Portrait Photography in Cornwall or for a fact across the South West as a whole, has never been something I have strongly associated myself with, for the last 3 years, I have been all about weddings! For the most part anyway. And I don’t see or want that to change. However it is nice sometimes just to take a walk and shoot a few pics, which is one of the reasons I like Pre Wedding Shoots so much, its just about a few pics and getting to know the people I am photographing. Perhaps engagement shoots can actually really be called portrait shoots – they are – and I do them with every couple who’s wedding I photograph – its such a good way to get to know them and for them to get to know me.
On to the pictures here, this really was a mini portrait shoot, a very good friend from my school days and his partner met me in a carpark near a local stretch of woodland, and we just went for a walk – had a chat and took some pictures. Simples. :) The whole set are very simple, all on a 50mm at f/2 on a new Sigma 50mm f/1.4 I was testing out. We got stuck in straight away with the close and personal and continued like this throughout -normally I would shoot the first few frames from a distance, but knowing my friend Nathan, I knew it would be an easy start!
Anyway here are about 20 frames from our little walk. The last few of which are just shot in the carpark whilst raining. Hope you like :)
To see some more pics and for information on my little shoots like this then please check out my portrait photography page or fly back to weddings here.
To see some more pics and for information on my little shoots like this then please check out my portrait photography page or fly back to weddings here.
– By Barney Walters
