Marion Phillips, Faces of Friends (Portrait (ATEP 2017))

The worst people to practice portrait photography with are friends or family - they will not sit patiently while you fiddle with camera settings, lighting, reflectors, props, or wait for Mother Nature to be kind with clouds, rain or sunshine. But they are always around you, so seize the moment to be creative and quirky or just document a happy occasion as life can sometimes be too short.

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