Emma
May, 2016Views
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Chatter Award
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Creative Winter Award
Curator's Selection
Top Shot Award 21
Contest Finalist in The Human Form Photo Contest
Superb Composition
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Outstanding Creativity
Magnificent Capture
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Location
I'm a self taught photographer and this was my first indoors shoot with the model. I usually shot outdoors. The model and I did that shoot at her house in a lovely little village at the South of UK.Time
The shoot was scheduled at 12 p.m. when there's the most of the daylight and as you can see maybe there's a lot of natural light coming through the window.Lighting
As it was a very sunny day you can see lights and shadows playing on Emma's body which really adds up to the image and therefore make it more eye catching.Equipment
I have used my two dslr Canon cameras, with Canon 50mm F1.4 lens attached to one of them and Tamron 24-70mm F2.8 attached to another camera, purely due to not to much space around to use 50mm lens only. The entire shoot was done with natural light only with no additional lights.Inspiration
When taking this picture Emma was lying on the bed and I kneeled down to get to her eye level and noticed lights and shadows nicely playing on her bare skin. She's also looked my way with sort of very calm look in her eyes and all that together really created a very nice impression so I took the shot.Editing
I've done very basic post-processing on the image, literally adjusted the highlights and shadows and saturation only. Nothing more than that.In my camera bag
As the very first piece of kit in my bag I pack my Canon 5D mk III in to my bag and my other Canon dslr as spare. I also pack my two Tamron lenses which are Tamron 24-70mm F2.8 and Tamron 70-200mm F2.8. These two are doing great job for my photography. On top of that I also pack my trustee Canon 50mm F1.4 which takes amazing portraits and I always use it for the shoots with models either indoors or outdoors. This little monkey does amazing job and I love using it.Feedback
I would always advice you to not to shoot directly towards the source of light, so in other words when you take a shot make sure the source of light is either behind you facing the object or it's on the side to the object. You can also use reflectors to reflect the light onto your object. Shooting with natural light can be tricky and there's not much control over it but you can still take a good and well lighten images if you're willing to try.
