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I took this so long ago that I don't even remember taking it. I revisited it about a month ago and did a different color edit than the previous image. Here...
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I took this so long ago that I don't even remember taking it. I revisited it about a month ago and did a different color edit than the previous image. Here's the black and white version. It captures a moment. One happy moment she and I shared.
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Location
I took this photo in a dog park in Buffalo, NY during the winter month of February. It was rather cold outside, but that didn't stop us from going out on a shoot!Time
This was roughly in the afternoon at about 1 pm. It was extremely cold this day and we had gone to Tim Horton's to get hot chocolate to warm ourselves up! After we had warmed up, we went back out and only captured a few more shots. This happened to be one of them!Lighting
All the lighting was natural. I rarely bring lights on a shoot, but when I do, it's generally just a phone flashlight and perhaps a reflective panel, if I can muster another person to help out with the shoot. This shot was created with the perfect amount of natural light, and it's one of the best shots of my career to date.Equipment
This was shot on a Canon 70D with a 50mm prime lens, shutter speed of 1/250, ISO of 200, and aperture of 1.8.Inspiration
I've always been super inspired by head shots, but I've never been able to get into them, One of my huge inspirations for shots like these comes from an instagrammer who's tag is @autumnnicole. She is a wedding photographer and sometimes captures extreme close ups for her wedding photos. They always come out so perfect, and the newly weds always appear as happy as humanly possible. I suppose I tried to mimic that style, but in my own way.Editing
This is a funny story - after the shoot, I ended up hating the shot and never published it on my Instagram or website. I don't know what it was about it, but I really didn't like the shot. It wasn't until early last May when I started going through old photos I had taken and decided to re-edit some, just for the fun of it. I stumbled upon this one, and decided to have a crack at it. I fell in love with the photo, which is of my former girlfriend. I spent so much time editing this photo because I wanted it to be utterly perfect. I made two color versions of the photo, but then decided to do black and white, something I had never tried before. It turned out perfect in Lightroom.In my camera bag
I always have 2 prime lenses, a 50mm (1.8) and 24mm (2.8) I never know what lens I will need, so this is a necessity. Occasionally, I will put in a 24-70mm (2.8) or a 70-200mm (2.8), depending on what I will be shooting. Camera body varies from time to time, but it is typically a 60D, 70D or 7D Mark II, which is my favorite. I always carry spare batteries (2), because you never know when you're camera will die!Feedback
Pick a cloudy day. This diffuses the light like a soft-box and makes shooting portraits easier. Take your subject and position him or her in any sort of background - since you are capturing just the face, the subject will fill the entire frame. Begin snapping pictures. One trick I always do, especially if I know the model well, is to try to make her laugh. This is what happened here. She and I were madly in love and I said something that was probably stupid or funny, and she let out a laugh.Click, click, click. These portraits are best done with real emotion.
