Last weekend I got to work with the lovely Vida Muerta on building her portfolio, with some standards. Standard images are simple images with simple backgrounds (black, white, or gray) that encompass a head-shot/beauty shot, a ¾ length image, and full-length image that show off the model’s basic look. I did a simple two light set up for these photos with a grey backdrop (see left). I used two Phottix Indra 500LC Strobes, one in a square soft box with grid and the other in a socked beauty dish set to the sides of the model. I shot using my Canon 70D, an 18-200mm lens, and a radio trigger to activate the strobes. I thought about shooting tethered, so there could be some instant feed back for my model, but my in-home studio is not conducive to corded tethered shooting. So, in lieu of shooting tethered, half way through the shoot we stopped and reviewed the images and reviewed them again at the end of the shoot. This is a note to models, do not...
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