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Apple hadn’t upgraded the Mac Pro recently, and it’s still in the distant future (2019, hopefully), so I looked at software and found Capture One. and I found myself returning to Lightroom again and again, frustrated that I couldn’t do what I wanted to in Capture One, simply because I didn’t know how to translate my Lightroom knowledge into Capture One functions. Once I made the conscious effort to forget Lightroom and work within Capture One exclusively, it became much easier. And now, if I go back to an old catalog in Lightroom, I get frustrated because I find the Capture One workflow to be so much superior.

I look at the subject's features to determine which angles will be most flattering, which angles will highlight the strengths and soften areas not as appealing. Only after a close inspection do I then choose an appropriate background and position the subject in the best possible light. Following the light is imperative and we move the truck whenever the light changes to make sure I'm always taking advantage of the best possible illumination. After the photographs were shown to our couple, they couldn't decide on just one image, so we created a collage, using the main image of the truck as the centre piece with some details surrounding it, and a caption.

And when the finished work is on display in your home or office, you find that it serves as both a tasteful reflection of your individualized decorating style as well as a tribute to the ones you love. Studies have shown that children that grow up in homes that display portraits of family, grow up with a much more secure sense of belonging. * The portrait's overall colour theme should blend with or compliment the room's colour palette. This will help set the portrait's 'tone' and guide you in selecting appropriate clothing and accessories, and help us to decide on an appropriate location.

The scene we stopped to photograph is one that I've photographed many times before, and in fact, stopped there on the way to meet my friends that morning to grab a shot with my trusty FujiFilm X100T with it's fixed 35mm (equivalent) lens ( To digress a little, back in film days when every shot cost money to shoot (the film), develop (the chemicals) and print (the paper) - just so you could see what you photographed - you took your time and tried to make every single shot count. I mounted the camera along with my trusty 24-70mm f:2.8 lens onto my Gitzo Carbon-Fibre tripod with a Really Right Stuff BH-55 ball head. The carbon fibre Gitzo makes light work out of being solid and the RRS ball-head with matching L-Plate on my D800e means I can position my camera very quickly where I want it, and switch from vertical to horizontal in about two seconds - without having to reposition my set up to get the same perspective.