My First Formal Photo Shoot
Whoohoo…..I had a little milestone today. I finally set up a small studio in my living room and I my mom posed as my model. I set up the background stand and I used green background. I set up one umbrella light as my main light and my reflector as my second light. The least fun part was moving all the furniture around and out of the way. Actually, that part was a pain in my patoottee. But once I had everything set up, the actual photo shoot was such a blast! I’m learning to take formal portraits. It sounds boring, but they don’t have to be your mother’s formal portraits. Now I have to set up a list of victims…errr…volunteers to model for me. The only thing that I forgot to do was get some music going. That would make the shoot even more fun.
To be honest, I was a little bit afraid of doing my first “formal” shoot. It was a little intimidating. But because my model was my mom, I felt comfortable asking her how to pose and she didn’t argue with me. Anyway, here are some of the pictures:
I need to do two things on my next shoot. I have to separate the person from the background a little more and I have to watch the lighting so that I can get rid of the shadow behind the model. I’m afraid to hear the professor’s critique…lol But I think that for my first official shoot with studio lighting its pretty good. Next time I’ll do better.
Written by: Marfa