October 10, 2010
Megan Daniels is ridiculously beautiful.
Just sayin.’ :)
A while back, we had a super fun, last-minute photo shoot. Those kinds of shoots are so unexpected, but really are the most fun. And especially with someone amazing like Megan, they are soooo chill and laid back. I love shooting with amazing people and amazing friends….good times hanging out, shooting the shiz, and taking pretty pictures.
Amazingly, we did the shoot in some pretty small spaces…her dining room and back patio…it’s really pretty amazing where you can get amazing photos. And of course, when you have a gorgeous girl to take pictures of, they will be amazing. :)
Here are a few…
Pretty sweet work as always Aaron! Especially like the 3rd one, how you have the light raking across her back to highlight the curves.
Questions for you – for your back light, about how far away and what modifiers did you use? One of my recent shoots I was getting a good rim light on the hair and body, but started to lose it below the waist of my model. I didn’t use a modifier since I had the light directly behind her. Was thinking maybe I should have used a 2nd background light. (Or maybe I’ll try the ringlight as the rimlight next time…..)
Thanks so much Todd!!
In these shots, I think I used a bare reflector with a little bit of diffusion paper on the front. It’s probably a few feet away…it was actually sitting on the dining room table next to her. lol.
The trick is getting even light, so I totally understand where you’re coming from. You want to get the light a little ways away…but not too far away. Just enough to where the light disperses evenly.
A new toy I’ve added to the arsenal recently is a medium strip box. I LOVE it. I’ll be posting some pictures soon where I’ve used it…but noticed a HUGE difference in the way the rim light is shaped and thrown at the model…and it’s much softer too. It really is a cool tool to have.
I’ve got two of the foldable Alien Bee strip softboxes myself that I use in studio – I’m kicking myself now for not thinking to use it at that time on that location shoot.
I hate getting senile… ;-)