Category Archives: Photography

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”

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”

Ali on the Embarcadero

This was a night time shoot on the Embarcadero in San Francisco. Ali had rented a few dresses from Rent-the-Runway and wanted to get some new shots for her blog.  We used two speed lights to light her.  Overall it was a pretty quick and successful shoot.