{"id":3919,"date":"2020-11-06T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonday.com\/news\/?p=3919"},"modified":"2020-11-07T17:51:32","modified_gmt":"2020-11-07T17:51:32","slug":"portrait-photography-at-torquay-marina-and-rock-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonday.com\/news\/portrait-photography-at-torquay-marina-and-rock-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"Portrait photography at Torquay Marina and Rock Walk."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After a couple of wonderful Halloween portrait sessions, it was time to get back to normal and photograph some portraits for a model. The locations were Princess pier and Rock walk in Torquay&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>I had the opportunity to photograph a very talented model called <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/purpleport.com\/portfolio\/paigeamelia25\/\" target=\"_blank\">Paige Amelia<\/a>.  We both wanted to go with an autumnal feel to the shoot. I also wanted a wide-angle portrait on some steps that light up blue at night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are a few examples of the shots taken at the session&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"grid-gallery-11-56058\" data-gg-id=\"11\" data-title=\"Paige Shoot\" data-grid-type=\"2\" data-offset=\"5.3\" data-area-position=\"center\" data-icons=\"\" data-preloader=\"true\" data-width=\"auto\" data-height=\"215\" data-padding=\"0\" data-quicksand=\"disabled\" data-quicksand-duration=\"none\" data-popup-theme=\"theme_6\" data-popup-type=\"pretty-photo\" data-popup-image-text=\"data-description\" data-popup-widthsize=\"auto\" data-popup-heightsize=\"auto\" data-popup-i18n-words=\"{&quot;close&quot;:&quot;close&quot;,&quot;next&quot;:&quot;next&quot;,&quot;previous&quot;:&quot;previous&quot;,&quot;start_slideshow&quot;:&quot;start slideshow&quot;,&quot;stop_slideshow&quot;:&quot;stop slideshow&quot;,&quot;image&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;of&quot;:&quot;of&quot;,&quot;prev&quot;:&quot;prev&quot;,&quot;cExpand&quot;:&quot;Expand&quot;,&quot;cPrevious&quot;:&quot;Previous&quot;,&quot;cNext&quot;:&quot;Next&quot;,&quot;cExpandStr&quot;:&quot;Expand the image&quot;,&quot;cRotate&quot;:&quot;Rotate&quot;,&quot;cDetails&quot;:&quot;Details&quot;}\" data-popup-slideshow=\"false\" data-popup-slideshow-speed=\"2500\" data-popup-hoverstop=\"true\" data-popup-slideshow-auto=\"false\" data-popup-background=\"\" data-popup-transparency=\"30\" data-popup-disable-history=\"\" data-popup-disable-changed-url=\"\" data-popup-border-type=\"solid\" data-popup-border-color=\"\" data-popup-border-width=\"\" data-popup-border-enable=\"\" data-fullscreen=\"false\" data-hide-tooltip=\"false\" data-caption-font-family=\"Default\" data-caption-text-size=\"140\" data-is-mobile=\"0\" data-caption-mobile=\"false\" data-hide-long-tltp-title=\"0\" data-caption-disabled-on-mobile=\"false\" data-popup-placement-type=\"0\" data-social-sharing=\"{&quot;enabled&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;gallerySharing&quot;:{&quot;enabled&quot;:null,&quot;position&quot;:null},&quot;imageSharing&quot;:{&quot;enabled&quot;:null,&quot;wrapperClass&quot;:&quot; 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width:auto;\" \/><\/div><FIGCAPTION class=\"\" data-alpha=\"5\" style=\"color:#ffffff; background-color:#0c0000; font-size:140; text-align:left; font-family:Default;\" ><div class=\"grid-gallery-figcaption-wrap\" style=\"\"><\/div><\/FIGCAPTION><\/FIGURE><FIGURE class=\"grid-gallery-caption\" data-grid-gallery-type=\"quarter-two-step\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"display:none;border-radius:200;; margin:2.65px; height:2150; width:auto;\" ><div class=\"crop\" style=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/simonday.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Portrait-2-143x215.jpg\" class=\"ggImg ggNotInitImg\" alt=\"Model sat down at Princess Pier in Torquay.\" title=\"Portrait-2\" data-description=\"Portrait-2\" data-caption=\"Portrait-2\" data-title=\"Portrait-2\" style=\" height:215px; width:auto;\" \/><\/div><FIGCAPTION class=\"\" data-alpha=\"5\" style=\"color:#ffffff; background-color:#0c0000; font-size:140; text-align:left; font-family:Default;\" ><div class=\"grid-gallery-figcaption-wrap\" style=\"\"><\/div><\/FIGCAPTION><\/FIGURE><FIGURE class=\"grid-gallery-caption\" data-grid-gallery-type=\"quarter-two-step\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"display:none;border-radius:200;; margin:2.65px; height:2150; width:auto;\" ><div class=\"crop\" style=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/simonday.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Portrait-3-143x215.jpg\" class=\"ggImg ggNotInitImg\" alt=\"Model photography on bench at Princess Pier in Torquay.\" title=\"Portrait-3\" data-description=\"Portrait-3\" data-caption=\"Portrait-3\" data-title=\"Portrait-3\" style=\" height:215px; width:auto;\" \/><\/div><FIGCAPTION class=\"\" data-alpha=\"5\" style=\"color:#ffffff; background-color:#0c0000; font-size:140; text-align:left; font-family:Default;\" ><div class=\"grid-gallery-figcaption-wrap\" style=\"\"><\/div><\/FIGCAPTION><\/FIGURE><FIGURE class=\"grid-gallery-caption\" data-grid-gallery-type=\"quarter-two-step\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"display:none;border-radius:200;; margin:2.65px; height:2150; width:auto;\" ><div class=\"crop\" style=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/simonday.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Portrait-4-172x215.jpg\" class=\"ggImg ggNotInitImg\" alt=\"Model sitting down at Princess Pier in Torquay.\" title=\"Portrait-4\" data-description=\"Portrait-4\" data-caption=\"Portrait-4\" data-title=\"Portrait-4\" style=\" height:215px; width:auto;\" \/><\/div><FIGCAPTION class=\"\" data-alpha=\"5\" style=\"color:#ffffff; background-color:#0c0000; font-size:140; text-align:left; font-family:Default;\" ><div class=\"grid-gallery-figcaption-wrap\" style=\"\"><\/div><\/FIGCAPTION><\/FIGURE><FIGURE class=\"grid-gallery-caption\" data-grid-gallery-type=\"quarter-two-step\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"display:none;border-radius:200;; margin:2.65px; height:2150; width:auto;\" ><div class=\"crop\" style=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/simonday.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Portrait-5-143x215.jpg\" class=\"ggImg ggNotInitImg\" alt=\"Model walking up ramp at Princess Pier in Torquay.\" title=\"Portrait-5\" data-description=\"Portrait-5\" data-caption=\"Portrait-5\" data-title=\"Portrait-5\" style=\" height:215px; width:auto;\" \/><\/div><FIGCAPTION class=\"\" data-alpha=\"5\" style=\"color:#ffffff; background-color:#0c0000; font-size:140; text-align:left; font-family:Default;\" ><div class=\"grid-gallery-figcaption-wrap\" style=\"\"><\/div><\/FIGCAPTION><\/FIGURE><FIGURE class=\"grid-gallery-caption\" data-grid-gallery-type=\"quarter-two-step\" data-index=\"5\" style=\"display:none;border-radius:200;; margin:2.65px; height:2150; width:auto;\" ><div class=\"crop\" style=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/simonday.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Portrait-6-172x215.jpg\" class=\"ggImg ggNotInitImg\" alt=\"Model photography on railing at Princess Pier in Torquay.\" title=\"\" data-description=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-title=\"\" style=\" height:215px; width:auto;\" \/><\/div><FIGCAPTION class=\"\" data-alpha=\"5\" style=\"color:#ffffff; background-color:#0c0000; font-size:140; text-align:left; font-family:Default;\" ><div class=\"grid-gallery-figcaption-wrap\" style=\"\"><\/div><\/FIGCAPTION><\/FIGURE><FIGURE class=\"grid-gallery-caption\" data-grid-gallery-type=\"quarter-two-step\" data-index=\"6\" style=\"display:none;border-radius:200;; margin:2.65px; height:2150; width:auto;\" ><div class=\"crop\" style=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/simonday.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Portrait-7-143x215.jpg\" class=\"ggImg ggNotInitImg\" alt=\"Model portrait photography at Rock Walk in Torquay.\" title=\"Portrait-7\" data-description=\"Portrait-7\" data-caption=\"Portrait-7\" data-title=\"Portrait-7\" style=\" height:215px; width:auto;\" \/><\/div><FIGCAPTION class=\"\" data-alpha=\"5\" style=\"color:#ffffff; background-color:#0c0000; font-size:140; text-align:left; font-family:Default;\" ><div class=\"grid-gallery-figcaption-wrap\" style=\"\"><\/div><\/FIGCAPTION><\/FIGURE><FIGURE class=\"grid-gallery-caption\" data-grid-gallery-type=\"quarter-two-step\" data-index=\"7\" style=\"display:none;border-radius:200;; margin:2.65px; height:2150; width:auto;\" ><div class=\"crop\" style=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/simonday.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Portrait-8-269x215.jpg\" class=\"ggImg ggNotInitImg\" alt=\"Model portrait photography at Rock Walk in Torquay.\" title=\"Model posing on blue steps\" data-description=\"Model posing on blue steps\" data-caption=\"Model posing on blue steps\" data-title=\"Model posing on blue steps\" style=\" height:215px; width:auto;\" \/><\/div><FIGCAPTION class=\"\" data-alpha=\"5\" style=\"color:#ffffff; background-color:#0c0000; font-size:140; text-align:left; font-family:Default;\" ><div class=\"grid-gallery-figcaption-wrap\" style=\"\"><\/div><\/FIGCAPTION><\/FIGURE> <div class=\"grid-gallery-clearfix\"><\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"gallery-sharing-bottom\" style=\"display:none;\"> <\/div> <div class=\"gallery-sharing-image\" style=\"display:none;\"> <\/div> <div class=\"gallery-sharing-popup\" style=\"display:none;\"> <\/div> <div class=\"grid-gallery-clearfix\"><\/div> <\/div> <!-- Gallery by Supsystic plugin1.15.33 --><a title=\"WordPress Gallery Plugin\" style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/supsystic.com\/plugins\/photo-gallery\/?utm_medium=love_link\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress Gallery Plugin<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>Because of half term, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/piers.org.uk\/pier\/torquay-princess-pier\/\" target=\"_blank\">Princess pier in Torquay<\/a> was very busy but it was the location I wanted to use for some ideas I had. Paige was amazing and with almost no prompting knew exactly what I wanted from each pose. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I used a wide-open aperture for the most part because of the number of people around us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I knew beforehand which outfit Paige would be wearing.  I knew the blue lights on the steps at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.enjoytorbay.co.uk\/parks\/royal-terrace-gardens\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rock Walk<\/a> (a.k.a. the Royal Terrace Gardens)  would really compliment the outfit choice. I wanted to elongate her leg and fill the photo with the scene as well,  so for the Rock walk shots, I went with a 20mm F1.8 lens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a BTS (Behind the scenes) photo of my set-up&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/simonday.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BTS.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simonday.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BTS.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/simonday.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BTS-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/simonday.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BTS-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I have been at the location quite a lot. Never have I seen so many people wanting to use these steps. In the half an hour we were there at least 3 dozen people wanted to go up. It was worth the pausing to get the shots \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like your own <a href=\"https:\/\/simonday.com\/portrait-photography.html\">portrait photography photoshoot<\/a>, please get in touch! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a couple of wonderful Halloween portrait sessions, it was time to get back to normal and photograph some portraits for a model. 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