portrait of a girl
manipulating flash in the studio to replicate the textures and tones of paint
manipulating flash in the studio to replicate the textures and tones of paint
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Location
This photo was taken in my third year at Falmouth UniversityTime
I took this photo at midday in a studioLighting
I used a single remote profoto flash gun on a low light setting to capture just the lightest touch of lighting on the skin and background and a higher ISO to increase the grain and textureEquipment
I used a Canon 6D with a 50mm lens and a single flash headInspiration
I got told by my lecturer and tutor just before I booked this shoot that I couldn't take photos or use flash. I went into the studio feeling defeated and wanted to learn more about flash so I stripped myself back to the basics.Editing
yes, I increased the colour and the exposure to give a more brown texturised feel.In my camera bag
In my bag I usually have, a light meter, a film camera and some 35mm film probably kodak portra or ektar, a medium format camera maybe the Mamiya C3 and two digital bodies the D5300 and the D7000. Lens wise, I take a 50mm 1:1.8 prime lens and a zoom lens to 105.Feedback
taking vulnerable portraits is always a tricky subject to come to. I think the most important thing to take into consideration is that you are asking your model to strip themselves down not only physically with taking their clothes off, but also metaphorically. It is important to make your subject as comfortable as possible so that you can move and ask them to position themselves to suit your vision but I also think it is important to keep a slight air of vulnerability by allowing the subject the space to move the way they want to, this gives that level of detatchment seen here, looking away and almost like we are looking in on a private, intimate moment.
