Category Archives: Portraits

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”

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”

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”

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.