Lighting Instruction

One feature that the new Fuji X-E2 has is built in wifi. This is a pretty cool deal, you can quickly send a few or all the files right to your phone! That's how this image was added, from camera, to phone, to blog. No cropping or post production, just the image.

We spent the day teaching an aspiring photographer, Kim Swift.  We were hired by her to teach her what we love to do...light portraits. Kim provided two models, a wonderful hair and makeup artist, snacks and enthusiasm. We brought along everything else including a ton of lighting equipment with almost every possible light modifier.

I am encouraged that there are still people that want to take the time and effort to "create" portraits. I'm all for finding kight where you can, but sometimes you just have to, or even want to build it yourself. 

I only shot a few at the end, because it wasn't about me getting great images. It was about Kim getting hers, and I know for a fact she did. I experimented with a new beauty dish set up that I want to play a bit more with. I've not seen this exact look before, but I think it has some real potential. 

This is one of her shots that she did all the post production on, including retouching. This is so beautiful, I wish I had shot it myself! Kim brought along a fan that we used to get some action in the image, this whole thing just works. You may be interested in knowing that this is a Canon 70-200 f2.8 IS II lens on a Canon 60D body. Don't get all hung up on the latest and greatest cameras, you can make great portraits with most any camera today. I will mention that there is a noticeable difference in flesh tones, and there isn't a right or wrong. That said, we all do have preferences. If you want yours warmer or cooler, you can always fix it in post. I prefer doing as little post production as possible and that's what helped me land on the Fuji X camera system. When I get the files from my camera I will post a few for you to see the differences, just to compare the differences.

A great day that produced some beautiful images! Mentoring is what I love to do, and maybe even what I do best. Looking forward to working with more motivated individuals.