Starving Artist's Guide to Studio Portraiture: Glamour With a Bit of Flare

Glamour With a Bit of Flare....get it... get it?

So for this assignment, I was asked to shoot a couple of glamour shots for model Denise Manila (mm#834507) for her portfolio. No problem, we did just that. The fun only started after we knew we had everything we wanted and decided to go wild. The model was relaxed, I was relaxed and the light, well let's just shoot one right into the lens and see what happen.



Full Disclosure: I did not plan this out, it was totally random... I didn't know what I was doing until the shot was taken.

Light A: The key-light. A Sunpak 383, set behind a panel with diffusion fabric stretched across. The light was triggered by a Cybersync.

Light B: This one is a side-light. An Olympus FL-36R was placed on a chair and set to through the same amount of power as the key effectively sandwhiching the model between two bars of light. It was trigggered optically from its built-in slaves.

Light C: I don't know how to call this light, it's only there because it shouldn't be. Having a light in the viewfinder is a sure recipe for lens flares but in this case, it's what we wanted. The light was a Sunpak 383 trigged optically by a Wein peanut slave.

A few things worth considering. You should only try something like that when you know you're done with your assignment and know you've got what you came for. This is a very random process and that's what makes it fun. There's also a chance that you'll end up with worthless crap. I'm just saying.

Now thinking the other way around, when you're done with your assignment always try something like this. You already have the shots you wanted so there's no pressure.















Don't get bogged down by details or flaws, just feel the flow, get off your tripod, move around, if there's a stand in the shot, who cares? Her hair is a mess? well that's OK too! she looks like she just had *COUGH* *COUGH*....