Well, Chris is a contortionist performer from UK who was MC'ing a burlesque show this Monday here and I did a favor for the show's producer and did some shots for him on Hollywood.
Basically, I was trying to get him some shots interacting with the crowd for environmental portraits and then maybe some headshots later.
So I used my 430EX flash off camera with a sync cord so I can keep the high speed sink (vs using radio units which does not allow high sync speed). I really didn't want to stop down in day light to get 1/200 or under to use the flash without a high speed sync, so that's why I used the sync cord. Used my stofen to soften the light (I know others say it doesn't work but my personal testing shows some slight softening vs bare flash).
I used the 15-30mm sigma for most of the shots and a Tamron 28-75 for the tight shots. Even with the ultrawide, I was able to slightly blur the background most of the time as I didn't want the distant background to be sharp. I wanted the context to be visible but not sharp as to distract/draw too much attention.
Chris didn't really know how to pose for the camera (to my surprise) and I really don't know how to pose models, so it was a bit of blind leading the blind.
Critiques welcome. Could use all the help I can get.
1. Opening/establishing shot with a shoulder dislocation at Mann's. What can I say, I'm trying to add some flare to the shot, but not really happy with this shot.
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2. That's he's girlfriend in the background who is a burlesque dancer. I think she didn't know how wide the lens is and hence didn't get out of the background. I have another shot with her out of the shot but I just like Chris's expression in this shot more.
3. Chris is now drawing a bit of a crowd doing card tricks.
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4. Another interacting with the crowd shot.
5. Trying for a more environmental portrait shot.
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6. Just showing his deck of cards.
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7. Trying a more moody look with Rembrandt lighting, light from top left going down across right for a more dramatic look.
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