I met Masha on Model Mayhem. She is new to modeling and interested in starting a portfolio. I’ve been testing some new lighting setups that provide more dramatic lighting and this would be a good opportunity to to try them out. A couple of sample shots are below. I used a 7″ reflector with a 20 degree grid as the key in the second shot. A large softbox set about -3 f-stops and placed almost at floor level is the fill. The other shots use a 22″ beauty dish with a 40 degree grid as the key. Fill is the same. Touch of Makeup handled hair and makeup.
This was also the first shoot where I used a gray card — at the urging of my colleague Bo Zhang. Tonight I began photo processing using the card. It’s not the final answer in color correction But it’s a great place to start.
