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Families, and what precedes them (weddings)
Why do I love to shoot weddings and families? Because we live to love. We live a short time (although my son Daniel, when he was perhaps nine years old and I said “life’s very short!” instantly responded “No it … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Picture of the day, Technique, Travel
Tagged Destination, portrait, Wedding
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Sam The Studio Man
When I prepare a tricky shot, I tend to use stand-in model while I work on light, so the model does not need to stand there for half an hour while I adjust and move lights. But these stand-in shots … Continue reading
Posted in Composition, Digital Darkroom, Light, Technique
Tagged desaturate, Flash, Nudes, portrait, Snoot, Studio
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Self portrait
The other day I decided to do a quick self portrait. And instead of the normal “traditional” portrait, I did the following: Moody, dark – I don’t smile much in pictures and life is serious! And as you see, lighting … Continue reading
A simple lighting setup?
What one person finds complicated, another finds simple. And vice versa. A friend who visited the other night reminded me of this, when I talked about the simple four-flash light setup I was using for a headshot: And as he … Continue reading
Simple portrait with background
A simple portrait recipe for a portrait with background: Find a background. Then, using manual mode, set your ISO, aperture and shutter to expose for that background – like here: As you see, the outside is well exposed. The inside … Continue reading
