Help! I think that I am getting carried away with this selfy thing cloistered away in Covid 19 lock down. With just the two of us at home, I have a real shortage of living models. But wait---maybe I should be making eyes at the cat, as know that she loves to be so often the centre of attention.
Anyway, with time on my hands, I decided yesterday to set up camera and speedlights. Rummaging
through my box of gear & gadgets, tucked inside, I discovered a set of commemorative Canadian postage stamps depicting the late Leonard Cohen, chanteur and raconteur, on the over-wrap and with different Cohen poses on each stamp. An impressive guy who had a most interesting life. We had little in common, except for being of a similar certain age. I remember him as a celebrity on the circuit in Montreal, early 1970's. Anyway, with these thoughts in my mind, I felt inspired, in my humble way, to try & to capture something of a Leonardesque feel to my photo.
Unfortunately, I do not have a dedicated studio in my house and have to set up tripods and light stands in available quiet corners when there is no one else about, (usually when my wife is out shopping!). I find studio photography to be rather intense intellectually, with so many settings, adjustments and fine
tuning to arrive at the desired effect. Each time I attempt a studio portrait shot, I try to incorporate a technique that I have never previously tried, in an effort to expand my repertoire of techniques. Yesterday, I positioned a speedlight behind the model (me) pointing towards the camera and screened by the model from the camera, such that just a rim of light was dramatically created around the outline of my black jacket against a black background. I was quite pleased with the effect.
I used my Nikon D610 set to manual, 35 mm Yongnuo prime, f5 at 1/200th, ISO 100. Three Godox V850 speedlights. I employed the 10 second self-timer with my face 1 metre from the camera.
For dramatic effect I selected a bright yellow daffodil as my prop, experimenting with the daffodil hand held, vertical, horizontal----eventually feeling a mouth held version was the 'money' shot.
Pictured at right is a painting of Leonard projected up on to the end wall of a building on Crescent Street, Montreal, (Sept. 2019).
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Anyway, with time on my hands, I decided yesterday to set up camera and speedlights. Rummaging
Unfortunately, I do not have a dedicated studio in my house and have to set up tripods and light stands in available quiet corners when there is no one else about, (usually when my wife is out shopping!). I find studio photography to be rather intense intellectually, with so many settings, adjustments and fine
I used my Nikon D610 set to manual, 35 mm Yongnuo prime, f5 at 1/200th, ISO 100. Three Godox V850 speedlights. I employed the 10 second self-timer with my face 1 metre from the camera.
For dramatic effect I selected a bright yellow daffodil as my prop, experimenting with the daffodil hand held, vertical, horizontal----eventually feeling a mouth held version was the 'money' shot.
Pictured at right is a painting of Leonard projected up on to the end wall of a building on Crescent Street, Montreal, (Sept. 2019).
READERS: To make most sense of the continuity of this blog, it is suggested that you commence reading entries with the earliest posting date.
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