Thu & Tee
Sometimes photographers have to do mental pushups so that when we have to “Drop down give me 100”, we can do 200. For this portrait session, Tee contacted me specifically to learn more about learning the behind-the-scenes techniques of how I lightpaint. When the opportunity came knocking, I answered. On any given portrait session, I like to backlight and shooting wide open… settling in to a comfy place to start. However, with this particular portrait session, we hit the ground running with zero warm-up.
Thu and Tee made like tree, but didn’t split. Crazy stuff.
Inspiration, thanks to 1940s Hollywood glamour photographer, George Hurrell:
A contemporary take on a senior portrait blended with 1940 glam:
The next harvest moon on the autumnal equinox won’t be seen until 2029. Glad we got a glimpset:
This next image I normally wouldn’t have blogged, or even have shown anyone. The lighting was too distracting. However, for the sake of the post, most of my experiments start off as a sketch which I try about 2-3 times to create a portfolio image. When light painting, the key isn’t necessarily to make the photo all about the technique, rather incorporate the technique as seasoning in the entire recipe focusing on the couple.
