July 2024 Portrait

Musician’s Press Pack
Taken in white-room w/ [DEAD GIVEAWAY AS TO WHO]
Downsampled & Cropped from 5784 x 8660 -> 1080 x 864
ISO 400 f/3.2 1/100th sec. 35mm focal length
No Flash, 3x Static Lights (2x Aputure P60c w/ diffusers, and 1x Chauvet 140SR Hybrid Head with a frosted wash)
No editing except for crop

2. Unseen reflections

3. Nathan
Welcome to the portrait of my grandson Nathan. The picture was taken in a tree lot at my place. Nathan and his brother were helping me clean the area and were more than happy to help ‘poppy’ with his photo assignment.
The picture was taken on a Sony A5000 mirrorless camera using a Sony 50-210 zoom lens. My preference for portraits is black and white, I used a triple shot monochrome option with automatic exposure.

4. Smiling Eyes
A portrait taken of my grandson on an Apple 11 phone.

5. Catitude
So I didn’t find a willing subject with two legs, this is still an unwilling, but easier to bribe.

6. The Aftermath
I like the idea that people can create their own story for this image. I myself have thought of the character as a mad scientist that may work in an asylum, inspired by horror movies. Or maybe it’s the apocalypse and he is one of the last survivors!
Settings used:
ISO 100 f/6.3 shutter 1/80 73mm
I changed the exposure levels by changing the highlights and whites. I also change the contrast by using the dehaze, clarity and textures sliders in lightroom as well as dulling the saturation of colours.

8. The Lady in Red
This is my Mum. She had this suit made in Vietnam and she looks so lovely in it.
Natural Light. Light Edit in Lightroom
35mm lens on Nikon d500