{"id":3726,"date":"2026-04-28T06:41:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T06:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adeptcs.net\/sp\/outdoor-portrait-session-in-cambridge-ma-at-harvard-art-museums\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T06:41:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T06:41:14","slug":"outdoor-portrait-session-in-cambridge-ma-at-harvard-art-museums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adeptcs.net\/sp\/outdoor-portrait-session-in-cambridge-ma-at-harvard-art-museums\/","title":{"rendered":"Outdoor Portrait Session in Cambridge MA at Harvard Art Museums"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We needed real pictures of Iris for the new about page. So we made them. An outdoor portrait session in Cambridge MA, 45 minutes outside the Harvard Art Museums on a cold afternoon.<\/p>\n

Iris does not like being photographed. She prefers the work behind the camera, not in front of it. The new site needed updated pictures of her, and stock energy was not going to do it. So I asked her to give me 45 minutes outside the Harvard Art Museums<\/a> in Cambridge. She said yes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Why the Harvard Art Museums<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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I have been coming to this spot since I was a kid. The architecture is clean. The lines are strong. The light moves through the building in a way that does not fight the subject. For an outdoor portrait session in Cambridge, especially one with someone who would rather not be there, you want a setting that does some of the work for you. The museum does.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Shoot<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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It was cold and windy. We worked fast. A few angles on the railing, a couple of posed shots from different spots, and we had what we came for. My portable flash<\/a> filled in where the daylight dropped off. Iris is not someone who poses. She is someone who works. So I shot her the way I would shoot any subject who does not love a camera in their face. Quick, plain, and no fuss. We were done in about 45 minutes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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