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”
Category Archives: Lighting Tutorials
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”
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”
Tutorials from Mira Zaslove Photography 