Because I’m such a clever fellow, I thought it might be fun to bork my blog by accidentally deleting the single most important file for a Word Press blog and when my host said, “Sure, we can recover that one file for you from yesterday’s backup, but it will cost you ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS, I said, “Self,” I said, “Time to make all those changes you’ve wanted to make to the blog.”
So here they are. New blog, new style, more frequent posting (*crosses fingers*).
Who wants to see some creative portraits? I know I do.
My buddy Justin and I along with the Seattle Flickr Meetup group converged on a UW parking garage with lights, cameras, models, and creative juices and Justin and I got to work right away testing out some new lighting ideas.
So I started simple. One guy, three lights, and me standing in front of one of them and making big monsters arms for no reason other than, “Hey, let’s see what this looks like!”
Then Paul jumped in with his clown nose and we took a Very Serious Portrait® with a very silly prop.
Next, we got down to serious business and photographed a model wearing a cool parka in a power position and illuminated the concrete backdrop with a blue-gelled light. A striking result with sharp contrasts.
Then Justin got this idea and we went crazy with it.
And finally I got spooky creative with the light and had Justin mug like he was photographing this model in amazing goth attire and then fire a red strobe from the back to add an extra level of spoooooooky to the overall portrait.
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