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Commercial Photography – How Seattle Businesses Can Benefit
There are a lot of different ways that you can market your brand, but images more than text always gets the lion’s share of attention and not only by Seattle online shoppers. Of course, it’s much more than stock photos and good niche graphics on your website that people want to see– they want to…
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Why Do Portraits Matter?
I’ve been thinking of my clients, friends, and others in my network over the past 6 weeks, and wishing you love and good health. I know everyone is experiencing their own unique storm under the clouds of COVID-19. My storm has required me to retreat and take cover for a while. During this time of…
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Environmental vs Studio Portraits by Pro Seattle Photographer
For the skilled Seattle photographer, the old debate between left- and right-brained expression play a few cards on this table. Let’s get one thing straight: Expressive and creative-minded portraiture doesn’t equate with a lack of professionalism. We don’t live in cubicles; a sterile backdrop with flickering, buzzing fluorescent tube lights doesn’t literally follow us home.…
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Be One of Twenty Seattle Families Taking Part in the Family Portrait GENERATIONS PROJECT by Seattle Photographer Lara Grauer
Celebrate connection through the ages with this Artist’s Project from Lara Grauer Photography. A new decade has arrived. This is your chance to reflect on the last 20 years and the emergence of a new generation. Help me celebrate legacy and our connections to the past and the future. Throughout 2020, I’ll be creating beautifully…
Seattle Photographer Lara Grauer Presents The February Headshot Mini Marathon
Pro Headshot Photographer and Seattle’s destination for exceptional Portrait Photography – Lara Grauer Photography, invites you to kick your personal image up a notch with her February Headshot Mini Marathon. We are rolling through the new year and it’s the perfect time for you to make good on your new year’s resolution to spruce up…
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Learn the basics of professional photography by Seattle Photographer Lara Grauer
Join professional Seattle photographer Lara Grauer, as she teaches a class about basic camera usage, orientation, how to control exposure and the look of your photos. Limited seats. Normal price $99. Holiday special: Get your ticket by donating $50 or more, to Ahmie’s Hope Guild, a Seattle children’s cancer foundation (confirm you’ve donated and reserve…
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Seattle Portrait Photography & Pro Headshot Photographer Lara Grauer: How Photography Enhances Your Business
There’s a reason every prominent entrepreneur has a photo somewhere to represent them. You’ve probably come to notice by now that most books — fact or fiction — include a photo of the author in one of the flaps or on the back cover. Music albums usually feature the artist somewhere, real estate agents love…
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Portrait Makeup For Men
Yes, you read that right! Makeup is for men too! Do you know all the movie stars, models, and news anchors wear it? It’s not for vanity’s sake – it improves the production value! Male or female matters not. When you want to be camera-ready, professional hair and makeup styling is an essential step to…
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Australian Shepherd Portrait Session
Hey all, it’s Art here with a behind-the-scenes video of a recent photo shoot with Brooke & Bently, two wonderful Australian Shepherd dogs. This was an on-location photo session at Pine Ridge Park in Edmonds, Washington, just a few towns to the North of Seattle. The session was in the morning on May 25th, 2018.…
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Scouting Photo Shoot Locations – Pine Ridge Park, Edmonds, WA
It was a downright balmy 70 degrees and sunny here in Seattle today, a perfect day for us to get out of the studio to scout a location for an upcoming photo shoot at Pine Ridge Park in Edmonds, Washington. We’ve been in the area for almost eleven years and never knew about this very…
