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Stranger 105a - Shahrzad
Colin aka bomvu and I met up on Sunday with the soul intention of using lighting for our stranger photography. He was using a large strobe with the plan to overpower the sun whereas I was using one flash with the intent of using high speed sync.
Having been in my recent funk as mentioned in one of the discussion threads I was being slow to ask strangers for a portraits. I finally asked someone who politely declined and so I had to wait a little longer. Colin pointed out Sharzad and Sophie to me and after some cajoling I went to approach them. I think they were up for it but sensing a modicum of hesitation I quickly pulled out my card which sealed the deal.
It was a sunny day and one of the problems with that is everyone is wearing sunglasses which hides the eyes. I got Sharzad to remove hers and to take off her bag ( previous funny comments about bag straps being foremost in my thoughts :-) ). I then got to work on the picture. I had the basics of my settings sorted but needed to finesse it with the main aim being to make it look as natural as possible.
The technique is to use the flash off camera and in high speed sync mode through an umbrella with a reflector to add fill. This allows you to shoot at the wide aperture to get the background suitably out of focus. The other key point is that the subject has to be in shade.
I have come up with a way to make this approach extremely portable and without the need of assistance. However in this scenario I was able to use Colin as a Voice Activated Light Stand with Sophie taking the reign on reflector duties.
I showed the pictures to Sharzad who liked the images out of the camera. She is part Iranian, part Canadian and was mildly hungover having been at a place called Studio 338 the night before. Not willing to admit I am not with it in respect of knowing the hip places in town I pretended to know exactly what she was talking about although I don't think they bought it :-) It turns out the place is very near where I live!!!
Anyway, thanks very much for being a part of my project Sharzad. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the
100 Strangers Flickr Group Page
Connect with me on my facebook page: Shooting the Streets
or visit my website
As always constructive criticism is appreciated.
Stranger 105a - Shahrzad
Colin aka bomvu and I met up on Sunday with the soul intention of using lighting for our stranger photography. He was using a large strobe with the plan to overpower the sun whereas I was using one flash with the intent of using high speed sync.
Having been in my recent funk as mentioned in one of the discussion threads I was being slow to ask strangers for a portraits. I finally asked someone who politely declined and so I had to wait a little longer. Colin pointed out Sharzad and Sophie to me and after some cajoling I went to approach them. I think they were up for it but sensing a modicum of hesitation I quickly pulled out my card which sealed the deal.
It was a sunny day and one of the problems with that is everyone is wearing sunglasses which hides the eyes. I got Sharzad to remove hers and to take off her bag ( previous funny comments about bag straps being foremost in my thoughts :-) ). I then got to work on the picture. I had the basics of my settings sorted but needed to finesse it with the main aim being to make it look as natural as possible.
The technique is to use the flash off camera and in high speed sync mode through an umbrella with a reflector to add fill. This allows you to shoot at the wide aperture to get the background suitably out of focus. The other key point is that the subject has to be in shade.
I have come up with a way to make this approach extremely portable and without the need of assistance. However in this scenario I was able to use Colin as a Voice Activated Light Stand with Sophie taking the reign on reflector duties.
I showed the pictures to Sharzad who liked the images out of the camera. She is part Iranian, part Canadian and was mildly hungover having been at a place called Studio 338 the night before. Not willing to admit I am not with it in respect of knowing the hip places in town I pretended to know exactly what she was talking about although I don't think they bought it :-) It turns out the place is very near where I live!!!
Anyway, thanks very much for being a part of my project Sharzad. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the
100 Strangers Flickr Group Page
Connect with me on my facebook page: Shooting the Streets
or visit my website
As always constructive criticism is appreciated.