Superheroes! - Irish Eyes Photography - Weymouth MA
Last fall (!) I had Superhero sessions here at the studio. For a while I had to hold off on posting highlights because many of these were gifts for parents or grandparents. Then we got into Christmastime and it just got postponed. I'm happy to finally share these! There are still a few sessions from this event not included, but here are some highlights from the sessions I have permission to share from. It was a lot of fun.The idea behind these was to make the images simple and dramatic (hence the plain dark grey backdrop) but add in some comic effects to make it fun. This was a new idea and I was challenging myself to try new things creatively. Take a look at all the different outcomes and let me know what you think worked best.
I absolutely love this one of the two of them smiling. Older brother has such a caring, sweet look on his face and Younger Brother looks so happy. This demanded some sort of quote about brothers to me. Thank goodness for Google.
Here's the first example of one without comic book effects or wording. I think the the images that speak for themselves have such a stronger impact. What do you think?
Then again, there are images like these. Superman here is making THE PERFECT face for this quote! So, I'm torn. With or without the over-lays? What do you think?
Sometimes, even though the picture is for a Superhero session, it's just too cute on its own. I love this laugh.
Again, the perfect pose and expression for the quote. This kid rocked it. And for his "costume" his mum put on Batman pajamas, a generic mask, and took two capes she had sewn for a party favors and stuck them together (the capes were Batman/Spiderman reversible. She put two together so Batman was always on the outside no matter what angle the photo was taken). It was SUCH A COOL IDEA! I might have to ask her to make a bunch of adorable capes for my own kids... 
In the meantime, this kiddo took a series of awesome photos that created a really really fun collection for wall art. Again, on their own without the overlays. There were four or five different expressions...all really fun... and all really "him" according to his mum. These were great fun. He totally rocked this shoot.
I didn't have the ability to do this for every client, but I tried it with Batman here for fun. It's silly and certainly no work of Photoshop Art, but it was fun to experiment.
Next we have the littlest one who stopped by. His name is Ben (name used with permission) and his costume was handmade. He was Super Ben! Mum even drew abs and chest hair on him. Because...awesome.
Ben knows how to give a look. THIS KILLS ME EVERY TIME.
And then this happened.
My last clients of the day were there to create some fun birthday gifts for their dad. We took general Superhero shots, but these two are my favorites. The white hat they are wearing belongs to their dad. What a cool idea. I love that their Mum thought of this.
LOOK at the expression on Little Brother above!!! Melting. I'm actually melting.Meanwhile Big Brother proves that sometimes the candid shots of a boy being a boy can often be the best shots of all.
These sessions were so much fun! They were definitely an interesting challenge for me. When it comes to my own style, I really like the images on their own. But I sort of love the overlays on some of these as well. It's fun to try new things!I don't have plans to have a Superhero Event again but if you're interested in Superhero Portraits, we can set one up just for you!-Kerry:)