Light, Light and More Light.

Today's image is an on location business portrait for a client. Sometimes these are tough because you never know what kind of light you will have to work with.  The challenge with this shot is the lighting is mixed. There are three kinds of lights available in this shot, window light, room light and flash.  I eliminated one by turning off the room lights. By doing that, I could light her with flash for the main light and use the window light as a back light.  There is one other big challenge going in this room that made this not so easy a task.  The room light is provided by the large window which prevents me from locating the main flash where I normally would because of reflections. Also, due to the time of day and the location of the sun the inside lights were reflecting in that window.  By turning them off it also  solved this problem, but I had to place the main light off wide to camera right  and add a second light off to camera left at a lower power to just accent that side.  Without it, the right side of her face would be in shadow.  I know I went a little technical today but I may expand on that in future posts so stay tuned.  That's it for today.

Playing With Lighting

Today's image was shot in the studio.  This was a testing and rental session.  Sometimes you have to break all the rules and just shoot what you like.  You'd never see lighting like this at the cattle call mall studio's. That's it for Today

Getting Ready For The Big Game?

Today's image is in honor of the Superbowl.  Maybe one day this young man will get to play in one.
This is a local high school player that has moved on to a college program.  That's it for today.

City of Champions

Today's image is of the local high school girls basketball team after winning their third state championship in a row last year.  As of today they are 18 and 1 for this year hoping to 4-peat. That's it for today.

Who Needs A Yellow Brick Road?

Today's image was shot just across the street from yesterdays image. There are also cameras covering this area.  I was entranced by the texture created by the lighting of this building. The details in the shadows and the contrast are what I enjoy about this shot.  I also like the way the lines lead you down the street.  That's it for today.

Somebody Is Always Watching

 

Today's image is also on the movie street. As I was walking around framing different compositions I looked up and noticed the camera.  My first thoughts were who's watching who? In case you don't know it already most large cities have cameras all over the place which can and do track your every move, in the name of security, thanks to 911. I'm not tying to make you paranoid but you should assume you are always being watched.  That's it for today.

Beautiful Light At NIght

Today's image is another of my favorite night shots in black & white. This is another in the series I've taken on the street where many movies are shot in Chicago.  That's it for today.