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NIKON D6

Aperture 63/10 ISO 100 Shutter 1/125 Focal Length 850/10

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Behind The Lens

Location

The photograph was taken at the studio where I am the resident photographer, in Nottingham, England.

Time

The shot was taken during the evening, as part of a social get together and networking event.

Lighting

The lighting was turned down a notch as I didn't want to lose much detail in the tones and shadows, and I used a two-light setup to light his face fairly evenly.

Equipment

Shot on my Nikon D6 with Sigma 85 mm Art f//1.4, handheld, with studio strobe lights.

Inspiration

I wanted to capture Will's facial features including his stubble and eye makeup, nose ring and chain, without any one element dominating the image. Will is a male nurse with a deep interest in mental health issues, and his face can convey many emotions and states; this was quite an interesting look because of the lack of movement or emotion. Just looking up...

Editing

I cropped the image a little as the negative space around the upper arms unbalanced the image. I converted to mono as I prever mono for 'moody' portraits, and increased the clarity and lightened the shadows a little.

In my camera bag

If shooting portraits, I have two bodies, D6 and D810. I will usually have 2 Sigma Art lenses (50 and 85 mm f/1.4s), Nikon 24-70 f2.8 or Nikon 24-120 f/4, and a Nikon 80-300. I will have some Yongnuo flashguns with triggers and recevers if not shooting in the studio, with spare memory cards, spare camera batteries and batteries for the speedlites, cleaning tools, mini towel and microfibre cloth, spare lens and camera body caps, dual camera sling, monopod. And a bottle of water and some painkillers.

Feedback

Practice your portraiture in a studio where you can control the lighting, once you have learned how to control and manipulate the lighting in a studio, you will be better equipped to deal with the vagaries of ever-changing light conditions on location! Have an idea of what you want to capture, look at similar photographs and work out how the photographer lit the shot, look at the highlights and lowlights and the shadows to work out how many light sources were used and where they were positioned, then emulate it. Once you can emulate, experiment by changing the setup / power of the lights / using grids or barndoors, gels or filters.

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