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Portrait 38
Day 38 of an Unknown Number
"Portrait 38"
While her mother was my initial target.......desired subject.........my niece was more than an acceptable substitute. She is always game when her annoying uncle needs someone to sit for him. She had just come in possession of some cool head pieces, so it seemed only natural to use one of them in the portrait. Our key light (and only light) is a very large diffused softbox at camera-left. It is just out of frame, and can be seen in her eyes. The light is at a classic 45-45, delivering the "Rembrandt lighting." The little triangle of light under her left is the giveaway. Aside from that, there is a bounce board on the camera-right side, just filling in the shadows a bit. Though I would normally have my subject turn their body away from the light, I sort of liked her forward pose. It feels very natural to me. I did not select the wardrobe, but it was either the sweater or a tie-dye shirt. I'll always go with the Big Apple. Oh, in an effort to not shoot with my go-to 100mm macro lens, I decided to shoot this portrait with my 50 mm. It forced me to get a little closer to my subject, but I did not get so close that her face looked distorted. Thanks for passing through!!
#pixie #headband #newyork #eyes #canon5dmarkIII #canon50mm #portrait #girl #studio #rembrandt #paulcbuffinc #paulcbuffeinstein #softbox
Portrait 38
Day 38 of an Unknown Number
"Portrait 38"
While her mother was my initial target.......desired subject.........my niece was more than an acceptable substitute. She is always game when her annoying uncle needs someone to sit for him. She had just come in possession of some cool head pieces, so it seemed only natural to use one of them in the portrait. Our key light (and only light) is a very large diffused softbox at camera-left. It is just out of frame, and can be seen in her eyes. The light is at a classic 45-45, delivering the "Rembrandt lighting." The little triangle of light under her left is the giveaway. Aside from that, there is a bounce board on the camera-right side, just filling in the shadows a bit. Though I would normally have my subject turn their body away from the light, I sort of liked her forward pose. It feels very natural to me. I did not select the wardrobe, but it was either the sweater or a tie-dye shirt. I'll always go with the Big Apple. Oh, in an effort to not shoot with my go-to 100mm macro lens, I decided to shoot this portrait with my 50 mm. It forced me to get a little closer to my subject, but I did not get so close that her face looked distorted. Thanks for passing through!!
#pixie #headband #newyork #eyes #canon5dmarkIII #canon50mm #portrait #girl #studio #rembrandt #paulcbuffinc #paulcbuffeinstein #softbox