Posts tagged Behind the Scenes
Breaking Down the Shot – Shooting on a Sunny Day
0This is the inaugural post of a new series of articles that I hope provides a more in-depth look at my work.
I recently did a portrait session with Jeanne who is editor of Benicia Magazine. Benicia was once the capitol of California and with the Capitol Building still intact, it made a great backdrop. The challenge I faced was shooting Jeanne in front of the capitol building in broad day light with no shade in sight while creating a magazine worthy image.
To make this image work, I had to make Jeanne really “pop” in front of the capitol building. I quickly decided that the best way to setup this shot was to have the sun behind Jeanne with a speed light in front of her for fill.
To get the right exposure for the background, I took a couple shots of the capitol building as seen in the image on the left below. At 1/250, my camera’s light meter came back with f/8 but I was still getting some highlights on the white columns so I adjusted the exposure by one stop. Next came setting the correct exposure for Jeanne. I really wanted her to “pop” in this image against the building so I set my speed light to 1/2 and found a workable setting. Though the recycle times were a bit slow at 1/2, it allowed for a slower paced session making it easier to connect with Jeanne which I find makes better images. Having the sun behind Jeanne made sure there wasn’t any squinting and it also provided a bit of rim lighting for her hair.
Post production included minor editing in Lightroom 3 and Photoshop CS4. If you have any questions please leave me a comment.
Swimsuit Shoot with Palna
0I had a great shoot with Palna on Monday and it made up for a pretty crappy day of shooting on Saturday. I was really determined to get some great shots with Palna and boy did she deliver. For this being her first photo shoot, she did a really great job and I hope to work with her again in the future.
A fellow photog, Anne of agmgfotography, was kind enough to assist me with the shoot and even brought along her friend, Trisha, who was an MUA. Trisha not only did a great job with the makeup but she also was helpful as a location scout and stylist as well. I have to thank everyone that helped on this shoot because I wouldn’t have been able to get the beautiful images without them. Go Teamwork!
The lighting for this shoot was very simple. The afternoon sun was being lightly diffused with some overcast clouds and created some really beautiful lighting that I used as my key light. I used a gold reflector as either rim lighting or some fill depending on the angle of the shot. Anne and Trisha had their worked cut out for them holding the reflector in place because of how windy it got during the shoot.
Here are some Behind the Scenes look of the shoot:
Behind the Scenes with Soonka
0It’s always kind of fun to not only look at photos but also see the behind the scenes as well. I usually try to remember to take a setup shot but getting a picture of me taking a picture is even better. Usually I’m on my own and I got too many things to worry about to remember to take the setup shot. Will try harder in the future though.
So you want to see the behind the scenes for this shot? Scroll down…
Here is the setup for the shot above:
A couple more tidbits from this shoot:
- This is the 1st time I’ve done an implied shoot
- This is the 2nd time I’ve shot at this warehouse, first time was with Sadmira
Behind the Scenes of N’Damus Photo Shoot
0During the photo shoot for N’Damus last month, I had some video taken to capture moments behind the scenes. I’d also like to take this time to thank the team that made this shoot possible as we wouldn’t have been able to pull it off without everyone’s help.