Portraits and the Big Game

Amy and I had a pretty exciting weekend this past week as did most New England Patriot fans.  In addition to the obvious excitement of the big game and its spectacular finish it was Amy's birthday. So we are believing that Malcolm Butler delivered Amy a very special birthday present and parties were being held all across the country because it was her birthday and not because of some sporting event.

On Saturday evening the night before the big game our company, Kodak Alaris (not Eastman Kodak Co.) was throwing a celebration dinner to thank the employees for a successful 2014.  I set up the studio in the basement to take high key shots against a white background because I didn't want to pass up the opportunity for portraits seeing how we were all dressed up and all.  We did the same thing last year for the company dinner so last minute I decided to try something else and use our living room as a setting.  The nice leather recliners that we have and hardly ever use (there are two in the room) and the floor to ceiling book cases that line the walls had potential for a good setting.  Trying to decide how to pose for the shots is always something I struggle with so I'm sharing a picture from each of the choices we went with.  I think the both work and I like both pictures.  We actually did some with Amy standing like I was but the one with her leaning on the arm of the chair was so much better.

With the studio all setup for the high key shots, I decided more casual pictures on game day were in order so with our game day attire on we grabbed some props and took a few pictures.  I actually like the formal portraits better but given the outcome of the game and the fact that landscape oriented pictures work better in the top spot, I decided to use that picture.