{"id":8929,"date":"2017-05-30T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T12:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/?p=8929"},"modified":"2017-06-26T09:47:13","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T13:47:13","slug":"portraits-of-an-opera-singer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/portraits-of-an-opera-singer\/","title":{"rendered":"Portraits of an Opera Singer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Opera singer Claire McCahan returned to her hometown of Plymouth, NH, from Boulder, Colorado. \u00a0She had scheduled \u00a0her portrait session during her visit, and we began our planning long distance.\u00a0 We had decided that we would\u00a0create a body of work that would include headshots for her website, portraits she can use in programs, and portraits that will be classics one hundred years from now. \u00a0Some of the portraits needed to convey the fact that Claire is a mezzo-soprano, meaning that she often plays traditionally men&#8217;s roles. \u00a0In other portraits, I wanted to show Claire&#8217;s calm strength. \u00a0In others, my goal was to convey her energy as a singer without actually having her sing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Claire - Hair &amp; Makeup_0001.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Claire-Hair-Makeup_0001.jpg\" alt=\"Claire - Hair &amp; Makeup_0001.jpg\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Portrait of Claire in Beaded Gown_0006.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Portrait-of-Claire-in-Beaded-Gown_0006.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Claire in Beaded Gown_0006.jpg\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Claire in white shirt_0003.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Claire-in-white-shirt_0003.jpg\" alt=\"Claire in white shirt_0003.jpg\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Claire - Behind the Scenes &amp; Portrait in Jumpsuit_0002.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Claire-Behind-the-Scenes-Portrait-in-Jumpsuit_0002.jpg\" alt=\"Claire - Behind the Scenes &amp; Portrait in Jumpsuit_0002.jpg\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Portraits of an Opera Singer_0004.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Portraits-of-an-Opera-Singer_0004.jpg\" alt=\"Portraits of an Opera Singer_0004.jpg\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Portrait of Claire in Beaded Gown - Reclining_0007.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Portrait-of-Claire-in-Beaded-Gown-Reclining_0007.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Claire in Beaded Gown - Reclining_0007.jpg\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Claire in Red Dress and Claire in Jumpsuit_0008.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Claire-in-Red-Dress-and-Claire-in-Jumpsuit_0008.jpg\" alt=\"Claire in Red Dress and Claire in Jumpsuit_0008.jpg\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8979 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Claire-M-83-WEB-480x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Claire-M-83-WEB-480x720.jpg 480w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Claire-M-83-WEB-80x120.jpg 80w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Claire-M-83-WEB-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Claire-M-83-WEB-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Claire-M-83-WEB-67x100.jpg 67w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Claire-M-83-WEB.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hair &amp; Makeup: Ashley Conn<\/p>\n<p>Assistant: Mary Hunter<\/p>\n<p>Vintage Art Deco Necklace &amp; Diamond Earrings: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wolfsonjewelers.com\">Wolfson Jewelers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opera singer Claire McCahan returned to her hometown of Plymouth, NH, from Boulder, Colorado. \u00a0She had scheduled \u00a0her portrait session during her visit, and we began our planning long distance.\u00a0 We had decided that we would\u00a0create a body of work that would include headshots for her website, portraits she can use in programs, and portraits<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"excerpt-more blog-excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/portraits-of-an-opera-singer\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8944,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[20,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headshots","category-portraits"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8929"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8929\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8980,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8929\/revisions\/8980"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}