Monday, August 8, 2016

Shooting a future doctor



 When I was approached for the shoot regarding a client who wanted a photo for Med School applications, it was a hot summer week. Yuchen needed something to put in online applications that requested a photo. My idea was a minimalist shoot with a Canon Speedlite 580exII to the side and reflector at the bottom as fill, the sun was strong at 7:30pm but made a great rim light, giving my client a warm caring look, his smile came about from jokes from my assistant and model Annie who managed to make him laugh. A warm smile appeared as  he came down from his laughter. The fill and light fall off from his left side gave the brief and brilliant look of a photo that proper for representation with minimalist portrait look, great to get noticed and best for showing off his personality. I used a canon 5Dmark III with a 70-200mm canon 2.8 USM 2 telephoto lens for shallow depth of field and amazing bokeh.


                                               

                       
Yuchen DonYuchen D

o
East Village photo Walkabout 8/7/2016


It's been awhile since I did any street photography due to lots of studio work. It was my birthday weekend and what a good time to celebrate my 40th birthday by enjoying the freedom as a street photographer.



















Village 8/7/16

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

My DIY photography article about using the Light Blaster speedlite projector that was published 3 years ago.





http://www.diyphotography.net/how-i-got-my-art-biggest-wall-moma-ps1/