Even more natural lighting headshots

So Graham and I have been shooting a lot of headshots outside in wonderful natural light. Every time we do I think about something one of my photography teachers said. “You should throw away all your artificial light sources. A good photographer can make wonderful images with only the sun.” I still don’t agree completely with this idea, but there is something awesome about just using the sun as the only light source.

One of the secrets in shooting these types of photos is a basic concept in photography. Make sure the light is bright enough to expose the subject but also make sure the subject isn’t getting blinded my direct sunlight in their eyes. I know it seems like a no-brainer but it never hurts to remind yourself to check the subjects eyes.

I’ve also been doing shots with the sun directly behind the subject (image below). I love the 70′s photo esthetic and these types of shots remind me of that. It gives the images an awesome glow effect and creates great depth to the photo.

More natural lighting acting headshots

Here are some more samples of our natural lighting acting headshots.

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Natural lighting headshots

So we here at Portraits La have been wanted to step up our game as far as super cool photos so we decided we’ll be shooting more natural light shots. We’ll be doing these outside the studio until we can find a nice indoor studio with lots of natural light. Check out our new sample of the very pretty Crista Leopardi.

Portraits using a Ringflash

I shot this really great model named Lily the other day using my ABR800 Ringflash from AlienBees. I’ve always loved the effect the ringflash gives off. I used a strobe to hit the red background for a cool depth effect. I’m really happy with how the images turned out and can’t wait to shoot some headshots with this setup. I’ll be posting this images on the Portraits LA site soon but I wanted to let the blog world see them first.

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Portraits LA Blog

This is the first post on the new Portraits LA Blog. We’ll be updating things going on with our studio here and posting photos we think people will like to see.  Below you can read a little about our business.

Portraits LA offers unique, professional and personality driven portraits and headshots for models, actors, musicians, corporate, etc.

Eddie is a extremely professional photographer with 20 years in the business, from shooting San Jose skaters in the 80′s to his unique glamor, burlesque and boudoir styled portraits he shoots today he has a super sharp eye for what looks great in a portrait.

Graham is a transplant from the UK of over 5 years. his 60′s London and ‘mod’ approach to photography and portraiture is fresh and unique for Los Angeles and offers something new for the area and is a great choice for bands and young and hip models.