Sunday, December 14, 2008

Living Room Headshots

Exposure: 105mm focal length, 1/320 sec, f/2.8, ISO 100, 2:42pm. Artificial lighting: Flash shot through umbrella at ~1/4 power, ~50mm zoom, 8:00 camera left, umbrella 3 feet away and 2 feet above subject, white poster board reflector propped up on couch at 3:00 camera right, 2 feet away from subject. Post-processing in Lightroom: +1 stops of exposure, increased fill light, cropped, sharpened, increased color temperature. With Melia finally asleep, or at least not squirming too much in her crib, it was time to take some headshots for Krista's new website. We took some shots against a blank wall and took a bunch outside, but the best ones turned out to be on the couch in the living room. This is my favorite photo out of the "serious" poses. From giving the client what she wants to using gaffer tape and t-shirts to save a scene, I learned a lot of things from this shoot and will share my experience in the next few posts.

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