My daughter and her sweetheart came over on Sunday to help my fellow photographer, Misha, and me with our assignment to create portraits using only a single light source.
Direct light to camera left (about 45 degree). Light fill at camera right using white poster board.
Direct light 90 degree to Ryan – split lighting.
Diffused light to camera right. No fill.
Diffused light to camera right with fill on left from white poster board
Alison
I’ve signed up again for a portrait lighting class through the Nevada Museum of Art, with Jeff Ross as our instructor. About half of the class are photographers who’ve taken classes with Jeff before. On Wednesday night we all got to know each other and did some hands-on work with single source lighting. We learned (or reviewed) concepts such as quality of light, inverse square law, broad and short lighting, and got tips on what to take in consideration when determining how to light your subject.
From our shoot on Sunday.
Edited version of original photograph
More from my shoot with Mariya and Sierra.
Some of you have already met Mariya from previous shoots. Today she, and her friend, Sierra, came over to do some studio work. Here are a few from today’s session. I’m still working through them, so I will be posting more soon.
I had the honor of doing a very special shoot yesterday. Katie is my co-worker and friend. Her mom. Cathy, has cancer. Today was a good day. This week was a good week. We took advantage. We had fun. Aren’t they gorgeous?
More to come, even some from the chaotic pet shoot afterward. Hint, what happens when you mix four canines and three women (one of whom fancies herself a photographer?
We did yesterday’s shoot in the backyard, so of course, the dogs had to stick their noses in every once in a while.
They love getting skritched.
This is about as close to a kiss as one will get from Buddy. Somehow he never learned lickey-face, so the most one gets is a wave of his nose in front of your face. (Which is fine with both of us)
Nosey Nina.
I asked Sweetie to sit for me. I claimed my gift today. Here are a few from our shoot.
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