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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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Lighting for Nude Photography Book Review

Posted on March 28, 2009 at 11:46 pm

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Lighting for Nude Photography by Rod Ashford.

This book is full of different lighting techniques for lighting the human form. It is more about lighting than nudes.

Lighting the human body to show all its different shapes, textures and contexts is one of the most difficult things to light. On top of that, different lighting techniques combined with the body’s features can create very different moods and effects.

This book is full of amazing photographs and shows how each photograph has been lit. At the same time as exposing the large number of lighting techniques to be mastered it leads you step by step and brings each technique within reach.

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Lighting for Portrait Photography Book Review

Posted on March 28, 2009 at 11:32 pm

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A book full of stunning photographs. It covers style and a very comprehensive section on light and how it works. It goes through the different types of lighting equipment and then explores taking portraits under different conditions with different lights.
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Lighting and the Dramatic Portrait Book Review

Posted on March 28, 2009 at 11:20 pm

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519jjvqplll_bo2204203200_pisitb-sticker-arrow-clicktopright35-76_aa240_sh20_ou02_3 Lighting and the Dramatic Portrait, The Art of Celebrity and Editorial Photography by Michael Grecco.

I found this book particularly inspirational and comprehensive. It covers technical areas like cameras and illumination but then goes on to explore Creativity and Conceptualisation. It also explores the subject/photographer relationship and covers different subjects from celebrities through corporate to sports and drama.
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Light Science & Magic Book Review

Posted on March 16, 2009 at 9:11 am

51fuzqab5gl_bo2204203200_pisitb-sticker-arrow-clicktopright35-76_aa240_sh20_ou02_Light Science & MagicAn Introduction to Photographic Lighting by Steven Biver, Paul Fuqua & Fil Hunter.

The thing that first tickles me about this book is that it considers 308 pages an introduction. There is so much to learn about photography and this book is an excellent start to begin to understand light.
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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

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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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