Not much $ In grad shoot

[beatles2]

There we where all set up in a agoining room for the MC college grad. There where 35 students graduating. We where thinking we should make some good coin,,NOT. The only person that came to get shots where 4 mature students that graduated and this lovely lady

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[SusanH1970]

Bummer that you didn't get a huge turnout, but it's the grads' loss! If only they'd known that they could have had portraits as lovely as these. Nice work, Paul. Really like the lighting on the first.

[Hayward Taylor]

Hi Paul - still a great portrait ... lighting is excellent ... that is the biggest ring I've seen on any finger ... great work

[beachcomber]

Everyone has a digital camera these days Paul..... but few use them as good as this, shes a stunning mature student and these are excellent pictures, great job mate especially image #2

[kgb224]

Outstanding series of Portraits.
Well it is thier loss.

[beatles2]

Originally Posted by SusanH1970

Bummer that you didn't get a huge turnout, but it's the grads' loss! If only they'd known that they could have had portraits as lovely as these. Nice work, Paul. Really like the lighting on the first.

Thank you very Susan. I think the problem was that majority of the grads were kids, who just graduated high school a couple years ago.

Originally Posted by Hayward Taylor

Hi Paul - still a great portrait ... lighting is excellent ... that is the biggest ring I've seen on any finger ... great work

Thank so very much Hayward, LOL you're right it was a big ring.

[lputman]

those other folks are the ones that missed out! Excellent!

[beatles2]

[QUOTE=beachcomber;736348]Everyone has a digital camera these days Paul..... but few use them as good as this, shes a stunning mature student and these are excellent pictures, great job mate especially image #2
[/QUOTE Thank you very much Steve.]That was the other major issue, to make it even better some girls came in to the room and wanted to use my background. Go figure I said NO.

Originally Posted by kgb224

Outstanding series of Portraits.
Well it is thier loss.

Thank you very much

Originally Posted by lputman

those other folks are the ones that missed out! Excellent!

Thank you Lori. They want us to come back and do the next one in April. They have to make some changes for me to say yes to that one.

[j0sh]

very good work... i prefer second shot (i like the face expression in this pic)
tecnically very good

[angeleyes216]

Hi Paul,
Im sorry you had a terrible turnout ..my last one, which was for a church banquet, was the same...everyone had their p&s cameras and only one person came up for a photo...i was so disgusted after being there at 5.45pm to set up and i didnt leave till 9pm. .I made a whole $10. People just dont realise how much effort it takes to set up backgrounds and lights and a table with laptop and printer etc...you know how it goes...you go home and feel like giving up...but all you can do it put it down to experience, more practise with people etc...and hope next time will be better...your work is outstanding..maybe you should display a framed collage of your work so everyone can see how wonderful your portraits are.It truly was their loss.

Lorraine