Today’s Post by Joe Farace
If you’re in control, you’re not going fast enough.— Parnelli Jones
I like to think that there are basically two kinds of portrait photographers: The first one likes to shoot with “available light” by which they really mean “every light that’s available.”
I’m the second type of photographer and prefer using fewer lights because it’s less expensive, reduces setup time and results in less weight to be transported on location.
How I made this portrait: Courtney is a model and an automobile enthusiast who drives a drift car, a Nissan 240SX, and was photographed he in my home studio while she was wearing one of Morgan’s and Philip’s T-shirts.
Lighting was provided by a 150 Watt-second Flashpoint monolight with a 24×36-inch softbox attached that was mounted on a 9.5-foot Light Stand. It was placed at camera right and as close as possible to the subject without encroaching into the frame.
I photographed Courtney against a Savage Focus Gray seamless paper background. The camera used was a Canon EOS 50D with EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM lens (at 80mm) with an exposure of 1/125 sec at f/18 at ISO 100.
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