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First Shoot, First Look

January 6, 2012
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  Detroit Michigan Comp Card Photographers Mary DuPrie I normally have an order when I shoot comp cards for the day.  Today I wanted to shoot on the east side of the building but unfortunately the sun had already gone around to the south side and there were no cool floor patterns to be had. [...]

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Two Backgrounds In One

January 3, 2012
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Custom Painted Photography Background Workshops Mary DuPrie Morgan wore this outfit in to the studio yesterday.  She booked a two look shoot and this was her full body shot.  My two look shoot is my most popular… a head shot and a simple body shot to show an agency your figure and how you wear [...]

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Sitting Versus Standing

September 8, 2011
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Best Detroit Executive Portrait Photographers Mary DuPrie I just can’t quite figure out how to have a client sit comfortably for an executive image quickly and efficiently.  I just bought a great new photography posing stool recommended to me by Dave Roberts Photography… Best Senior Photographer in Oakland County!  I’ve been told by another photographer [...]

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Custom Painted Photography Background Workshop… long overdue

September 5, 2011
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Custom Painted Photography Workshops by Mary DuPrie So it looks like I’m too busy to post… not true.  Just lazy and making excuses.  I’m as busy as I want to be.  I can find great excuses and crummy excuses, they’re easy to come up with.  It seems others let me off the hook and when [...]

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Can I Get My Hair Wet

June 28, 2011
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Detroit Michigan Boudoir Photographers Mary DuPrie Allison was in town recently and shot me an email she had a couple of days open on her calendar.   She flys in from LA to do TV spots for the Detroit Tigers.  She is originally from Detroit and was working in LA when someone on a job [...]

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Love My New Profoto D1Airs

June 24, 2011
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Best Detroit Photographers Mary DuPrie Lots of new stuff going on at the studio.  One of the biggest changes is my lighting.  I bought two Profoto 500w d1air kits.  The airs have the remote built right in.  No more sync cords or pocket wizards.  I love them… would love to have a third kit!  I [...]

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Adapt, Change & Grow

May 16, 2011
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Detroit Michigan Business Headshot Photographers Mary DuPrie I shoot what I like and fortunately the public likes my taste.  I predict lifestyle type portraits for business professionals will become more and more popular.  The mug shot type approach is waning.  Longer portraits with out of focus indistinguishable backgrounds are becoming more and more acceptable. I [...]

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Foreground Sparkle

February 3, 2011

Michigan Comp Card Photographers Mary DuPrie I haven’t shot anything lately that I would use my new Knoll Lighting Factory effect on, so I went digging and found this shot of Allison.  I thought the image could use a bit of pop.  The background already had a bit of sparkle, I just wanted to add [...]

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