First off, no brand new photos for today per say. Had a bead on trying out a new lighting setup, however my model/victim had some unavoidable work stuff come up. Wah wah wah (sound effect). Been shooting around at home with a combination of the Orbis ring flash attachment and 24'' Ezybox softbox by Lastolite. Fun stuff, but really just test shots. I'm hoping to not fill this blog with self portraits to the point of where readers are like "Ahh, Peter's bored and couldn't find anyone free to shoot photos of so he made himself another Facebook profile pic!" Haha.
However, I have some pretty ambitious plans coming up very soon!
Anyway in lieu of new lighting work, I'll share some photos from some off camera lighting work I did from before Christmas, since I haven't ever officially blogged them. Stefani was totally stoked to come out and model for a shoot along the South Waterfront here in Portland. I have a 42-inch umbrella as a main light off to camera right, and a bare SB-600 off left and behind as a kicker. I liked the idea of using these lights as more accent to the ambient, just to give these shots a bit more punch than otherwise.
Stefani loved the shots! Also another fun story about these two images. Stefani had actually brought a number of outfits but these first two are simply what she was wearing for the day. On accident she'd left her bag of clothes at the hotel she and her boyfriend were staying at. Jason, being the awesome guy he is, fought his way back through evening traffic to get the rest of her outfits. In the mean time we snagged these shots while the light was still with us. Fun times for all. As light faded, we wrapped up with a number of night shots, this warranted me dragging the shutter a bit more to let the ambient still burn in. FYI, with full frame cameras these days, night portraits are increasingly coming into vogue. The shots folks are getting are just mind blowing. This same type of night lighting is absolutely relevant to wedding photography, learn to shoot off camera flash at night or be left in the dust!
Oh also! Aimee J'Adore did a wonderful job on Stefani's makeup. I really liked this shoot, so I'm glad to finally blog about it in a somewhat official capacity.
Anyway, check back again soon.
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