My top photography tip for today is to always try and make your photograph unique.  If you are lucky enough to be doing a photoshoot on location take your photos to the exact specification of your client but also remember to try and do some creative shots.  This not only keeps your creative eye in training but serves to impress your clients every now and again as they didn’t know you were capable of a shot like this.

My tip for shooting silhouette shots like above (which was taken at Roedean School for Girls in South-Africa for their marketing campaign) is to try and expose your shot for the background which tends to be the skyline most of the time.  This will ensure that your subject is “dark enough” to make them into a silhouette and it will also give you nice colours in the sky. 

They say a photo is worth a thousand words and this shots goes to prove it.  It was taken as St Margaret’s which is the Grade 0 and Grade 1’s.  Throwing the girls into silhouettes serves the purpose to show you that this could be your daughter or any other girl who will have the privilege to attend this culturally rich school.  So always try for the impossible…

Riani

Event Photography