade as a high school band director and administrator, he earned a graduate degree in education and became Head of School at The Nora School in Silver Spring, Maryland. He retired in 2021 following an interim headship at Wye River Upper School on Maryland’s Eastern Shore during the year of covid.
Dave began his photographic career in 2000 when his school built a darkroom, which then found itself needing someone to use it. Switching to digital imaging in the early part of this century, he has been published, received awards, exhibited in several juried shows, and has placed work in several private collections. He has taught photography, Photoshop, and iPhoneography at Montgomery College as well as at the high school level, and has run workshops and given talks at many camera clubs across the DC and Cape Cod areas. He currently teaches photography and post-processing at the Cape Cod Art Center. He and his wife split their time between Cape Cod and Washington, DC.
www.DavidMullen.com
September 8, 2024
Plus ADDITIONAL SUNDAY WORKSHOPS For those wanting even more deep dives with our instructors, please stay around Sunday and join in an additional workshop after the click photo conference.
Hands-On Portrait Lighting With Dave Mullen