Lighting Technique

You can probably see how I lit this close-up of my sister. I was trying to figure out how to do a high-key lighting portrait with one studio light. So take two large white bristol boards for bounce and one overheard studio light and voila! High key lighting close up head shot. I bumped up the exposure quite a bit to get rid of all the skin detail while retaining the eyes which clearly show the two boards on either side of her. I shot through the two boards.

And thanks to my Logan for holding one of the boards and to Joy for holding the studio light in place for a long-ish time. She's tough ;)

From Pictures

... and just a little more fun

July 13, 2009

We had fun with lil' Cole this evening. He's a bundle of energy and rarely stands still. We love him so much :)

Having Fun with our new 'Alien Bees'

July 13, 2009

We finally got our long anticipated studio lighting kit, so naturally we had to test them. Darion, my nephew kindly agreed to model for us and didn't complain once despite the blazing hot sun buffeting our back yard.

And we LOVE our Alien Bees!