Author Archives: mirazaslove

Photobooth At An Eating Contest

Last weekend we attended an eating contest. My husband was invited to this even through the question-and-answer social networking site Quora. I love shooting parties and an eating contest party was sure to have a lot of drama. One thing I like to do at parties is to set up a photobooth off in theContinue reading “Photobooth At An Eating Contest”

Head Shot For Young Professionals

I had a head shot booked Saturday morning with two young, professional twins looking for photos for their workplace websites. I set up the home studio with a simple white backdrop. I wanted to do a four light set up, a key and fill plus two hair lights to give a symmetric feel for anyContinue reading “Head Shot For Young Professionals”

Two Light Set Up

We had a friend come over for a quick shoot. She’d worked as a model when she was young and boy could she nail looks. We used primarily a soft box key light just off center and then a wide angle shoot-through umbrella 4 stops down as a fill light. Probably should have brought thatContinue reading “Two Light Set Up”

Quick Three Light Set Up

I had a neighbor’s toddler over for a quick shoot. I had two strip boxes set up and a hair light shooting down with a shoot-through umbrella. The hair light was 3 stops down from the strip boxes. I used a neutral density filter on an 85mm f/1.4 to drop the f/11 exposure down toContinue reading “Quick Three Light Set Up”

Party Photobooth

I photographed a beautiful 50th birthday party recently. When I do parties, I like to set up some lighting in the corner to take portraits. You can knock off a bunch of portraits really fast and not totally rely upon candids to get the shots of the evening. I love the look of candids, butContinue reading “Party Photobooth”

Army of Bears

Here is a quick little I shoot I did with some party favors from a baby shower. I wanted a sharp image of the bears and writing of the suggested names, but a narrow depth of field. I used a 135mm f/1.8. I bounced a bare head monolight off the 10 foot high ceiling toContinue reading “Army of Bears”