Portraits and Being Gangsta’

I was in the portrait making mood tonight.  It started with Rachel because the light was a bit mystical outside this afternoon.  So, I grabbed my camera and my 85 1.4 lens and headed out to find Rachel.  She was down the street playing with friends, so I called her over.  She saw my camera and said, “Oh, you need a picture?”  The kids are so used to me me taking pictures now they just quickly pose for me and go back to what they were doing.  She was a good sport.  I specifically wanted a shot of her kind of looking up so I could get the diffused light from the cloudy sky to light up her eyes.

Then, Brian approached me later in the evening.  He had to make a brochure all about him for class.  Of course, it was 7:30 PM and it’s due tomorrow.  He needs various shots of his life (family, hobbies, early childhood) and a headshot for the main image.  So, we went all hard edged and got him a cool head shot.  I set up a pseudo clam shell lighting.  Shoot through umbrella with a diffused SB-800 up top.  A large reflector on bottom.  Brian sported some cool shades.  After, I hit it with the “Sin City” treatment in Adobe’s Lightroom to give it an edgy look.  Brian said it was “Gangsta!”

Here are the shots.

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