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Ottawa Editorial Portrait Photographer – Michael Tayler, take two

Ottawa Portrait Photographer Justin Van Leeuwen

Ottawa Portrait Photographer Justin Van Leeuwen

Actually, this was take one, but the previous image was the first to go to press – so I showed it first.

Michael seems to be a natural model, along as a highly skilled athlete, he had no problem shooting off his own “blue steel” and rocking this shot. I would have loved to have seen this as a two-page spread in a magazine, though the centred subject is working against me here (rule of thirds works well for editorial photography). As it was, it got cropped down:

That’s part of the game though; it’s a collaboration and while we work to create the best images possible for our clients, sometimes their needs are a bit… restrictive? At least I got to shoot it the way I wanted, and at least I get to show it off – there are certainly worse scenarios – and worse crops – out there. Have you ever run into this with your own work? How’d it make you feel?

You can check out a BTS image of this shoot over on Flickr.

One thought on “Ottawa Editorial Portrait Photographer – Michael Tayler, take two

  1. Joel says:

    Love your work Justin. I was recently inspired to get a quadra set and its nice to see you put them to work so nicely!

    I'm moving to Ottawa shortly and looking forward to joining the RA photoclub!