Portrait Photography – Everybody’s gotta learn sometime – Part 2
Here’s the second half of the images from the Into the Light day in Gloucestershire this time with Martin Hill.
These images were produced as part of ‘going slow’ and taking time to compose the shot to add drama to the outdoor portrait photographs by using both natural light and portable flash. The trick was to mix the available light to bring out the drama in the clouds and then light our subject, Sarah Beaufoy with flash. This was at times challenging as the combination of sun and cloud changed almost on a minute to minute basis.
I’ve added my own style of post-production to the images, to give them the look I like so much.
You can find Martin’s Images on his blog.
Our make-up artist for the day was Vicki Waghorn.
Portrait Photography – Everybody’s gotta learn sometime
Location Portraits – Models, Makeovers, Fashion and a stunning Venue
I used the title of the 80′s pop song by The Korgi’s as a summary for this post because essentially its very true.
No matter if we call ourselves professional portrait photographers, the professional part can mean many things. It could be the main source of our income, our profession, or it could mean we have photographic qualifications. Whatever the reason, to stay a professional photographer we all need to continue to learn new things, gain more experience and ‘raise the bar’ as they say in management circles.
This week I spent a day in the company of Damien Lovegrove, and Martin Hill at Kingscote House in Gloucestershire. With models Sarah and Iskra we raised the bar on portrait photography, learning new techniques for lighting, posing, and using studio and portable lighting to really give results you generally wouldn’t associate with amateur photography.
The portrait gallery shows some of my favourite photographs of Iskra. I can’t say why these particularly took my eye, probably a combination of the expression and the lighting. I’m still not sure about the black and white portraits below and if I prefer the softer look or the more film-like look. What do you think ?
Portrait Photography in Cambridge
This is a selection of portrait photographs taken as part of an outdoor session in the grounds of a village church just outside Cambridge. These were all taken in natural light ( except one ) on a dull overcast day. It was quite cold so we had to work quickly. I hope it gives a good overview of what can be achieved in a relatively short space of time.
