Here’s a fun portrait of Eva at the studio wearing her favorite “hair” and “scarf”. I took a similar photo of her a few weeks ago and posted it on my Instagram profile. I liked the rag around her shoulders so much, that I wanted to have a proper studio shot of Eva wearing it.
Speaking of Instagram, if you have a smartphone, you can find me under @titusbartos. Continue reading »
This past weekend I had an opportunity to go to Burgess Falls with the Murfreesboro Photographic Society. I had heard about the park before, and seen photos of it, but Saturday was my first time to actually go there and take photos. Continue reading »
Here’s a quick photo of David at the studio. I was watching them for a few hours on Wednesday while Laura had some errands to do, and we decided to take some photos instead of watching more Diego episodes on Netflix. Continue reading »
Last night we had one of the most spectacular sunsets that I’ve seen in Murfreesboro in a long time. And since I was at my studio on Main Street, I decided to make it a challenge and find a local landmark that would look good against such a magnificent sunset.
Just a block away from the studio is the tallest building in town, the Swanson Building, or the City Center (not sure which one is the official name). It’s a midget compared to some of the buildings in larger cities, but when you consider that the tallest building around it is roughly four stories high, this 20+ story building looks more like the Burj Khalifa. Continue reading »
Needed to take a break from talking about newborns. Here’s a photo of Carl that I shot back in September. Continue reading »
Ezra Jonathan Bartos was born on Saturday morning, during one of the most memorable experiences that we as a family have ever had. He is a healthy boy and a joyful addition to our overwhelmingly blessed family. Continue reading »
About a month ago I got a phone call from a lady in North Carolina. She had stumbled over my blog, and was wondering if I could take photos of her two adopted daughters. She told me that the girls (twins) had had a very rough life prior to their adoption, and she wanted me to capture that in my photos. She had seen the photos I posted of my kids on this website, and liked my no-smiling policy that I occasionally enforce on them.
I don’t know about you, but every time I am asked to take photos of someone, they want me to make them look as happy and joyful as possible. And, if by mistake, I take a snapshot of them not smiling, or catch them off guard, that photo ends up in the “delete-immediately” pile. However, this lady wanted me to do exactly what 99.9% of my clients pay me not to do. Continue reading »
There are two things that make me anxious when I shoot portraits: not being sold on a portrait idea, and worse, not having any idea of what to tell the subjects to do. Sometimes this happens because of my stubbornness, and sometimes because of the lack of preparation on me or my subjects’ part. However, having an idea of what the photos will look like, and being excited about it at the same time, has the same effect on me as large amounts of hot donuts and fresh coffee do. Today’s photo felt like a dozen donuts and a quart of coffee. Continue reading »
One of the most common phrases that you hear from great photographers is that you have to “see the light” or “see the photo in your mind”. With shooting landscapes this is pretty straight forward, but putting together concept photographs that involve people, props, location planning… that takes a whole lot more “seeing”. Continue reading »
Every aspiring photographer dreams of a day when he/she would be able to control every aspect of a photo shoot – choosing the location, deciding on the pose, the number of photos the client gets, the type of light they use, the outfits of the subjects/models, etc.
I, too, used to find myself saying “If I only had this client” or “If I could only put a limit of three photos per session” or “If I only planned the session ahead”, and many more if’s. Until I decided to stop dreaming and actually do everything that I used to consider excuses for not coming up with my best work. And it worked. Continue reading »
