Young
May, 2019Views
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Location
This shot was taken in my home studio, an improvised loft.Time
Being an amateur photographer, i shoot mainly on weekendsLighting
I've always been a fan of BW, but always struggled to see in BW. But i wanted a semi hard light to give me good contrast. so i used a one light set-up with a reflector on the oposite side just to give some fill lightEquipment
I am a firm believer in keeping things simple... and cheap. So i used a off camera flash with a strip box, so as to even out the light. Being a Flash i allways have to remember myself to ensure that the flah is set to the correct zoom, in this case 24mm so as to even out the light as much. On the oposite side of the model a white 1.5m reflector. Metering was done with a light meter. A fan was blowing in from below, just to give her hair some movement. As for the camera, my tried and tested Canon 80D coupled with my tamron 24-70mm.Inspiration
I love getting inspiration from great photographers, in this case I was inspired bu the simple lighting tecniques of Peter Coulson, a australian fashion photographer. I really wanted to repliacte the simple yet powerfull feel of his shots in mine.Editing
I used photoshop for BW conversion, skin enhasing including removal of blemishes. I try to keep my post processing down to no more than 10 min. if its more than i get the feeling that the I need to improve in camera. Its like when you see a shot in camera, and you go NIICE, then you know you've set everything up nicely and you'll spend less time processing.In my camera bag
I just love my Canon 80D. simple and light with great image quality. my go to lenses are normally a tamron 24-70, canon 70-200 and my most recent addition a canon 100mm 2.8 macro lens, which i've found to be great for portraiture as well. it give a great Bokeh effect with beautiful sharp detail. obviously the only drawback.. you have to move backwards and forwards for composing the shots.Feedback
I studied other photographers and not ashamed to say that i learned by replicating. It's a great way to learn. only then can you develop a style and innovate.
