The Tanager Blog

Looky what arrived on our front porch yesterday: the white seamless and support stand. Little more than an aluminum stand and a roll of white paper, this thing will open up so much creativity for me with portraits.

Of course, it encourages a bit of narcissism at first. “What do I look like with my gas-station aviators and a green shirt?” “What does my eyeball look like with half my face cropped off the shot?”

“Oh, that’s what it looks like. COOOOOOOOOOOOL.”

The above right work is entitled “Portrait of My Freakish Spock Ear.” Feel free to open in a new window and marvel at the grotesque, elfish point it makes.

So here are some ideas on how we can use this backdrop:

1. We plan to set this up at weddings as a professional photo booth during the reception. Sign up, we’ll take a few shots, and afterward you can order prints from us.

2. We’re thinking of taking this to special events — like heritage festivals, etc. — and do the same thing. This would have been awesome on the streets of Denver this week: “show us your Obama duds” or “show us your NObama duds.” (yes, we work across party lines)

3. Straight up portraits — engagement portraits, baby portraits, family portraits, senior pictures, individual portraits (they make great birthday gifts), Christmas card portraits, etc.

4. Silo stock photography

5. Product photography… Hailey will use this a bunch for HeyDay Creative.

So we’ve got a litany of things to do with it. Hopefully it will pay for itself in short order, but more importantly it’s fun as hell.

More white seamless action to come in the future. Most likely friends to start off: my best friend Matt, who is a fencer, would look bad ass in his gear with this. Maybe I could promote fencer portraits of his athletes through his fencing club. Hmmmm. Make that No. 6 on the list of opportunities.