Pictures from shoot in studio
Model Jana
Make-Up: Dee - Makeup 4 Art
Photographer: Henrik
Equipment : Canon 50D
Focal Length : 52mm
Aperture : F9
ISO : 100
Shutter speed : 1/160
Some times as a photographer we get so caught up in our craft of lighting, shooting, light placement, shutter speeds, aperture etc, that we can loose focus on some of the most important things. These important things can include things like the MODEL. I have noticed that when we start shooting one of the things that really help the confidence of a model is good make up and good hair. The rest of the parts that make the shoot are clothing selection from a models side. Get good hair and makeup and a killer dress even if the model lacks a bit of confidence normally they will feel confident and you the photographer will get great shots. Hair is important but even that can be fiddled in studio with some clips a hair straightener and hairspray in a pinch. Good makeup done by the Models themselves is a rarity. The model will do make up the way they feel is right and most times for the occasion as in shoot they will be wrong. Put good makeup on a good model you will have a fantastic combination. Just don't mess up the photography. I find giving the Make-up artist a detailed brief beforehand is a good way to start the ball of creativity rolling. Trust the make-up artist they are good at what they do. Hey they trust you to get good shots even more if it is a time for CD type thing.
here is a head and shoulders of our Model Jana. The make-up is pleasing not over the top and enhances our models face not detracts from it. Someone said to me the mark of good make-up should be when someone comments on how beautiful the subject looks today and not how wonderful the make up looks. The make-up should add not take attention away from the model. Little different if you doing one one of those over the top type shoots.On to the technical bits
We did this shoot in studio. OK First off the top shot very little has been done to this photo. I shot that photo using 3 lights. One in the suitcase one camera left and a background light gelled blue.
The flash in the suit case is a Canon 580exII speedlite set at 16th power and gelled Orange. It was triggered using a pocket wizard. It had no diffusion on it. The background light was a 200ws flash that was set at about 1/2 power and there was a 500ws flash in a large soft-box about 1metre away from the suit case set to about 30% power just to help define the outside of suit case. A friend asked me why i did not light the shoes I felt it would have distracted from the face which I felt was the main focus. Maybe I will try it both ways next time. As for Post well that was simple the gel was orange so pushed the white balance into the cool to correct for the orange. The background went even more blue and added a little bit of vignette just to seal the deal.
A big thanks to Dee from Make-up 4 Art these photos would not have looked as good with out her. If you are looking for a good professional and friendly make-up artist in the greater Durban area Dee I can Highly Recommend. Check out her Website here
Thats it from me
