Studio Portrait: Clean background, Simple Light; Forceful, Expressive Portrait
Specifics:
A very clean portrait shot on a flat field background (wall, seamless, cyc, material, cloth, canvas…) Tightly focused and stylistically within your style. This image should be created to show how you handle strong personalities in front of your lens.
There should be special attention placed on the expressiveness of the portrait: Sadness, pain, angst, joy, humor, intensity… ENGAGED. We want to see more than a smile, more than a beauty shot. This is a glimpse into the soul of the subject.
It is important to make the lighting something that enhances the look / feel of the subject. Whether it is soft or hard, single light or multiple strobes, natural or mixed or whatever, the light and the subject should be something that makes sense – to you.
Now – explain to us what you did, and why.
Chloe was 4 months when she first came to my studio and her mom was a little hesitant to being a part of the photographing. I started out with taking photos of Chloe while mom was holding her over her shoulder to make mom feel more comfortable. I won her over later.
This was a simple lighting set-up using a 47 inch octobox and a strip light to light up the hair towards the black background. This was the first time trying this, but I just fell in love with her big, blue eyes and her peculiar look at me, not a smile, but more like a curiosity kinda look.