I shot this during a workshop in Charlotte last year. I used a white wall directly behind me (my back against it) as the light source for her face. The two lights behind her are bouncing off the wall and because it’s such a large source it creates a nice soft even light around the front of her. The 50mm 1.8 is known for flare, which I think, adds to this look. It's hard to believe this is a drawing room with desk, chairs and art supplies all over it. See the diagram below for lighting details.
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I did a small portrait-lighting demo for my buddy Andrew Blanchard’s photo 101 class this week. Drew teaches printmaking and photo at Converse College, a liberal arts women's college in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He’s also an amazing printmaker himself who embraces his southern roots his work. He brought his class into his personal studio space and we did some environmental portraits of him. This is one of my favorites.
I shot this billboard campaign for Spartanburg’s independent bookstore, Hub City Bookshop last month. We used Hub-Bub artist in resident Steve Snell as the model. It’s always more interesting to me to work with real people as opposed to models. Steve has tons of personality and brought it without hesitation to our shoot. He also schooled me on all things hipster.
