Recording Artist Portrait

DanOstergren · Jan 27, 2020

A recording artist portrait I was hired to shoot this week.

Shot using the original Canon 5D with a Canon 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM lens attached, set to f/11, 1/160th sec, ISO 100. Lit with a single Neewer C300 flash and softbox.

rslt · Jan 28, 2020

Veeery nice.

Valls · Jan 28, 2020

Simple but effective lighting! The catchlight is so pleasing to look at and once again this photo is so crispy sharp I can't stop looking at it! Love the details!
Did you bounce any light back in to fill in the shadows?

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zombiesniper · Jan 28, 2020

Excellent image.

SquarePeg · Jan 28, 2020

Love this. Very spiritual looking. Did you model this pose and lighting on a painting like some of your others?

Trever1t · Jan 28, 2020

beautiful light AND textures!

Jeff15 · Jan 28, 2020

Very good, great light...........

DanOstergren · Jan 28, 2020

rslt said:
Veeery nice.

Thank you.

DanOstergren · Jan 28, 2020

Valls said:
Simple but effective lighting! The catchlight is so pleasing to look at and once again this photo is so crispy sharp I can't stop looking at it! Love the details!
Did you bounce any light back in to fill in the shadows?

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Thanks! I use a macro lens for a lot of my portraits which really picks up a lot of great detail, and then add some subtle sharpening in post as the last step. The result is a portrait with details that look so crisp you feel like they are almost popping out of the display.

I did use fill; a white foam board from the Dollar Tree with tin foil glued to it.

DanOstergren · Jan 28, 2020

zombiesniper said:
Excellent image.

Thank you so much.

DanOstergren · Jan 28, 2020

SquarePeg said:
Love this. Very spiritual looking. Did you model this pose and lighting on a painting like some of your others?

Thank you.
I didn't necessarily model it specifically after a painting, but I do feel as if it's a style that has become second nature to the way I create portraits.