Our Portrait Powder Sessions have a season in Florida, where we conduct them outside during the months of late November to Late May. It’s the drier months in the state, along with cooler weather when we’re outside. The Tampa Bay weather at times is tricky, so we plan accordingly. Tap Room Podcast Notes - Click Here

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Tap Room Podcast 37: Powder Sessions our 2021/2022 Season

We wanted to look for ways to make an Enhanced Metallic Portrait for the Holidays and we couldn’t find an exact supply we liked. Being the always creative crew we are, the challenge was to create our own coloring to meet the color blend and shine we’re looking for. What we did was in the end, create a Christmas Metallic Color scheme that makes for a fun Holiday Photo Session. Tap Room Podcast Notes - Click Here

Tap Room Podcast 36: Christmas Metallic Portraits

It’s September and if you haven’t thought about it, the time to plan for your Holiday photoshoot is “NOW” Last weeks podcast went over Halloween and we like to blend both Holidays at times, but some might cringe at the thought of Christmas planning. Especially with it being still Hurricane season in Tampa Bay. I’ve already been approached in August about family holiday Christmas cards and the closer we get to the end of October the crazier things get. TaylorArtPhotos - Podcast Notes

Tap Room Podcast 35: Creepy Christmas or Planning your Tampa Holiday Session

Halloween season is nearly upon and this time of year is a lot of fun for photographers who like to venture into the creative editing realm of their craft. But how do you plan for it? Well…. we put together a quick list on how to plan for it. First item would be to find a photographer who does cosplay or creates graphics for that realm. Search Facebook/Google (City/Town) for cosplay photographer. My personal search would be “Tampa Cosplay Photographer” or “Tampa Halloween Photographer” Don’t wait to long to find your photographer, the closer the time gets to the Holidays the harder it is to secure what you want. Continued at Taylor Art Photos

Tap Room Podcast 34: How to Plan for you Halloween Photo Session

 We’ve been asked, “What’s the difference between pin up photography and boudoir?”  WHAT IS BOUDOIR PHOTOGRAPHY? When looking at boudoir portraits they’re a bit more “risque” in nature, and usually kept a bit more private. Boudoir allows you to show your sultry, sexy side, showcasing intimacy usually with a little bit of class. What we’ve discovered over the years is that an alternative side which is more bold pops out from the individual and giving the client a confidence booster in the process. With boudoir photos everything is tailored to your own comfort level. PIN UP PHOTOGRAPHY HISTORY Dating back to the 1900’s, pin up style was meant to be fun and a bit flirtacious. Pin ups are intended for informal display, they are meant to be “pinned up” on walls and be admired. GI’s kept them on hand when overseas, especially during WWII which the government used to boost morale of the service men at war. The pin up photography was meant to show the armed forces that the girls waiting for them were worth fighting for. These photos were found inside barracks, hung up in submarines and tucked into soldiers’ pockets. Eventually the images left the bunkers and entered into day to day advertising in the 50’s. Link to Show Notes 

Tap Room Podcast 33: Pin-Up Sessions

 When’s the best time to book your photosession? Answer: Once you have an event date, whether it’s bodybuilding or another desired event. Right away.   The answer seems dire, but you’d be surprised how often I get a call, text or email that they want a session and what are my openings currently. It literally happened last week. A popular/solid photographer will be booked months in advance and if you want to ensure you get what you want… book sooner vs. an opening. As I type this, I have a solid list of bookings into October of this year and it’s early April currently. Link to Show Notes 

Tap Room Podcast 32: When To Book Your Session?

One questions I’m asked frequently is why did I start TAP? The answer itself is varied but can be summed up quite easily - I wanted nice bodybuilding pictures after seeing awful images. I did photography dating back to my college years (storm chasing) kept it on the low profile for a long time but as more creative ways to doing images appeared it created a desire to get back into the swing of things. That’s the easiest of answers, but ultimately went a lot deeper. Link to Page Info 

Tap Room Podcast 31: Why did I start Taylor Art Photos

At times you might come across a chat room or message board and the phrase TFP comes up. You may question the meaning, shrug it off or just ignore it. If you do a generic search for TFP, you’ll most likely come up with Total Factory Productivity (the ratio of aggregate output (e.g., GDP) to aggregate inputs) More then likely, this isn’t the message board you’re in so time to dig a bit deeper. The traditional term for TFP in photography circles is “Trade for Print” however it also has been used in Trade for Photos or several other acronyms with similar meanings. For this, a team which usually is a photographer and a model (or models) work together on a photography project. Everyone works for free, but they all receive the images to use in their portfolios. At times, this does include Hair stylists, makeup artists but would depend on the project. Link to Podcast Notes: Here 

Tap Room Podcast 30: Difference between a TFP and Hiring a Photographer

There isn’t a week where I’m not approached by a company or person wanting to take over my edits post photo session. You may or may not have seen this out there (maybe not if you’re not a photographer) but it’s good to know where your images go post “click”. A lot of photography studios are one man/woman operations and if they aren’t in the field/studio working they aren’t getting paid. Sitting at a desk costs money for some - there really isn’t an easy way of breaking down this further. (Link to Full Article) 

Tap Room Podcast 29: We don't outsource editing or photographers

We've been busy with sessions and we're re-starting the podcasts after a little of time off.

Tap Room Podcast 28: Starting Back Up

 Always looking to work and experiment with new mediums, we started working on our latest project - Metallic Paint Sessions. Working with a model, it was a unique experiment in setting up but working on a project for the first time the experience was trial and error. Our model showed up and through our communications it was also his first go at this type of project so it was the blind leading the blind to kick this off. 

Tap Room Podcast 27: Metallic Paint Sessions

Taylor Art Photos is always working on creative and fun new photo concepts to share with our clients. The Pin-Up Portraits have been all the rage this season and we love how well this art technique works for different costume ensembles and styles. From recreating 1950s ads to retro looks, and boudoir to kittenish costumes, it’s the art technique we’ve honed using our experience and our clients’ unique demeanors that make every shoot a fun and exclusive success.   

Tap Room Podcast 25: Planning your pin-up session

When prepping for a shoot, I still get anxious and nervous before taking a picture of someone i never met before. So it’s understandable people get anxious before having their pictures taken. This is still true when I try a new concept out and almost always I’m just excited to see what images will appear after we start. I can attest the longer I work in photography, the less anxious I get but I still get excited before each session. I do understand for most of my clients, a photo session isn’t a regular occurrence so if you can’t combat nerves by doing this over and over again, what can you do?

Tap Room Podcast 25: 5 Tips to Help Relax Before A Photoshoot

During 2020, we decided to try something a bit new and create a Graphic Novel that utilized all composite imagery. We learned a lot through the project and have already started on Volume II of Lucy the Devil. What we also started working on was a specialized photo session that puts you in a picture Graphic Novel.

Tap Room Podcast 24: Graphic Novel Sessions

Creativity can start at any time and a lot of times it starts with a slight movement or quick thought that might be part of an intuition. The ideas can come from anywhere and what I find is the client sometimes doesn’t move forward with the thought or suggestion as they feel it might not be appropriate. From the photographers perspective, please don’t hold back.

Tap Room Podcast 23: Inspiration During a Photo Session

Photographer Kevin Taylor covers photography questions, news, processes to assist the novice or pro in uncovering processes to create a better photo or learn new technique.

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