Alien portraits

[andrewdoeshair]

I was planning on doing a haircut and simple shoulder-up portrait session on a girl who I knew was good with her make up, as in the past she’s taken a few extra minutes to get everything right. When the haircut was finished and she got in the mirror to apply her make up I noticed that she was turning herself green- I didn’t expect this. So I pulled out some flash gels and watched a quick YouTube video on how to use them. I’ve had a grey paper roll for a while that I almost never used (usually just use black or white) but it turned out that’s what I had been missing when I had previously tried and failed to color (white) backgrounds with gels... Anyways, the end of the story is that I thought I was going to do a simple haircut photo on a white wall like I do almost every day and instead I got to have a very colorful time that pushed me way out of my comfort zone (in a good and exciting way).

 

[andrewdoeshair]

I also learned kind of by accident (I don’t know if this is a “thing” or not) that if I shoot a scene with an ultra wide lens so I can see both the light source and where the light is landing, it’s a million times easier to see where my lights need to move. It’s been a massively helpful tool in continuing to learn how to use flash...

 

[Fujidave]

Well she has beautiful eyes imo, nice images.

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

I really like her attitude in the first. The green makeup is something different and interesting actually.

 

[Amocholes]

Very cool! I like the contrast of the hair and makeup with the conservative sweater and blouse.