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| Sarah Rahal working on posing with her friend Scoob |
Sarah Rahal, the lead photographer and multimedia editor of
Wayne State University’s The South End, invited me along when she took the
photos of the newspaper’s editor for the print edition. I was excited
especially seeing as this would be a great way to learn how to properly take
portraits and see how The South End puts together its’ print editions.
The theme was growing up and the editors chose a childhood
photo to re-create. On Sunday, Sarah along with Tim Carroll and Alex Franzen
walked to the McGregor Memorial Conference Center building and set up outside
in the courtyard. We had fun, took a bunch of different photos with Alex
looking like a serious farmer and Tim looking like a superhero with a juice box.
Tuesday I met with Sarah in The South End’s office to
recreate her photo again because she didn’t like the outfit she wore in the
first photo. Again, we had fun trying to position her and the other staff
present getting their photos done. Plenty of laughs and climbing on chairs and
tables to get the best photo possible.
Number one lesson learned is it takes a lot of adjusting and
a lot of patience to get the final portrait you want. I took l plenty of each
of the editor and all of them have their merits but only one of each would I
consider a good image that could be printed.
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| A behind the scenes look as Sarah, Alex and Tim work on Tim's photo. |
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| Alex Franzen in one of the few serious shots before laughing. |
