Chris Marquardt will bring his “Tips from the Top Floor” workshop to Portland, ME in from August 28-31. This is a four day workshop on Studio and Portrait photography.

My first portrait photo session was of my sister and her fiancé for their wedding announcements.

“Say cheese!” isn’t just cliché, it’s often an annoucement of surrender from the camera-holder. The chance to capture a personal portrait has been squandered by asking everyone to act unnaturally and just smile (invariably while blinking).