Audrey Woulard

To get super sharp photos, I use techniques like watching my distance in relation to the subject, keeping my elbows tucked in and close to my sides, anchoring one elbow on my thigh when kneeling down, keeping my shutter speed as high as the light will allow me to, and using high-speed sync with strobes.
 
Transcript: "How do I get super sharp photos? So, that's a really good question. Because I'm someone who really craves super sharp photos, especially considering the fact that I am usually photographing with really, really wide apertures, almost 99.99% of the time, and I'm talking like an F1.6. So, I'll just talk about it from my perspective. I really kind of work on my technique, watching my distance in relation to the subject. I'm also making sure, I wish I can demonstrate, but, you know, on the phone. I try to make sure that my elbows are not like, like chicken wings, like they're not flapping all over the place. I keep them nice and tucked to my sides. And if I'm kneeling down, I always will take like an elbow and kind of like anchor it on, you know, like my thigh, and just keep things really, really nice and tight. I don't use tripods in any way, just because that's just not my style to do. So, doing that, also making sure I keep my shutter speed pretty high, as high as the light will allow me to, you know, to use. So, I'm not one that's gonna, you know, use really, really slow shutter speeds. I crank them really, really high, regardless if I'm using ambient light or strobe. If I'm using a strobe, then I would utilize high speed sync. So, those things combined are some of my techniques that keep my images nice and super sharp. So, hope that helps."
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I don't have a preference for shooting interiors or exteriors; it depends on the client's needs.
 
Transcript: "Do you prefer shooting interiors or exteriors? Honestly, I don't have a preference. You see me outside a lot, and that's mostly due to client preferences and what they want, but I honestly can do both. I am gonna be doing, actually today, getting ready to go to a shoot, and I'm gonna be doing both. So it really doesn't matter to me. I can find some sort of inspiration anywhere, just depending on the light that I'm in. I find indoors will give me some really good qualities of light because it's more controlled, it's more direct. Outside, you kind of have to create the, I guess, look that you want. So it's just different challenges, but quite honestly, I like both. And where I'm at is usually dictated by the client. So I hope that helps."

No, you don't need to use Photoshop to edit your photos. There are many different programs available and it's up to you to decide which one is best for your learning curve and what you want to do with your images.
 
Transcript: "Do I need to use Photoshop to edit my photos? Well, no, you actually don't. There are so many, if you're going to edit your pictures, there are lots of choices on the market. You could use Lightroom, some people use Capture One. There's so many different programs. It's really up to you and your learning curve, what you really want to do and what's easier for you. You don't even have to edit your images at all. I do use Nikon and you can do things inside of the camera to do a little bit of editing, and then you're done. It's your call. There's really no right or wrong. If you want to use it, you can. If you don't, you don't. It's really up to you and that's the beauty of being a photographer and creating art. You get to dictate what you want to do. Hope that helps."

As a portrait photographer, I use clean lines and light to frame my subject in order to create a sense of balance and harmony in my photographs. I also take into account the environment around my subject, such as other people, cars, rocks, buildings, etc., to help create the perfect composition.
 
Transcript: "So the question is, how do you use composition Framing and perspective to create a sense of balance and Harmony in your photographs? Now, that is a really good question and I believe that you will just have a run of the gamut with all the answers that you'll get. So, for my own perspective, although I take pictures, I'm a portrait photographer. So I'm taking pictures of people, but the environment plays a massive role in almost every image that I capture because I'm usually out outside in their own environment. So I'm someone who likes to use clean lines and whatnot in order to frame my subject. So, I'm constantly looking around my subject and where I'm going to take the picture and figure out how to make those lines. Very clean leading. And all of that, I also use light in order to frame. So I might find different splashes of light, that's in the location and the background and frame that using the rule of thirds with, in my image. So, So I my balance and everything has so much to do with the background and it's not so much where the subject is placed. So again looking at where everything is around my subject, light other people in the background cars rocks buildings. It plays such a big role so that It All Leads directly to the person that I'm taking a picture of"