As Always: Simpler is Usually Better

What's the best way to set up a professional portrait of someone in Toronto? Let's see, jam the CN tower and Rogers Centre in the background and make sure your subject is carrying a hockey stick and drinking maple syrup while sailing off Ward Island. That should about do it, right?

Or you could have a basic look over the shoulder. Sometimes I do some pretty elaborate stuff, but other times you have to know when the essentials are all you need.

Of course if you do want the setup described above I can do that too. Maybe.

Duotone Prints

The image above may look like it's in black and white but if you look really closely you'll see it's actually in subtly different tones of one colour (in this case: yellow).

This is what's known as a duotone print. Not every sort of portrait and background lends itself to this approach, but when they are appropriate they can be spectacular.

This is just one choice to bear in mind if you want a truly memorable and unique heirloom portrait that can be handed down through the family.