One Week Lighting Workshop With Stanley
Since 2006 I have been doing a one-week lighting workshop as part of the School of Photography program of YWAM with Dennis Fahringer in Kona, Hawaii. This year I was asked by two of his…
Category: headshots
Calibrating the Face for Portraits
Christi Lamb [NIKON Z 6, 85.0 mm f/1.8, Mode = Manual, ISO 50, 1/125, ƒ/4, (35mm = 85)] Every semester I go down to Columbus, Georgia, and help Columbus State University Theatre majors by doing…
Headshots for Actors
Hannah Broeils [NIKON D5, 85.0 mm f/1.8, ISO 100, ƒ/5.6, 1/125] This past weekend I spent both Saturday and Sunday doing headshots for Columbus State University Theatre students. Setup for headshots [X-E3, XF10-24mmF4 R OIS,…
All about first impressions
We're built to size each other up quickly. Even if we're presented with lots of evidence to the contrary, we're attached to our initial impressions of people — which is why you should be aware…
Simple Hotshoe Headshot Setup Using MagMod
Nikon D5, Nikon 85mm ƒ/1.8G, ISO 50, ƒ/1.8, 1/200–Neewer TT850, Neewer Wireless 16 Channel Remote, MagMod Magsphere, MagMod Magbounce, While I have shown you this type of photo many times this time I shot it…
Ideal lighting for PR Headshots
Nikon D5, Nikon 85mm ƒ/1.8G, ISO 100, ƒ/5.6, 1/200, 4–Alienbees B1600, Pocketwizards to trigger flashes I am teaching a lighting class in Kona, Hawaii, with the Youth With A Mission School of Photography class. This…
Headshots
Nikon D5, Nikon 85mm ƒ/1.8G, ISO 100, ƒ/8, 1/100 I am still shooting those headshots. Here is the diagram for what I did above. I highly recommend the Lastolite Triflector kit silver/Sunfire. I captured all the…
Super Simple Headshots
Nikon D5, Nikon 85mm ƒ/1.8G, ISO 100, ƒ/4, 1/200 – [2] Alienbees B1600, White Background & Lastolite Triflector silver/gold kit. KISS – Keep It Simple Stupid Keep your gear as simple as possible so you can…
Working with a recording artist Sydney Rhame
Nikon D4, Sigma 120-300mm ƒ/2.8 DG OS HSM | S, AC-9, AC-3, PocketWizard Mini TT1, TT5, Paul Buff Vagabond, Alienbees B1600, ISO 320, ƒ/2.8, 1/640 Today I was privileged to work with Sydney Rhame who was…
First Day of School Photos
Fuji X-E2, 18-55mm, ISO 6400, ƒ/7.1, 1/70—Neewer TT850 on light stand. The Neewer 433MHz Wireless 16 Channel Flash Remote Trigger fires the off-camera flash and controls the camera's power. Power 1/128 On the first…