Maya

A little practice with hair light last night. Maya was my willing model.

Another wonderful session

Mariya and I had a session in the natural light studio yesterday.

Penny

I had a wonderful session with a friend of mine from work. It was such a joy to work with her and bring out the beautiful woman she is (inside and out).

Bibi gets lit

Short lighting using 10° honeycomb grid with rim light created by bouncing light back on her using white foam core board.

Gabrielle

Taken last Wednesday at the Nevada Museum of Art during an Environmental Portraiture class led by Jeff Ross.

Mariya helps me again

More experimentation in the natural light studio, this time with a real person. Regular readers may recognize Mariya, who has been an eager model for me from the beginning. I made a big miscalculation yesterday on how to shoot in the room, but I still managed to get some nice shots out of our hour together.

Did I mention this?

I joined Hatch Reno (see web site here), and as a member I get use of the studios (regular and natural light) for a certain number of hours every month. Basically, the studio is set up using Sue Bryce’s specs. The studio has wide open north facing windows so the light in the studio stays pretty much the same as long as the sun is out. The walls are white and the light bounces around the room. Lovely.

I have a shoot at the natural light studio set up for tomorrow, but wanted to get the lay of the land today. So I took a look-see this morning and took advantage of the opportunity to get a few selfies in at the same time.