Love Youreself by Birmingham photographer Barry Robinson
A portrait of local Birmingham model Lead Gener,,,
A portrait of local Birmingham model Lead Gener,,,
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October 28, 2015
The portrait is actually entirely styled by my wife, who's an incredibly talented stylist. She can can do so much with very few props bringing the focus onto the subject just using an interesting, or unique pose. It's why I love working with her :-).
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![Any place can be magical when you call it home :-) [Shot just before sundown with a Canon 5D MKIII and an EF 24-70mm f-2.8L USM lens on Walkers Heath]](https://cdnpt01.viewbug.com/media/mediafiles/2015/10/17/59587663_widepreview400.webp)
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Behind The Lens
Location
At a meetup, I brought some lighting equipment to help out, and had some spare time, as did the model, so shot the image.Time
Early evening, it's an indoor image using two studio lights.Lighting
Yes, a lot of people think there's a massive mystery to studio lighting, but actually once you get the basics down it just scales up naturally. You start to be able to look at a situation and think I'd use x as a key and maybe put a strip box behind to outline the subject. It starts to becomes second nature.Equipment
A Canon 5D MK3, Canon EF 24-70 f/2.8L USM, a Bowens 500GM Pro with a 200 cm Octabox as a key light, and a 70 cm strip with a Bowens 400GM as a rim light. It's actually a really easy and useful setup, and 90% of the time you can pretty much shoot just about anything with one light, max 2.Inspiration
The way the model was sitting, she was waiting for someone else to come and take a photograph, and my wife noticed her and pointed her out. I grabbed my camera, asked her to do what she'd just done, adjusted the lights and took the image. Like most things in life it was being in the right place at the right time.Editing
Yes, a lot. It's actually quite heavily processed to create an almost too smooth look that magazines aspire to. It's sort of meant to be that way...In my camera bag
Canon 5D MK3, 2 Speedlights [340EXII+Younogo], EF 100m f/2.8L IS USM, 24-70 f/2.8L USM, Sigma 70-200 f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM, EF 50 f/1.2L USM, Sekonic L308 Lightmeter, various batteries and gadgets. I know it seems nuts, but often it's the little things that make or break a shot, like weather or not you can mount a speedlight on stand with a softbox.Feedback
Learn everything you can about the way light falls away, how fast, the inverse square law, everything you can, then get in there and practice. It really doesn't matter whether you use a 500wat Pro studio strobe, or a manual Yongnuo speedlight, the bottom line is always the results, and believe it or not you can get great results with some natural light, a bare speedlight, and a model, the key thing is to just go out and try, and if it doesn't look right, look at your settings, read up again on the basics, and try again until it looks the way you want.
