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Poetry Book: “Route of Hope” by Katie Ruth | Portraits and Illustration Photographs by John Wood

Posted on September 13, 2009 at 4:38 pm

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These are photographs taken for local Berkshire poet, Katie Ruth, for her new book the Route of Hope. There is a portrait of her for the inside cover and photographs to illustrate some of her poems.

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Model Portfolio | Bracknell Photo Shoot with Georgina Kuhl

Posted on March 30, 2009 at 1:13 pm

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Georgina Khul Model BerkshireThese are the results from a portrait photography shoot in Bracknell, Berkshire. I used it to develop and improve posing, lighting and photography techniques as well as to extend my portrait portfolio.

Here are examples of other Model Portfolio Photoshoots.

Some of the photographs are taken with natural light from a large window on the other side of the room, some with flashguns, umbrellas and a white backdrop, backlit by two remote vivitar flashguns and some are lit by a combination of ambient tungsten light with colour, filtered flash bounced off a reflector and the camera colour corrected. All of this was taken in a room using the portable studio.

The photographs were enhanced in Photoshop with the aim of creating beautiful images that could be hung on a wall.

View the rest of the Portrait photographs from the session in Bracknell, Berkshire.

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10 Ways to Light Portraits with One Light

Posted on January 30, 2009 at 10:45 am

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dpc2087e_resize_resizePortrait photography? No problem! Just find a pretty girl, buy a flashgun and take her picture and hey presto you have a portrait. But do you like it? Would she pay you money for it? Facebook is full of such photographs. Our albums are full of such photographs.

So what makes the difference. Well, a number of things do; the model, the background, the pose, the camera, the space, the camera, the lens and the light. Light is very special – “What colour is a banana in a totally dark room?” The answer is, it has NO colour; only light gives us colour. Light is everything!
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Portrait Lighting with a Portable Studio

Posted on January 30, 2009 at 10:39 am

Main Website: John Wood Photography – Portrait Photographer Berkshire

Prom Dress Photo ShootThis particular article is about how I found the lighting equipment I used to start with for portrait photography. It is aimed at photographers; if you want to view portrait photographs then click Latest Photographs. If you are interested in having your portrait taken then visit the Main Website or Boudoir Photography.

I started off with a couple of 500W Interfit Super Cool-lite 5 soft boxes and reflector but found I was limited on the speed and often produced perfectly focussed but blurred shots – I had thought that models would stand still, but the girls I was shooting wanted to jump around.

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