Skylar and her mother contacted me to start her a portfolio..
they found me on facebook, because i have done some shots of her friend, so she wanted to give it a try..
She hasn't ever been in front of a pro camera before, so i would think she would be nervous but it turns out she was like a pro..
our process:
1. meet for 10 mins to talk about expected outputs.
2. looked at pose book and ipod touch for posing inspiration, being most of my clients don't know how to pose so i use this as examples of what to do then Skylar picked out her fav poses. (generally this cause a rift between mothers and daughter, because mothers are generally conservative and daughters want aggressive poses.. lol
3. discuss clothing choices ( and what was best for her build, locations, etc)
4. did some test shots of non smiling and smiling shots (worked on eyes, smirks, mouth open and or closed ) as it turns out we agreed non smiling was her best look.. when smiling eyes become smaller
5. went over how to do the lighting with mother, and how i have to test fire 3 shots to get to my settings before we started. the i let Skylar know once i get the light settings nailed down, then we can go live.
so with this process with all shoots with me, the team can get great results because every body knows what to do..
now the shots..
lighting was deep oct boombed camera left by mother @ 6 feet away
@ .9 on elinchrom scale
CameraCanon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperturef/3.2
Focal Length85 mm
ISO Speed100
Exposure Bias0 EV
FlashOff, Did not fire
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i have many crops of this one and i can't figure out which one is the best..
lighting was elinchrom quadra with deep octa camera right.
i stretched my shutter sync to 1/250 on this one.. got away with going beyond the 5dmkII specs.. weird eh?
deep octa was boomed my mother @ about 6 feet camera right slightly downwards
power was 1.7 i think on the elinchrom scale
CameraCanon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperturef/2.0
Focal Length85 mm
ISO Speed100
Exposure Bias0 EV
FlashOff, Did not fire
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light was about 6 feet camera left just above her head, boomed downward @ 1.2 power
CameraCanon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperturef/2.2
Focal Length85 mm
ISO Speed100
Exposure Bias0 EV
FlashOff, Did not fire
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lighting on this was a yellow gel behind her with a 430EX @ 1/32 power triggered by the cactus v4's
and mother boomed the elinchrom quadra with the deep octa with first baffle on.. @ .4 power
the alley always provides me with privacy and a unique looking perspective.. plus it is free.. haha..
CameraCanon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperturef/2.2
Focal Length85 mm
ISO Speed200
Exposure Bias0 EV
FlashOff, Did not fire
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lighting was deep oct boombed camera right by mother @ 6 feet away
@ .9 on elinchrom scale
CameraCanon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperturef/3.2
Focal Length85 mm
ISO Speed100
Exposure Bias0 EV
FlashOff, Did not fire
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lighting was deep oct boombed camera left by mother @ 6 feet away
@ .9 on elinchrom scale
CameraCanon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperturef/3.2
Focal Length85 mm
ISO Speed100
Exposure Bias0 EV
FlashOff, Did not fire
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set up shot for Skylar and mother holding the elinchrom quadra and the 100 cm 39inch deep octa..
as you see the light weight set up is for running and gunning..
it is pricey but totally worth it..
"any mother can handle it" should be a motto for elinchrom haha
CameraCanon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperturef/2.5
Focal Length85 mm
ISO Speed200
Exposure Bias0 EV
FlashOff, Did not fire
