Perfection
I made a shout out for a model. Katherine stepped and made my camera sing! She brought several prom dresses. What a perfect model!...
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I made a shout out for a model. Katherine stepped and made my camera sing! She brought several prom dresses. What a perfect model!
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Location
I took this portrait in the lower level of my home which is my studio. I have two shooting bays; one for portraits and another mostly for headshots. For this photo, we were in my main portrait bay. There, I have sixteen backdrop options on a roller track which is attached to the ceiling. Backdrop colors include, pink, blue, blue sky, green paisley, faux fur, red floral, and rusted metal. I almost always gravitate toward black or dark gray for the background.Time
I prefer to shoot late evening so, this was taken around 8:00pm. My studio is already dark which adds to the drama of my portraiture.Lighting
I typically use one Paul C. Buff light. I adjust it so the bottom of the large soft-box rests at chin level and turn it slightly away from the model until I get it right where I want it.Equipment
I shoot an old camera... Canon 5D Classic with a 50mm 1.8. One Paul C. Buff Alien Bees with large soft box, Pocketwizard transceiver, and a fan to blow her hair.Inspiration
This young lady has an old Hollywood style about her. I was purely inspired by her and the dress. Each time I snapped a photo of her I thought she could have been born many decades ago with her looks and style.Editing
My Photoshop processing usually goes like this; patch tool all blemishes, then soften scars and eye bags, whiten teeth, camera raw to adjust exposure, and then frequency separation. I sometimes add very little dark vignette to add more drama.In my camera bag
Canon Classic 5D, 50mm 1.8, canon flash, Canon transmitter, and a MePhoto monopod. Pretty simple really.Feedback
In this portrait, I had a big, soft, and dim light source on my model. There was an osculating a fan blowing hair. It was a huge bonus that she was great model who was willing to follow my lead. She was shoulder side to camera. I asked her to bend slightly forward, shoulders forward and she blew through her lips. I joked and told her it's bad posture that her mamma probably wouldn't like. In every session I create images with negative space. I took a wider shot of this yet fell in love with this tighter crop.
