Saturday, July 18, 2009

Quick Portrait Session


Busy day today. Mostly shooting portrait type work on-the-fly. I was asked by a client to snap a portrait of her art teacher in her study. I quickly assembled what I needed: a reflector that had been in the van for a couple years, a chair for the subject, one of his 30x40 paintings and of course my camera. The window light was my main light and I used the reflector to bounce light back into his shadow side. I sat him down did a few rotations of the head, worked his expression and ten minutes later we had a broad selection of images. It was that easy. Of course, it was that easy because I have over 25 years of experience and I practice my craft daily.