WECC Portrait Workshop

Sunday 15 May 2022, West End Camera Club Portrait Workshop in Spring Hill Brisbane.

Canon A1, Canon 50mm f/1.4 SSC, Kodak Gold 200, Godox ML60 off-camera LED 60watt (daylight balanced) on a tripod.

Model: Annie Morales
Dev & scan: Fotofast.com.au

Mostly natural light, with off-camera to camera left for some added fill / image balance on especially the face.

Same as above, with more detail on the eyes with classic portrait catch lights on the eyes.

Tight crop just above the waist.

Balanced with a good amount of space around the subject, incorporating the setting/ environment. Off-camera light to camera left adding some fill/ balance especially on the face.

Again with catch lights in the eyes, classic portrait. Off camera light not overpowering with a natural look.

Catch lights on the eyes from off-camera light, sunlight filtered through clouds above adding some drama to the image. Also adding highlights around the subjects figure (from the filtered sunlight). Perhaps a little ‘hot’ on the subjects from (her right) from the sunlight coming down. This could be dimmed slightly with a diffuser.

Overall light on the subject’s face (eyes) is balanced.

Fav.

Sunlight from above diffused through the clouds, off camera to camera left down below (coming from the front of the subject).

Sharp and focused on the eyes, with beautiful catch lights in the eyes. Rounded modifiers or sunlight will give the most natural looking (circular) catch lights. Square or other shaped soft boxes will obviously give weird shaped catch lights (not a fan).

Same lighting as above. The off camera light highlight on the grill to the left can be controlled with a barn door (or black cardboard) this will focus more light on the subject and cancel that spotting on the grill out giving a more natural effect. Passable .

As above, with off camera light to camera left for some beautiful catch lights on the eyes.

I love film. I love film portraits with mixed light.

Gear list:
Godox ML60 (doesn’t come with batteries, just AC Adaptor)
Batteries (Sony type)
Charger (for Batteries
Tripod
Speedlite Bracket (for Bowens / S-Type Modifiers

Got any questions, please reach out here.

HOLLYWOOD STYLE WITH SHALEENA BAIN

Shaleena Bain, a Gold Coast entertainer, model and performer. Together we shot a number of portraits at the Old Museum in Bowen Hills Brisbane Queensland. Built around the 1920s, was the perfect location for our styled shoot.

I thoroughly enjoyed working with Shaleena on such a fun and creative shoot. Looking forward to working with her again soon…

• Manfrotto 420B, Godox ML60 LED x2, inexpensive light stand (for the soft box),
  Godox Beauty Dish 54cm Silver with Bowens mount (silver for higher
  contrast, white for less) with grid, S2 Bracket (for Bowens mount adaption),
  inexpensive rectangular soft box, Kodak Tri-x 400, Canon A1, Canon 50mm f/1.4.

• 2 light setup, ideally suited for flexibility when on location. More
  than 3 lights might be a stretch.

Soft, beautiful glow on Shaleena’s face, from camera right (beauty dish) and some slight fill / spill.

Soft box to the left, Beauty Dish to the top right.

Probably my favourite.

FASHION SHOOT - KRISTIN MILLAR

On location in Teneriffe, Brisbane Queensland with Kristin Millar (styling, hair and makeup). Together, a great result!

Kristin is professional, punctual and a friendly personality, well-experienced in photographic modelling. I could not recommend her enough. Arriving early (coming from the Gold Coast to Brisbane) and with great enthusiasm. She takes directions well, has a great understanding of posing, which made all very easy working with her and to create a wonderful set of portraits. ☆☆☆☆☆
Her profile:
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Shot on Canon A1, Canon 50mm f/1.4, with a single Godox ML60 LED (60watt continuous) light. Dev & scan by Fotofast.

Colour: Kodak Gold 200 (+1 stop).

Use of a mixture of both sunlight and LED (portable) light to create some amazing portraits. A little wind also helps too :)

Sunlight from the left and LED light from the right for some balanced fill.

Strong sunlight providing hair (high) lights from the right, with some LED light fill from the left.

Moody scene.

Black and white: Kodak Tri-x 400.

Canon A1, Canon 50mm f/1.4

Natural sprinkled sunlight adding some texture from the trees overhead to the background and hair (high) lights. Fill light from the right to provide a nicely balanced portrait.

Beautifully dropped out background, reasonably close with the f/1.4 50mm Canon FD lens.

Dusk low light with some LED fill.

Soft greys on Tri-x 400. Frosted windows in the background reacting to the fill light to add some slight background textural interest.

More soft greys on Tri-x 400 with frosted (reflective) background textural interest. I do love a good reflection photos.