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Day 18 Lighting Project: As Simple as it Gets

This is as simple as it gets. One speedlight, one reflector. The speedlight I used was the Voking VK430. Picked it up on sale for 40.00 dollars. Picked up the 5in1 reflector on sale also. It was a two for one deal and I think I got it for a little over 50.00 dollars. I […]

Day 17 Part II

I have talked about the difference between the headshot and portrait as I see it. Here is another shot from day 17. This time it is on a plain bright white background. Often when I think of the “headshot” I always visualize a plain background, white, grey or black. They are far different than the […]

Day 17 Lighting Project The Headshot

What is the difference between a headshot and a portrait? I think that with my project today I went somewhere in between the two. I think I would use the edited version as a business headshot but I also took others on a plain white background that I will post later. Let’s face it some […]

Day 16 Lighting Project

A friend said he would like to get into off camera flash but found everything was just too expensive. If you are just starting out it does not have to be expensive and I set out to prove it. The image below shows the setup. Now yes I am using a custom backdrop but you […]

Day 15 Lighting Project

In addition to lighting, post processing is a major part of any great portrait. The post processing is the artist’s vision of what he or she sees through the lens. So for Day 15 of the project I used a combination of some new software. I used Sear Archer’s actions for Photoshop as well as […]

Day 14 Lighting Project

Happy New Year to everyone. For Day 14 I tried out some new editing software. Exposure X5. It is advertised as “The Best Photo Editor for Creative Photography”. I am currently trying out the 30 day free trial. So for the next little while in addition to different lighting setups I will be post processing using […]

Day Thirteen Lighting Project.

Well I got a new backdrop so I thought I would try some different lighting. This is the Glyn Dewis Vintage Gray Backdrop for Westcott. It is my first vinyl backdrop for the X-drop system and is not as easy to set up as the cloth black and white backdrops. This is the setup I […]

Day 12 Lighting Project

Today I had a vision of a black and white, moody photo with overhead light and one fill light. The overhead light was at 1/16 power and the fill at 1/128. The photo was then edited in Photoshop using curves and a high pass filter. Setup below.

Day 11 Lighting Project

Today I went with a three light setup. You can see the setup below. To me this is a fairly traditional portrait lighting setup. Again this was all done with speedlights and you can also see the SOOC and the edited photo below also. This was edited in Photoshop. Since I didn’t use a background […]

Day 10 Lighting Project

For Day 10 of my lighting project I thought I would try a Rafal Wegiel type of photo. You can see his style here. I used my Christmas tree as my background. These were the camera settings: Nikon D610 Sigma 180.0 mm f/2.8 @ƒ/4.0 180.0 mm 1/20 ISO 200. The slow shutter is to capture the ambient […]