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| Nikon D4, 85mm ƒ/1.4, ISO 800, ƒ/1.4, 1/160 |
Today I had a lot of fun helping a young actress build her portfolio. Her mother wrote to me saying "We are need of getting some Headshots done for my daughter's acting webpage. She is an actress and has an agent here in Atlanta."
You can see the young actress
Kalyn Wood on her Facebook page here.
They were needing four different looks. So we shot for about 4 hours and had some fun. All the images were shot with the Nikon 85mm ƒ/1.4D.
Sometimes I would white balance for the modeling lights and not use the flash like in the photo above. I did this so I could shoot at ƒ/1.4. She is thinking about using this as the big photo you first see landing on her page. Makes sense because of the horizontal format will work great on the webpage.
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| Nikon D4, 85mm ƒ/1.4, ISO 400, ƒ/1.4, 1/100 |
I think she did a great job of bringing some great variations of expressions to create those different looks and then I tried to light the photos to match the mood we were looking to produce.
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| Nikon D4, 85mm ƒ/1.4, ISO 400, ƒ/1.4, 1/125 |
By just changing some clothes and hair we could get a completely different look.
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| Nikon D4, 85mm ƒ/1.4, ISO 200, ƒ/1.4, 1/80 |
For this photo here I talked to her about the character Anna Bates in
Downton Abbey.
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| Nikon D4, 85mm ƒ/1.4, ISO 200, ƒ/8, 1/200 |
For this photo with the red background we talked about The Evil Queen/Regina Mills in the ABC series
Once Upon a Time.
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| Nikon D4, 85mm ƒ/1.4, ISO 200, ƒ/8, 1/160 |
In this photo I can easily see her as one of the cast in
Pretty Little Liars.
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| Nikon D4, 85mm ƒ/1.4, ISO 200, ƒ/8, 1/160 |
What is important to know is that it is much easier to have something in mind together that you are creating than to just pick up a camera and start shooting. Together we were able to get some great images, but we both had to be on the same page.
She had to bring expressions and clothing for each of the shots. I had to light and compose the photos to help create that mood.
You know anyone wanting to build a model or acting portfolio, then send them my way and we can have some fun creating something together.
