Shooting headshots can be a lot of fun. Last night my neighbor Erik popped over for a quick session in the front yard (and in mid-summer in Virginia standing outside even after 7 PM can get uncomfortable quickly). The setup I used to capture these images is designed to be portable and easy to reconfigure which means we can quickly move from look to look in a matter of minutes.
In the first shot Erik is standing in front of the black side of a collapsible backdrop. He is lit from above using a single 300w strobe with a reflector below to help create an even and flattering light. The next shot uses exactly the same setup with the backdrop simply reversed to the white side.
In the final shot we used the exact same lighting setup again but removed the backdrop. What you see behind Erik is a glimpse of green grass and gray pavement (we had to change our angle to remove the glinting metal of our neighbor’s car).
Three different looks created by changing backdrops and shot in less than fifteen minutes all in my front yard.
— Craig
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