Daru
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GarayGreen
January 22, 2016
Thank you BPZJr :) Very appreciated. I'm still trying to get the hang on how viewbug works, though! What does that award mean?
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Back when I took this photo I was still learning and starting out my photo career. I set up a home studio with 2 speedlights and a black bed sheet and invited a friend of mine which is a professional musician to come and take a few pictures at my place. I was sure he would love to have a few photos taken.Time
I believe it was taken in the afternoon. I remember the sun was getting in through the windows and we had to completelly block it by putting all the blinds down. We turned on a small lamp to get just enough light to be able to see in the room and we worked around these conditions. I'm pretty sure it was afternoon, back in those days I would have never waked up early in the morning to set up a photoshoot like this.Lighting
I grabbed my brand new Yongnuo speedlight and a really old flash my father had given me from the time he used to shoot analog and set both lights as follows: one of them at full power coming straight from behind and one slightly to the right and at an angle. The model did move around slightly until we found a light setup we liked.Equipment
This is definitelly an example of how the most basic equipment can be used to create great images. This photo was taken with a 20 year-old lens my father had given me when I first started out: a Canon 75-300mm f3.5-5.6. I believe my camera back then was a canon 1100d (Canon rebel t3 in the U.S.). The speedlights I used were the cheapest yongnuo I could get my hands on and a 20 year old speedlight I had been given by my father.Inspiration
I was exploring artificial light setups and I was an aspiring music photographer, so I built this small setup at my living room and invited a friend to come and shoot.Editing
Yes, I used very limited tools and I wasn't able to completelly black-out all the elements in the background. I remember I could still see a few reflections on the parts which weren't completelly covered by the black bed sheets. I had to play around with shadows and black sliders in Lightroom to make the darker parts become black. My photo editing style was happy to accept this and i ended up pretty happy with the results.In my camera bag
Back then I was using a Canon EOS 1100D (Rebel T3) and the most basic lenses: Canon 50mm f1.8, Canon 75-300 f3.5-5.6 and the kit lens. At the moment, as a full time music photographer, I'm using a 6D mark II, Tokina 11-16 f2.8, Sigma Art 24 and 35mm f1.4, Canon 85mm 1.8, Canon 70-200 f2.8. I have recently also started playing around a lot with my old father's camera, a Canon 600 (yes, the analog version).Feedback
The best thing you can do in this case is experimentation. Bring a model home (a friend, another photographer, try to collab with someone through instagram... or even with a family member willing to help), setup different lighting setups and try to play around with it. There is tons of information online, I'd recommend you watch a few youtube videos before starting shooting to have a guide on what you can accomplish.
