TawnyHorton

Sisters

Canon EOS 5D Mark III

settings

Aperture f/4 ISO 250 Shutter 1/320 Focal Length 70/1

upload_date

Apr, 2020

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Awards

Contest Finalist in Monthly Pro Photo Contest Volume11

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Absolute Masterpiece

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Behind The Lens

Location

This photo is two sisters who have been able to spend more time together because of the stay at home order during the covid 19 quarantine. It is one of the shots from a window series I did recently. This is their home in the Salt Lake City area of Utah.

Time

This was shot in the afternoon. The sun was shining directly into their window which made the reflections a bit hard to overcome. A polarizer filter helped a lot with reflections but not nearly as much as I needed it to but you DEFINITELY need to have a polarizer filter to shoot windows!

Lighting

My lighting was the Sun shining into their window. I also had my husband holding up a reflector. I learned that you CAN use a reflector to light up the subjects in the window as long as you are shooting in the same direction you are reflecting the light. I figured it would add to the flare issue but it didn't and worked perfectly!

Equipment

Canon 5D mark 3 and a reflector

Inspiration

I wanted to document social distancing/ quarantine and how families were handling it. My idea was to shoot through Windows into their homes and shoot real life stories. I was imagining shooting the physical aspect of it, such as the family hanging out watching TV, the chaos of it such as tantrum throwing, or the emotional aspect of it all. I am mainly a fashion photographer but have always loved documenting history. When I first picked up a camera at 8 yrs old, I just wanted to document everything. I have always loved fashion as well but my first love was just to document the world!

Editing

I wanted these to be as real as possible with barely any editing and just show what's happening in the world lately! This was just turned black and white

In my camera bag

Besides my Canon 5D mark 3 I tend to shoot with budget equipment. I usually shoot with only one or two flashes off camera and/or a reflector. My flashes are $30 cheap flashes from Amazon and I love them! They get the job done just as well as any of the expensive lighting equipment.

Feedback

This shot was from a window series I did recently. Shooting through windows was much for of a challenge then I thought it was going to be. Definitely use a reflector. Communication with the families was a bit difficult as well. Some of the homes I could just talk and they could hear me through their windows. However, this specific house must have had some serious noise canceling windows installed, because we could not hear each other through them. I called her and she put her phone down and on loud speaker so we could communicate. This was a fun series to shoot and I definitely recommend getting some of these shots just for history!

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