Portraits/10 Photographs
The object of this assignment was to make portraits of people in the studio using direct, diffuse, and indirect (bounce) light.
Top Direct Light
Top Diffused Light
Side Diffused Light With a Bounce
Side Direct Light With Bounce
Side Diffused Light With Bounce
Side Diffused Light With Far Away Minimole Light
Back Indirect Light With Front Minimole Light
Back Indirect Light
Back Direct Light
Back Direct Light With Far Away Minimole Light
About the shoot:
This assignment was very fun to shoot. My model, Shelby Steele, was very comfortable with me so it was easy to communicate my ideas for the shoot. I prepared a sketched storyboard for each shot that I wanted, but was open to play. I did not want the model to feel like they had to do any work, but if she wanted to go for another vision then I am all eyes and ears. I found that storyboarding what I wanted the shot to technically be, then telling my model what I wanted out of the shot both emotion and gesture-wise worked out great. Shelby recalls the experience as “organized play”.