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Location
This image was taken in my tiny home studio/ spare room/ workspace/ junk room so space was very limited!Time
Time of day was pretty late, around 9pm. The kids were all getting ready for bed, hence 3 sets of pjs & 1 who won't wear pjs!Lighting
Lighting was simple enough, one light diffused using an umbrella. The angle is pretty important though, behind the subject and at about a 90 degree angle to the backdrop and the subject. You may have to play around a little to get the right amount of light on your subject.Equipment
Basic equipment was used, my trusty Nikon D3200 & my 50mm prime lens on a tripod to keep the same camera angle for all subjects. Shutter speed was 1/80, aperture was f/3.8 and ISO was set to 400.Inspiration
I was inspired by a how to article online, I'd found when researching fine art portraits, we'd already been using the black backdrop so all I had to set up was the light.Editing
There was some post processing to be done. In camera raw, I increased the whites and decreased the blacks till I liked the tonal balance. In Photoshop I loaded all 4 portraits as layers and blended using the lighten blend mode. Then it's a matter of positioning the layers to align the profiles and converting to mono. Next I made the top 2 layers invisible, to work on the bottom 2. I added a layer between the two & using the brush tool and my foreground set to black, painted over any areas I didn't want visible. I repeated this process with the 3rd & 4th layers too.In my camera bag
I've recently upgraded to a Nikon D610, so it's normally this body and my 24-120mm lens, as its great for a variety of uses but my 50mm prime lens is still my go to portrait lens. The D3200 still comes along though as its normally in my sons camera bag!Feedback
When trying to recreate this shot my lights were of poor quality so this actually helped me but if you're using better lighting than I was, you'll probably want the settings quite low to prevent harsh shadows.
