The Munchkin's Notebook

On March 16 th I did a session with the lovely Breathlessaire in her Miaka Priestess of Suzaku from Fushigi Yuugi based a Dessi-Desu Cosplay design .   The inspiration for this session was Mylar and several Asian Art Pinterest images. For this session, I used: Photography Equipment Props/Miscellaneous Cannon R6 24-105 mm Lens Transmitter/Trigger 2 Phottix Strobe 1 FJ400 Westcott Strobes 60x90 soft box 1 bell reflector 2 C-stands 1 light stand Sandbags Backdrop stand Grey hand painted backdrop White fuzzy backdrop Spyder Color Checker Card A-clamps Pink gel snoot Flowers Three-tiered flower stand White fabric Pink Tulle Mylar sheets Tiny stool   The set up The inspiration for these images was cherry blossoms and work posted on Pinterest that uses reflection and a full black background to isolate the subject.  I didn’t want to go the full isolation route,...

On February 22, I did a professional headshot and lifestyle session with the lovely Ginny of VDS Digital Agency. For this session, I used: Photography Equipment Props/Miscellaneous Cannon R6 24-105 mm Lens Transmitter/Trigger 2 Phottix Strobe 2 rectangular soft box Eye-light reflector 2 C-stands Sandbags Backdrop stand Savage Egg Nogg Seamless Hand Painted Canvas backdrop Spyder Color Checker Card A-clamps Stool       The set up For this session, I shot two basic setups, one for a headshot and one for traditional full-body portraits.  The reason I did two set-ups was that the client needed two types of photos, corporate headshots, and a more lifestyle portrait look for new letters and articles. For the traditional headshot lighting, I used two strobes, rectangular soft boxes, and an eye-light reflector.  The two strobes were positioned across from each other at 45-degree angles and tilted towards...