Category Archives: Catch Lights

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”

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”

Narrow Depth of Field Portrait

  I love big catchlights and narrow depth of field.   The lighting set up is illustrated below It was a five light set up with two strip boxes in front, a shoot-through umbrella off to the right and two bare head monolights illuminating the backdrop. I shoot in my home and it has relativelyContinue reading “Narrow Depth of Field Portrait”