Hi! This blog is a diary of some of my early days when I was just getting into photography. I’ve included some tutorials and detailed documentation of the lighting experiments I used. This has given me the foundation to build a commercial photography business and the beginning of my art portfolio. Please visit my fullContinue reading “Please visit my main site…”
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New Lighting Equipment
Lighting equipment is expensive and so I spend a reasonable amount of time searching out used equipment on Ebay. Craigslist tends to be too small of a market even in the SF Bay Area to get a good selection of equipment on a regular basis. I got my favorite lens, the Sony 135mm f/1.8Continue reading “New Lighting Equipment”
Simple Two Light Outdoor Headshot
This is the last of the shots that for the outdoor headshot round. It is a similar to the others in that it is a two light setup with the model in the shade and the background being lit by late-day sun. The two lights are a soft box coming in from the left actingContinue reading “Simple Two Light Outdoor Headshot”
Mira Zaslove Headshot
My husband, Jay Wacker, isn’t a very good model, so I often end up having to model for my own shots at Mira Zaslove Photography while I’m experimenting with lighting. In this case, I needed a new headshot, so I was looking forward to this shoot. This shot was part the series I talked aboutContinue reading “Mira Zaslove Headshot”
Hair lighting
When you’re new to lighting, the concept of hair light seems so irrelevant, yet it can make a huge difference between having a a photograph filled with life and a photograph which seems static. In the recent outdoor headshot shoot, I worked to get the hair light just right for this LinkedIn profile. We wantedContinue reading “Hair lighting”
Outdoor Lighting Juggling Shot
I recently did a photoshoot to get some new head shots. Ultimately, for social media websites, which are universally 1×1 crops. We’ve noticed recently that the crops of photos are wider than in the recent past, showing shoulders and more of the back ground. I started with my husband who wanted a new profileContinue reading “Outdoor Lighting Juggling Shot”
Lynn Tao of Juniper
I love narrow depth of field head shots. This one was recently taken of Lynn Tao, the CEO and founder of Juniper (http://www.getjuniper.com). She needed a head shot for some fund raising and we offered to take a couple of shots in our home studio before I gave birth (any day now). Narrow depthContinue reading “Lynn Tao of Juniper”
Young professional headshot
Sorry for the delayed post, I’ve been behind the Great Firewall and somewhat shockingly, WordPress is blocked. I recently got back and took a couple of quick headshots for young professionals. This one was a gorilla-style headshot in the Financial District in SF. He wanted something with a bit of a cityscape in the background.Continue reading “Young professional headshot”
Fisheyes at Events
Fisheye lens provide point of views on events that are striking because they are images that aren’t seen very often. I like to bring my 16mm f/2.8 to events because they spice up albums. Fisheyes aren’t common in many photographers repertoires, yet they are usually very affordable and give something that viewers don’t see often.Continue reading “Fisheyes at Events”
Photo of the Photobooth Set Up at the Eating Contest
Yesterday, I wrote about the set up of the photobooth at last weekEating Contest. Here you can see the rough set up. The camera is abutted up to the soft box, which itself it right next to a hedge. The shoot-through umbrella is peaking in at the right, it’s angled in wide and doesn’t provideContinue reading “Photo of the Photobooth Set Up at the Eating Contest”
Tutorials from Mira Zaslove Photography 