How long has it been since you've had your portrait made? For me, I can't even remember the last time. So I decided to step in front of my own camera for a few self inflicted corporate headshots. It was so much fun! No wonder people love having their portraits made!
Actually I had a
lot of fun playing with my lights, but posing was very difficult. I think it’s because I couldn’t see
myself.
I have a great eye for spotting what is wrong with a pose and correcting
it, but without seeing myself I was pretty helpless. I could make a pretty funny blooper reel for sure! But that’s part of the fun of it. Nini and I were laughing for a good
hour looking through my horrible poses!
I
used three lights for this portrait.
The main light is a beauty dish above my head and coming from my side
camera right, creating a Rembrandt lighting pattern on my right cheek. The second light is another beauty dish
just above my camera and slightly camera right (the strobe itself is probably
about a foot above my eye level). This
second beauty dish is creating the round catchlight in my eye and softening up
the shadows a bit. The third light
is a bare strobe with reflector behind me camera left a foot or two above my
head putting the tiny highlights on the right side of my face and my right
ear. The third light is crucial
for separating me from the black background. The background is a 4’x8’ piece of styrofoam painted flat
black. I use Alien Bees AB800
strobes.
Montana wedding
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