Chris is an up and coming guitarist who needed some publicity stills. These are a bit more processed than you're used to seeing from me, but I based my processing on what I believe my client was trying to achieve. Gear for this shoot was very simple, a single 5D body and two lenses, my 35mm f1.4L and 85mm EFS 1.8. I used my Lumopro flash with a shoot-thru umbrella on maybe half the shots with just natural light on the other half. By the way, the Canon 85mm 1.8 is a great lens. It's sharp wide open, focuses twice as fast, and is 1/4 the price of the 85mm f1.2L. (1) 85mm, ISO 100, f1.8, 1/1250 sec, no flash. It was a very bright sunny day. This image was taken about 10:30am. I used full shade for this shot. B&W conversion was done using TRA2 "Brooklyn" action. I added grain in Photoshop using the noise filter.
(2) 85mm, ISO 100, f8, 1/200 sec, flash camera right at about 1/2 power. Even though it was late morning I was trying to simulate night with this shot. B&W conversion in Lightroom. Grain added in Photoshop.
(3) 85mm, ISO 100, f1.8, 1/1600 sec, direct backlit sun at about 11:00am, no exposure compensation, no flash, TRA2 "Lux soft" at about 50%. A tight headshot with a telephoto lens shot wide open with backlight is an easy setup to create and always looks great.
(4) 35mm, ISO 100, f11, 1/200 sec, flash w/shoot-thru umbrella camera right. I underexposed the ambient light by close to 3 stops then set the exposure on Chris by adjusting flash power. Desaturated in Lightroom. The structure behind Chris is a crane for off-loading railway cars. I took this shot lying on my back to get it in view.
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