• What: A “Segmented” Photo Shoot

• When: Sunday, May 17, 2026 5:00p-8:15p

• Where: Lakeside Park, starting point the tennis court in the back.

• Who: 10-12 of “The Clarinet Kids”

• How: Sheer will, our audacity, tenacity, and smiling (or not) for the camera. Sincerely, details will follow below.

• From Marching Season, this group and I have generally had a good rapport, and I think some of you would enjoy a photo session based on your enthusiasm for pictures during the season.

• In looking for 10-12 people, the group is a good size to pull from.

• Yep, the Langston connection. Duh-doy.

• While not ground breaking, I am trying a little wrinkle in things for myself. Your experience in marching is a good base to get feedback after the session.

• This is not the only “task” I have set for myself. I am a freelance photographer who, while with 3 children and a wife, does have a lot of latitude in his time. You know who else does? High school students during summer. If interested, there will be other projects.

• There is a spot behind Lakeside Park with a path that runs along the creek. I’ve divided that path into three segments, that I would like to cover with five groups. Those groups and times are as follows:

1. 1 person.  5 PM to 5:35 PM

2. 1 person. 5:45 PM to 6:15 PM

3. 4/5 people. 6:25 PM to 6:55 PM

4. 2/3 people. 7:05 PM to 7:35 PM

5. A couple (this may be the one that contains a person from outside the group. Yes, I want two people that are actively dating. Cuddles and kisses may occur.) 7:45 PM to 8:15 PM

• Normally, it would be a $125 sitting fee, edit the photos, place them in an online gallery, and then you would have the opportunity to purchase images at $10/image or $200 for the entire gallery and download them directly.

• For this, we will be dispensing with the sitting fee, saving you $125, while everything else remains the same.

Somewhere between Summer/Kaleidoscope and Concert black! But with color!

I hope that makes sense. Be comfortable, clean, and follow the general rules below and we’ll see what magic happens.

Clothes

• Check your weather forecast for the day. Be comfortable for those 30 minutes.

• Solids, good, crazy plaids/flowers/prints, bad.

• Clean, pressed if needed.

Shoes

• Comfort first. We will be off pavement traversing light trails at times.

Avoid These:

• Bright neon colors (they reflect light poorly).

• Golf Shirts (you know, the ones with that sheen to it, they reflect light poorly as well).

• Clothes that wrinkle easily.

• Overly tight or oversized pieces that don’t suit your body shape.

• Any hats or head coverings that shade your face.

Miscellaneous

• A great tool to use if you would like to coordinate colors in a multi-person group can be found here: https://www.design-seeds.com/p/search.html‍ ‍Choose a theme or look directly for a particular color and then use the resulting palettes to facilitate wardrobe coordination.

• Style your hair the way you normally love to wear it—just a little more polished.

• Keep hair off your face and out of your eyes.

• Outdoor sessions can be windy, braids, half-braids, and half-up do’s work well.

• I asked my wife, Rachel, owner of Darling Hair Workshop, about the timing of cutting and coloring hair before a shoot and this is straight from her text:

  “A man should always wait a week. even 2 just in case something crazy happens.

  For women, I think it’s just important to have a fresh hairstyle. Clean. Blown out. who cares about color? all i will say is that the camera amplifies and sees all. It will see roots. It will see grey. it will see glue on a wig. It especially sees flyaways. but there isn’t really a standard.”

You do you, boo.

The only thing I ask is that you keep it satin or matte, none of that glossy stuff. Nobody likes blow outs on faces, particularly cheeks and noses.