As a little present to myself, I thought I’d take a birthday portrait (No, not in my birthday suit, luckily for you!). I thought it would be fun to do a quick set up in a non-studio environment to show how you can take a place that isn’t particularly set up for shooting and [...]
On Wednesday’s shoot, we had Kaydence in front of a lovely shag carpet, lit from 2 sources with one reflector? Well what happens when we strip away everything but a blank wall and one diffuse light source?
In this setup, the only thing lighting Kaydence was one 4 foot octobox. She had no reflector [...]
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Thanks for sticking with me in my time of few shoots! I managed to wrangle my equipment away from my commercial gig to get some time in with a model here in Austin, TX for some fashion/editorial work. Now, obviously the clothing isn’t terribly Haute Couture, but the lighting principles could be [...]
As I was driving down Burnet in North Austin, I saw tiny shoe repair store tucked away in a small lot, Austin Shoe Hospital. Since I’ve never actually been in a shoe repair store, let alone taken a photo of anyone who might work there, I decided that this had to be my portrait [...]
Today one of my close friends here in Austin celebrated his birthday. I would tell you how old he is, but I’m not sure he wants the world to know (plus I don’t want my laptop to start smoking from hitting that many keys in rapid succession).
Josh is a musician (one of the finest [...]
After taking a portrait of Jeff the friendly bartender, I ventured inside. The management at Opal Divine’s was nice enough to let me take a portrait of a cook, Felix.
In keeping with the theme of using ambient light, I brought the flash in, but slowed down the shutter long enough to let in some [...]
For today’s shoot, my brave model, Chloe, and I braved 103 degree heat to shoot at Canyon Lake, just North of New Braunfels, TX.
The location was great, if a little hard to get to, and definitely worth the hour drive.
Setup:
The main light is a beauty dish’d strobe, above and left of the model, illuminating the [...]
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I had the pleasure of photographing the BMX racers at the ABA State Qualifiers this past weekend. It was a blast, though the hottest event I’ve ever done portraits at. It stayed a pretty steady 102 degrees for the duration. But I manage to get some fun pictures of some cool riders of [...]
On Thursday, June 25, I had the opportunity to shoot the captain of the Austin Aztex, Gifton Noel-Williams. The shoot took place at Avila Soccer, a soccer training facility in North Austin. It’s run by Eryck Avila, a former pro player for Puerto Rico. Very nice guy!
The environment was great for doing a portrait. It [...]
As promised, here is the second part of the shoot: Low Key lighting with basically the same setup.
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The lighting setup is the same as here, but in the first shot, there is no rim light at all and the beauty dish is moved even more overhead to accentuate the shadows. Also, the reflector [...]