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Location
This photo was taken at my home in Vassar, Michigan.Time
This was taken approximately 1:30 in the afternoon.Lighting
The lighting was exclusively from a window.Equipment
This was taken with my Canon 80D with my 50mm f/1.8 lens set at f/1.8, ISO400, and shutter speed of 1/60s.Inspiration
I was experimenting with self portraits, and I wanted to capture my beard & moustache in a playful way.Editing
Yes, I used Luminar 3 to convert to black and white, and did some additional work with the tone curves and saturations to achieve the B&W look I was after.In my camera bag
I typically carry my Canon 80D with five lenses (Canon 50mm f/1.8, 10-18mm wide angle zoom, 18-55mm zoom, and 55-250mm zoom, and Tokina 100mm macro prime lens). I also have my Haida M10 pro filter holder with a 10-stop ND and 3-stop GND filter and circular polarizer. Of course, I always have my standard accessories like spare batteries, lens hoods, memory cards, etc., and I carry a Godox V860-II speedlight with MagMod Sphere & MagBeam flash modifiers with color gels and gobos.Feedback
My advice is always simple...soak up everything about where you are, and feel the story that starts to reveal itself about your subject and your surroundings. I'm always amazed that eventually a compelling story begins to emerge, and my job then becomes how best to capture that story. Sometimes that's easy to do, sometimes it's damn hard, and sometimes I'm not able to do it at all. It's those times that I just enjoy the story and the moment, and then later it drives me to get better at my craft so in the future I can perhaps succeed.