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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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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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Mother And Daughter

March 23, 2011
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Metro Detroit Michigan Headshot Photographers Mary DuPrie I had my headshot special this past weekend and Carol booked a session for Sunday.  Lorena who I’ve shot several times over the years passed along the info to her Mom Carol and said she was going to come with her. Michigan Makeup Artist Tammy transformed Carol in [...]

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Did I Forget Something?

November 21, 2010
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Model Photography Workshops by Mary DuPrie Hummm… oppps, do I have black underwear on?  Well, yes you do Karolina.  The devil is in the detail.  A nude thong would of been “ohh la la” so much better.  Live and learn folks.  It never ever ends… as in ever. My workshops for 2010 are sadly over.  [...]

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You’ll Love Pie Charts!

October 10, 2010

Detroit Michigan People Photography by Mary DuPrie So I totally got carried away on Skype tonight with Aurora V and missed my class reunion.  I didn’t remember until 11:30pm.   We both can gab.  First we start off typing with one another and then one of us figures out why don’t we just call!?  Dahh, [...]

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Wear This Ugly Jacket

September 29, 2010
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Detroit Michigan Modeling Photographers Mary DuPrie I’m not much of an artsy fartsy photographer but Andi has such a great editorial face.  I hand Andi this atrocious jacket to wear and say “don’t worry, it shoots great”.    It’s so ugly and matronly in person it’s actually funny.  It’s kind of a mother of the [...]

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Mistakes Are In Fashion

September 25, 2010
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Michigan Model Portfolio Photographers Mary DuPrie With all the shooting at my workshops I forget how much work my lights have to do.  I blew the capacitor on my Elinchrom 1200ws mono light for the second time… boo hoo  I’ve had it repaired in the past and I believe it was around $250.  I blew [...]

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Reconstructing The Shot

September 14, 2010
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Oakland County MI Portfolio Photographers Mary DuPrie I always tell myself to take behind the scenes pics, but unfortunately, the shoots been long over.  Even if just for myself.  Sometimes I look back at some of my images… hummm, I wonder how I shot that.  It’s just not in my work flow. I tend to [...]

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