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For these promotional photos for aspiring model twins, Carina and Carolina, we went to a park. There are certain things I look for when working on an location, that I know will immediately give me a better chance at successful portraits.\u00a0\u00a0My book,\u00a0Lighting and Design for Portrait Photography<\/a>,\u00a0looks at exactly that thought-process throughout\u00a0the 60 chapters in the book.<\/p>\n The technique\u00a0here should be quite obvious by now:<\/p>\n It’s a recipe which easily gives you solid results in most cases, and for me, is an sure-fire way to immediately get images that work.<\/p>\n When shooting outdoors, sunlight\u00a0can be used as a second light to add rim-lighting on your subjects.\u00a0Shooting towards the setting sun, the lens started flaring. I could minimize this by blocking the light with my hand (or a gobo), or I could move the setup so that I have trees blocking direct strong light hitting the front of my lens.<\/p>\n In this case, I liked the look of the flare, and felt it added warmth. By moving my own position around, I could control the flare so that it gave a natural vignette to the bottom part of the image – neatly mirroring the warmer brighter top part of the photo. In other words, the use of flare was quite intentional here.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Then the next step is to let your subjects be themselves – if they are as naturally photogenic and spirited as these two girls.\u00a0This is an important part of being successful with portraits – allowing your subjects to be themselves and then guiding them to show some aspect of their personalities. Or, it might just be your job as the photographer to present them at their best.<\/p>\n With Carina and Carolina, I spent a fair amount of time just photographing them dancing and laughing.<\/p>\n This was very much part of the process – to effortlessly get images which they like. Shooting a few sequences like this, I showed them, and they loved it. Now, having their confidence, it was easier to slightly guide their natural poses into the final images which were what we were aiming for, all along.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lighting & Design<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is a\u00a0follow-up of sorts to Direction & Quality of Light<\/a>.\u00a0It\u2019s a slightly eclectic mix, discussing the thought-process with various scenarios shooting portraits. 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<\/p>\nDirecting your subjects<\/h2>\n
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