{"id":27807,"date":"2015-03-27T22:23:49","date_gmt":"2015-03-28T02:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/?p=27807"},"modified":"2017-08-11T17:08:38","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T21:08:38","slug":"portrait-photography-studio-lighting-portraits-influences-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/portrait-photography-studio-lighting-portraits-influences-inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"Portrait photography &#038; Studio lighting &#8211; Influences &#038; inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/models\/viktoria\/DSC_0395-bright-air.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"1125\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Portrait photography &amp; Studio lighting\u00a0&#8211; Inspire your own style<\/h1>\n<p>I keep a folder of Inspiration images to which I often add interesting photos shot by other photographers. This serves as an ideas folder. There are hundreds upon hundreds of images.\u00a0I add to this Inspiration folder, and I also\u00a0discard images over time\u00a0as my own style and what I want to work towards, form better shape. I might browse through this and see what sticks in my mind. Sometimes it is the amalgamation of ideas that lead to something new. Even when I try to emulate the style and lighting of an image, there are always distinct differences that lead to new images with a different look for me.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, the photo above was loosely based on ideas I saw elsewhere &#8230; yet, by the time\u00a0we were done, the \u00a0photos from this session didn&#8217;t look like the inspiration images. Different model; different lighting; different post-processing; different interpretation and a different photographer.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/images\/models\/viktoria\/DSC_0389.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"999\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Camera settings &amp; photo gear (or equivalents) used in this photo session<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>camera settings: \u00a01\/200 \u00a0@ f\/9.0 \u00a0@ \u00a0200 ISO<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/nikon-d810\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nikon D810<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/nikon-70-200mm-f2-8-vr-ii\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nikon 70-200mm f2.8 AF-S VR II<\/a>\u00a0 \/equivalent: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/canon-ef-70-200mm-f2-8-ii\/\" target=\"_blank\">Canon EF 70-200mm f\/2.8L IS II<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>(2x)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-d1-air-500-ws-studio-light\/\" target=\"_blank\">Profoto D1 Air 500Ws studio\u00a0lights<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-rfi-1x4-softbox\/\" target=\"_blank\">Profoto RFi 1\u2019\u00d74<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-rfi-1x4-softbox\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u2019<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-rfi-1x4-softbox\/\" target=\"_blank\"> softbox<\/a>\u00a0without a grid<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-7-grid-reflector\/\" target=\"_blank\">Profoto 7&#8243; Grid Reflector<\/a> with a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/profoto-honeycomb-grid-25-degrees\/\" target=\"_blank\">honeycomb grid (25 degrees)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>(2x)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/recommends\/manfrotto-025bs-boom-008bu-stand-casters\" target=\"_blank\">Manfrotto 025BS boom w\/\u00a0008BU stand &amp; casters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/product\/45647-REG\/Savage_6_1253_Widetone_Seamless_Background_Paper.html\/BI\/2096\/KBID\/2822\" target=\"_blank\">Savage seamless paper backdrop &#8211; Crimson (53&#8243; x 12 yrds)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I removed the grid from the main light &#8211; the 1&#215;4 softbox &#8211; because I wanted more light fall-off towards the lower part of her body and legs. A grid would&#8217;ve given too tight a beam of light.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<p>Much like a musician learning by listening to recordings, and then playing along and improvising, we also develop our own style and repertoire by looking at other photographers&#8217; work. There&#8217;s no shame in that. It isn&#8217;t plagiarizing, and it isn&#8217;t diluting your own emerging style. It is part of forming your own style.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Related links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/in-camera-special-effects-with-gobo-projection\/\">In-camera special effects with gobo projection<\/a>\u00a0 (model: Viktoria)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/photography-style-inspiration-adjusting-adapting\/\">Photography \u2013 inspiration, learning, and then adjusting &amp; adapting<\/a>\u00a0 (model: Ulorin Vex)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/photographers-inspiration-and-overcoming-fears\/\">Photographers \u2013 overcoming fears<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/influences-inspiration\/\">Influences &amp; inspiration<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/photography-homage-regal-portrait-with-ferret\/\">Photo homage: a regal portrait with a ferret<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/studio\/\" target=\"_blank\">NJ Photography Studio Rental<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Studio lighting workshops<\/h2>\n<p>If you are interested in learning more about studio lighting, including lighting for headshots, I offer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/studio-photography-workshops\/\" target=\"_blank\">workshops on studio lighting<\/a>. The workshops will be held at my\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/studio\/\" target=\"_blank\">studio space in NJ,<\/a>\u00a0and it has\u00a0a wide range of studio lighting gear to play with!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portrait photography &amp; Studio lighting\u00a0&#8211; Inspire your own style I keep a folder of Inspiration images to which I often add interesting photos shot by other photographers. This serves as an ideas folder. There are hundreds upon hundreds of images.\u00a0I add to this Inspiration folder, and I also\u00a0discard images over time\u00a0as my own style and&nbsp;<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/portrait-photography-studio-lighting-portraits-influences-inspiration\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read more inside&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22,24,136,492],"tags":[797,798],"yst_prominent_words":[1478,3632,2694,1330,3623,3614,3640,1140,2064,1257,3608,1142,1227,1020,3566,1554,1144,1156,1537,1610],"class_list":{"0":"post-27807","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lighting","8":"category-models","9":"category-studio-photography","10":"category-viktoria","11":"tag-dramatic-studio-lighting","12":"tag-studio-lighting-setup","13":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27807"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27807"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38910,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27807\/revisions\/38910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27807"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=27807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}