Ready to Shoot

Another Photo of fellow photographer Miles and a new favorite textured background from Creative Cloud. Just found a few more thanks to Brian Abby, and courtesy of Shadowhouse Creations. I'll be using those in the future for sure! Lit with a gridded beauty dish above with large softbox below. Strip boxes on either side of the subject and just behind. Shot in the West Seattle Studio. http://flic.kr/p/iYLVqm

All SMiles

-One of my favorite headshots from my session with fellow photographer Miles. Lit with beauty dish from above and large octa from below.(clamshell). Two gridded ab800's through strip boxes from either side. Who says 50mm can't be a portrait lens? Not taken with a 50mm lens but it was taken at 50mm. www.nakean.com http://flic.kr/p/iuxNNZ

Skate or Die

-Or just look into his Dreamy eyes.... I really liked how we filled the frame with Miles and his board. The compression at 105mm works well to keep lines straight and image flat. Dimension relies solely on the light and shadows. There was something so intriguing to me about keying from beneath for some of these images and I think I'll be revisiting this setup soon. Lit with Large Octa on the floor and pointed up for main. I filled in shadows with a beauty dish from above. Two rim lights provided by stripboxes on either side. The board and shoulder, camera right, or catching a bit of the background light as well. www.naekan.com, www.nakeanworkshops.com/blog http://flic.kr/p/i5QqrW

Not so Mr. Nice Guy

Trying a more dramtic look with the key light coming from below with just a bit of fill from a beauty dish above. I'm also letting the rim light rap a around a tad more than I normally would. I love the dram the light creates here. I'm reading a great book my Gregory Heisler in which he remind me that commercially speaking, "men only have to look interesting". http://flic.kr/p/hEtCjY

The Boarder insisde

Epic shot of my friend/photographer Miles. It's rare as a photographer that your favorite photos are inline with each others but I have to admit his picks are pretty dang close to mine! Love the shadows in this shot. This one was lit with a couple gridded stripboxes on either side and slightly behind Miles. Gridded Beauty dish was placed directly above his head. Lastly, an x800 to his right and pointed the background with a 40 degree grid for the background. I love the pattern from the gridded stripbox camera right. http://flic.kr/p/hkimvX