tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50002060707217226522024-03-13T07:50:26.580-07:00Light Monkey Photo Blog Scott R KlineLight Monkey Photo is a blog describing the process of creating photographs. The author is photographer Scott R. Kline. Scott discusses lighting, equipment and other photographic concepts. Scott R. Kline is an commercial portrait and headshot photographer living in the Dogpatch neighborhood in San Francisco, CA. Scott R. Klinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427907816873424688noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000206070721722652.post-91180550351512783582017-12-04T11:18:00.000-08:002017-12-04T13:28:45.899-08:00How To Replace Your Facebook Profile Photo from your iPhoneI get asked all the time how to replace a Facebook profile photo from an iPhone. Here is a quick tutorial.<br />
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<b>Step One. Save the image on your iPhone.</b><br />
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If you took the image with your camera, then you are all set. If it was emailed to you or messaged to you, you must save it to your phone. This example shows how to save an email attachment.<br />
Click on the photo in your email. You will see a little box with an arrow in the bottom left corner. Tap that.<br />
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Next select Save Image.<br />
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Now the image is saved to your phone.<br />
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<b>Step Two - Select Your Facebook Profile Photo</b><br />
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Open the Facebook App on your iPhone. Click on your photo in the newsfeed. Don't click on the Story icon.<br />
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You will be taken to your profile Screen. Click on the little Edit bottom on your profile photo.<br />
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Now you will be asked how to add your photo. Click on Select Profile Picture.<br />
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You will be taken to your camera roll on your iphone. Select the photo you saved to your iPhone earlier.<br />
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<b>Step 3. Crop and Change your profile photo</b><br />
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You are almost done. Look at the photo in the square. If you don't like how it fits in the square click edit.<br />
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Drag the photo around the square until you like the crop. Don't be afraid if it is tight. You want your face to fill the square. </div>
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Now hit done. You will be asked if you want to finish and change the photo. Hit change.</div>
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I attended Burning Man 2016. One morning at Sunrise I put my Canon 5d mk ii on a tripod and snapped away for almost an hour. This gif condenses all the action into one short moving image. You can learn how to create a gif in photoshop with <a href="https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/how-to/make-animated-gif.html?trackingid=N7FDRV38&mv=email" target="_blank">this post</a>. You can see more of my Burning Man 2016 images on <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/scottrklinephotog/albums/72157672453062801" target="_blank">my Flickr page</a>.Scott R. Klinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427907816873424688noreply@blogger.com0Black Rock City, NV, USA40.7886448 -119.2030177000000340.7405543 -119.28369870000003 40.8367353 -119.12233670000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000206070721722652.post-39672003252645016962015-07-06T11:47:00.002-07:002015-07-06T11:47:04.596-07:00Sunrise and Sunset Photography Tips<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Sunrise and Sunset photos, have always been fun for me. They give me a break from my regular work and I get some beautiful shots. I recently completed a <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/scottrklinephotog/sets/72157652922703063">road trip through central California</a> and with a little planning got some breathtaking sunset shots. With that in mind, here are some tips for getting the most from your shots at sunrise or sunset. </div>
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Find spots that you think will work well. Face west at sunset or east at sunrise. Put features like buildings, boats and power lines in the shot. To me a horizon with beautiful clouds turning colors is nice. Better is some silhouette or building with lights. See my previous blog about <a href="http://lightmonkeyphoto.blogspot.com/2010/12/night-photography-part-1-gloaming.html">night photography and architecture</a>. You can use an app like <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sun-seeker-3d-augmented-reality/id330247123?mt=8">Sun Seeker</a> to see where the sun will be at specific times of the day.</div>
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On my trip, I planned to be near the California Aqueduct near sunset. I arrived a little early. Shot some other photos and decided to include the electrical towers in the shot for interest. I hung out from about 30 minutes before sunset until almost an hour after. </div>
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This is especially useful if you are adding architectural elements with electrical lighting into shot. You also don’t have to adjust your ISO and lose quality of the image when you can’t handhold at the lower shutter speeds. If you have to hand-hold and you are shooting more distant items you can help yourself by using a more open f-stop like f4.0. Depending on your camera, you can boost your ISO as needed. </div>
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The light changes dramatically during a good sunset. Often going from golden, to orange to purple. If you are lucky, you will get all three. So hang around from about 30 minutes before the sunset until 60 minutes after. Even longer if you are getting good stuff and can use a tripod. The Morrow Bay and Mono Lake shots went through this full spectrum. </div>
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Look for cloud patterns. You can add a lot of drama to a shot by including clouds in your shot. The shot of Morrow Rock was very dramatic because of a break along the horizon that resulted din the sun shining under the clouds. Of course a full clouded sky doesn’t do you any good. But in my experience, clouds often break up as the sunset approaches and the wind dies. The shot at Mono Lake was a great example. </div>
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Sunsets with water in them really work well. The water reflects the sky and can add extra elements of shoreline or riverbank. Longer exposure can make the waves go away as well.</div>
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This video outlines our professional headshot day process. It's a great way to update your profile photo on LinkedIn, Facebook or other social media. Also a great service for small companies wanting to get employee photos for their about or team page. Learn more and sign up at <a href="http://srkheadshotday.com/">SRKheadshotday.com</a>.Scott R. Klinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427907816873424688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000206070721722652.post-4084457544220257432014-04-06T20:13:00.000-07:002014-04-06T20:19:13.886-07:00Studio Portraits Using Black or White Seamless Backgrounds<div class="MsoNormal">
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We go to various locations for our open Headshot Days. Corporate
Headshot Days locate at company locations where we shoot several employees in a
day. I use seamless because it is most portable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nine-foot wide rolls allow me to get farther from the
background. I use <a href="http://savageuniversal.com/">Savage</a> 66-12 for
Pure White and 20-12 Black.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
have two separate Background Support Stands for each backdrop so I can roll one
up to reveal the other. My favorite is the <a href="http://fjwestcott.com/product/background-support-system">Westcott</a>
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For the white background, I only use one light. I use the
largest source I can for a key light. My preferred is an <a href="http://www.paulcbuff.com/plm.php">86” Extreme Silver PLM Umbrella with
diffuser from Paul C Buff</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is place on a <a href="http://www.paulcbuff.com/e640.php">Paul C Buff Einstein
E640</a> flash unit fired with Cybersync wireless triggers. I like the way this
light wraps around the subject softly filling in the shadows. It also leaves a
beautiful round catch light. For the white shots I usually have the light
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">IT expert Joe Markert of FunctionOneIT, was shot on a black seamless background using 3 lights. </td></tr>
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If I need it, will put a diffused light on the white
background. But I always want to make sure the background is not blown out and
is in the top quadrant of white on the histogram.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you blow it out, pixilation happens around the hair. This
looks extremely unnatural and detracts from the photos. When I process the
photos in retouching, I replace the white background with pure white. So any
white showing through the hair needs to be as white as possible in the original
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little edgier.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I move the key
light off axis to one side by a few feet. I add a gridded rim light from behind
the subject on the opposite side of the key light. Also, I put a light on the
background. I grid this and throw a diffuser on it to make it just bright
enough to create a gradient around the subject. This is especially important if
they are wearing darker colors or have dark hair. It separates them from the
background. When I retouch, I try to even out the black so it goes pretty dark
on the edges. Another tip is to get the subject away from the background so
that it is somewhat out of focus. Paper backgrounds have natural insistencies
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People like having two totally different looks after the
session. They will post them in different locations depending on whether white
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dorothee Fisher cofounder of NousDecor was shot on a white seamless at Headshot Day in san Francisco. </td></tr>
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Scott R. Klinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427907816873424688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000206070721722652.post-76816108825310471282013-11-02T16:14:00.003-07:002013-11-02T16:18:48.756-07:00Suitcase Diaries<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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What would happen if two young ladies survived the apocalypse? Wandering around one day they find a suitcase filled with clothes and wonderful mysterious artifacts from a time they have long forgotten. This was the scenario for a fashion photography collaboration.<br />
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Photography was shot by <a href="http://www.scottrklinephoto.com/" target="_blank">Scott R. Kline </a>at <a href="http://firehouse-8.com/" target="_blank">Firehouse 8</a> in San Francisco, CA. Mostly natural light as used in these photos fro skylights and reflectors. Occasionally light was augmented by Alien Bees lighting with soft boxes.<br />
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Clothing was provided by Danette Scheib and <a href="http://www.lemontwist.net/" target="_blank">LemonTwist </a>a San Francisco women's clothing maker. Make-up by <a href="http://www.andreamarieortega.com/" target="_blank">Andrea Marie Ortega</a>. Models are <a href="http://www.modelmayhem.com/2230758" target="_blank">Danielle Wood</a> and <a href="http://www.modelmayhem.com/2444180" target="_blank">Lizzie Gunn</a>.<br />
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This series was published by <a href="http://spiritandfleshmag.com/and/and/exploring-the-end/" target="_blank">Spirit and Flesh Magazine website</a>.<br />
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<br />Scott R. Klinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427907816873424688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000206070721722652.post-27026755605993714402013-05-27T16:25:00.002-07:002013-05-29T21:03:06.454-07:00Shooting with a White Seamless Background and Natural Light<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Through trial and error at <a href="http://www.scottrklinephoto.com/#/Portfolio/Burning%20Man/1/thumbs" target="_blank">Burning Man</a> I have found a great way to get natural looking photos on a white background with very little post. This blog will outline the steps for those seeking to create this look.<div>
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Richard Avedon popularized this style of white background shooting with his photos of the <a href="http://www.richardavedon.com/index.php#mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=0&p=7&a=0&at=0" target="_blank">American West</a> in the late 1970s. In these photos Avedon typically found a shadowed area next to a barn or other building. In this way there was bright light all around to fill the photos, but the subject, being in shade had soft shadows and even light.<br /><div class="MsoNormal">
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Similarly, I use a silver-topped canopy tent to create a
shaded area. In back of the tent I drop a white seamless background. On a sunny
day, the sunlight hits the top of the tent creating a nice soft light. Light
seeps in from every side of the tent creating a catch light in the eyes of
the subject and even light all around.
Of course, I do this in color rather than in black and white that does
create color temperature differences between photos taken at different times of
the day. Also, within photos I have found that the feet might be a cooler color
temperature while the face is warmer. I attribute this to the surrounding
outside the tent. If there agree shaded areas instead of refracted sun, they
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The white seamless needs to be exposed as close to white as
possible without blowing it out.
Blowing out the background can create a halo around the subject,
particularly in the hair where it looks unnatural or parts of hair partially
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I like to replace the background with pure white later in
post. This is easier if the white was originally close to 256 and more
separated from the subject colors. A subject wearing white or white stripes can
sometimes blend with the background, requiring a more specific selection rather
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One technique that gets it right most of the time is to go
to the channels layer of photoshop and duplicate the blue channel. Then using levels, you can drag the
sliders until the subject goes to black and the back ground goes to white.
Usually the white slider only has to come down to 240 or so. You bring up the
black slider as close as you can without seeing any grey sneak into the
background. If you have to you can paint in black on the subject. When
everything looks solid, you can save the selection and create a mask on a new
layer I photoshop. Then fill the layer with white. I find it help to soften the
edge of the mask using the refine edge tool. Usually a feather of 2 works well.
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Have fun with this. Everyone loves their photo on a white
background. It also looks great on most websites because of their white
backgrounds. I recently shot a series of photos using this technique for
Children’s Health Council. You can see more of those photos on my other blog <a href="http://scottrklinephoto.com/blog/?p=499" target="_blank">scottrklinephoto.com/blog</a>. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Matthew Rorick of Forlorn Hope uses a thief to get a taste of a 2012 Barbera on January 13, 2013. </td></tr>
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I had a great time photographing four California Winemakers for the San Francisco Chronicle. The four were all a pleasure to work with. On four different mornings I headed out for a shoot. Two in Napa, one in Sonoma and one in Paso Robles. Even in winter I found the vineyards beautiful. THe start graphic elements of the bare vines made a great backdrop. I also went to each winemaker's winery for additional photos. The articles ran in the Food & Wine Section of the Chronicle on Sunday, February 3 under the title <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/wine/article/Winemakers-to-watch-2013-combining-historic-and-4245763.php" target="_blank">Winemakers to Watch 2013</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Katy Wilson, owner and winemaker at LaRue Wines stand above barrels which include some of her Pinot Noir at Kamen winery near Sonoma, Calif., on Sunday, January 20, 2013.</td></tr>
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After completing the vineyard shots I moved on to the wineries. These were more complicated, because each winery had a different set of lighting and space. The shot of <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/wine/article/Winemaker-to-watch-Matthew-Rorick-of-Forlorn-Hope-4245765.php">Matthew Rorick of Forlorn Hope</a>, at the top of this blog used an open truck door behind the forklift to rim the subject and light the barrels. I then used an B800 with a softbox to put a key light on Matthew.<br />
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The shot of Katy Wilson, above, was in a much bigger space. Similarly, there was an open truck door letting some light in the space. But I augmented the ambient with two speedlights.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anthony Yount and his Queensland Heeler, Waylon, sit on a barrel of his Grenache Blanc wine that he produces for his own label Kinero at the Denner Estate Winery in Paso Robles, Calif., on Saturday, January 26, 2013.</td></tr>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Nothing really shocks me these days. Perhaps I have been desensitized over the years seeing so much evil and so much grotesque imagery in the press and in entertainment. In trying to create shocking imagery, I decided to avoid the obvious traps of sex and gore. Too easy. Since shocking is so subjective, I don’t think I could have the temerity to claim to have created a shocking image. The first thing I thought of was the cover for the Jane’s Addiction album “Nothing's Shocking”, the two naked siamese twins with their hair on fire. Interesting that since then, their lead singer Perry Farrell has given up trying to be shocking. Joining the mainstream by forming the Lollapalooza festival and endorsing </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I looked through my <a href="http://www.davidlachapelle.com/" target="_blank">David Lachapelle</a> book with its portrayals of Jesus in modern day with gangs and card players, naked porn stars and women deformed by plastic surgery. Somehow, looking back, it all looks rather anodyne and desperate, but I gobbled it up.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I thought about what shocks me. Materialism. Homelessness. Callousness for our fellow man. Lack of connection between humans amidst such a crowded world. I can see all these things at Union Square in San Francisco. Panhandlers in wheel chairs, filthy clothes and hand painted signs beg for help amongst the riches of Neiman Marcus, Gucci and Chanel. I decided to connect with these people. I realized I needed their help to communicate my shock at their plight. So I asked them, “Can you help me?” Not one hesitated to say yes. I told them I was taking photos and would like to hire them to pose for me for $5. They were magnificent in helping, volunteering their information and posing as they were instructed. Shockingly, a connection was made instantly. I hope these photos are shocking in their honesty and the humanness of these people in our midst, so often ignored as we march by with thousands of dollars of merchandise in our bags. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">All these photos were taken near Union Square, San Francisco, CA on September 26, 2012.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Losing someone is one of the most profound experiences we can have. The person goes from being a familiar part of our life to a stranger, sometimes almost over night. The nascent anticipation of a fully-realized life together, the alacrity with which you spend time together, degrades to something aberrant and lost. We may see them in our sleep. We imagine them but cannot touch them. They pull farther away until they are gone. They dissolve into a cacophony of light, both in our life and in our subconscious imagination.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">These photos were taken without looking through the camera. I actually enjoy this technique and have employed it often. One gets tired of the perfectly framed, the eye-level perspective. I love photographing from the ground on small children and animals. Or from high above with my arms extended. So I was pretty sure what I would get when I clicked the shutter. Rule of thirds is out the window, but the unusual framing is refreshing.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">I shot into the sun. I wanted these photos to appear more as imaginings than literal images. I used slow shutter speeds on some to show movement. A soft focus was intended. The sequencing is intentional. Her face appears clearly in the early photos. Not at all later. She gets farther from the camera, as she is lost. I learned to let the narrative happen. Start with a vague concept and let the story evolve. </span></div>
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swimwear show promised to be bright and colorful. I was also interested in how the people would react. I got
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I heard a commotion and saw the hip-hop dancers leading six
colorfully clad models up the street. Heads were definitely turning, but
usually with bemused smiles rather than disgust. There was Raven, fifth in the
line looking amazing in a gelatinous magenta swimsuit with the biggest zipper I
have ever seen. I might point out that Raven’s hair is also magenta. That is
not a wig. </div>
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The crowd in Ritual, barely flinched. One guy kept reading
his phone and hardly looked up. But as the girls paraded through the store,
turned around and left, there was a big applause. The only time anyone seemed
annoyed was when traffic was blocked as the models crossed the street. </div>
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The next location was the wide-open Dolores Park a few
blocks away. It was packed on this sunny Sunday. As the models trekked though
the crowd, everyone got out their smart phones and snapped away. A few people
danced to the music being played by Joel Zavella on his hand cart loaded with speakers.
At one point the ladies stopped and preened in front of the San Francisco
sky-line. Then the returned to the vans that had brought them, posed with some
new fans, loaded up and took off. </div>
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Only in San Francisco could six lovely models, dressed so
brightly and bizarrely be so easily accepted by the crowd. I love it here.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Raven shows off the largest zipper I have seen.</td></tr>
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I created this portrait, which I
call “The Consumer”, in 2010. (Click on the photo to see a larger version.) Originally, I wanted to call it “The
Connoisseur”. But I found that the
more I looked at it, I realized that a connoisseur is often just a consumer
with his little finger extended. </div>
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My family and I had just been through
a huge financial reversal. We lost our dream house we had built. Our income had
dropped astronomically. We were living in a rented house for the first time in
23 years. My business career, which had been a constant upward trajectory, was
now bottoming out. </div>
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Oddly, I still have a lot of the
trappings of more flush times. Many are seen in this photo. These had been
acquired over the years. We always believed buying the best things was an
investment in the future. And it was to some degree. These items had held up
extremely well. Ironically, the reason they still exist is the quality of the
items, which I recognized as somewhat of a connoisseur.</div>
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Concurrent with the financial
changes, I had gone through somewhat of a mid-life spiritual awakening. I had
founded a charity that provided education for children in Mexico. I built
houses for poor people there with my church. At age 50, I had decided to pursue
a career in my long-time love, photography. So I had gone back to school to get
my MFA. In one of my first courses, a teacher had said, “All good art comes
from pain.” I didn’t realize it when I made this photo, but it did draw a lot
from the experience of financial reversal.</div>
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I would not call this anti-art. But
it has elements of that. Many items pictured here would not be considered cool
by the arty types I had come to know at school: the suit, aspirational
life-style, the fancy watch. But these were things by which I had come to
define myself on some levels. So I thought I would show them in this photo and
see what reaction I got. </div>
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I think on another level, the photo
is a slap at consumerism. I put the price for each item to show how much these
things cost in dollars. I figured
there were some viewers who would be appalled. Yet, I know people who have
these expensive items and thinking nothing of paying much more. </div>
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Although the exchange value in
these prices is explicit, they meant much more to me. The watch was a gift from
my wife. It was purchased at the height of my income. So its value to me was
having an heirloom quality item that I could have my whole life. I still wear
it as a constant reminder of this time. A reminder to be conscious of my
consumerist traits. </div>
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I didn’t think of it at the time,
but almost nothing in the photo is merely a commodity item. Almost all are
imbued with a fetish aspect. Each item can be had much more cheaply as a
knock-off or less expensive item. Whisky can be had for under $10. Sure I love
the taste of single-malt, but drinking an expensive scotch enamors me with
friends who similarly value being scotch experts. The iphone, puts me in that
club of Apple-istas. Do I really need an MFA to be a photographer? No. But the
value perceived by others in having that sheepskin gives me credibility and
self-confidence. </div>
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Marx posited that the labor used to
produce an item is sometimes ignored as it becomes a commodity fetish. This concept has been turned on its
head in our current society. It is used to market expensive items. We are told
to buy items made in the USA to support American workers. Support the economy
by spending. George Bush encouraged people to go to Disneyland after 9/11. Spend money as a Patriotic act to
support those working.</div>
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Don’t get me wrong, all of these
items have high quality in their production. (I have had those shoes for 15
years.) But isn’t that another aspect of the merchandizing that persuades
consumers to fork over the extra money? One can rationalize his purchase of
these items. They have a higher value-in-use because of their quality. </div>
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But in the end, many of my fellow
students were producing art superior to mine without a 5D MkII camera. As this
photo shows, the concept is really more important than the tools used to make
the art. As long as I realize these are tools, and can absolutely convince
myself that these tools allow me to better realize my vision, then I am a
satisfied consumer. </div>Scott R. Klinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427907816873424688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000206070721722652.post-58275378916512063632012-07-17T16:26:00.001-07:002012-07-17T16:27:05.427-07:00Bridgepoint Music<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://bridgepointmusic.com/">Bridgepoint Music</a> asked me to photograph for their website. The job entailed several different photos of many different genres of photos. My favorite we probably the photographs of the instruments. We decided to do them on a white background. I used a small white seamless background and my Octabox for lighting.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">James Manganaro, Owner at Bridgepoint Music</td></tr>
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I had met James when I photographed him for a profile in <a href="http://inmenlo.com/2011/08/23/james-manganaro-opens-bridgepoint-music-shop-in-menlo-park/" rel="" target="_blank">InMenlo.com</a>. James and his father Charles asked me to return for the website photography.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside the showroom at Bridgepoint Music</td></tr>
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They also wanted shots of their impressive showroom full of musical instruments. I have down indoor shots before and often you take a lot of time cleaning up the space. But their place was neat-as-a-pin. The spot lights were nice to as the created some bright spots to make the shot more interesting.<br />
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I returned a few weeks later to photograph their newly installed practice room. These high tech rooms are sound insulated but small. I tried to show the open feeling of the rooms with their windows. I also tried to show the clean and modern appearance of the room.<br />
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The ancient instrument called The Serpent</div>
<br />Scott R. Klinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427907816873424688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000206070721722652.post-27225261446992949302012-07-15T11:44:00.001-07:002012-07-15T11:46:35.590-07:00Cache Creek Lavender<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Linda and Charlie from Cache Creek Lavender. 85MM lens, f6.7, 1/180 sec. ISO 400. Alien Bees B800 camera right fired with shoot wireless trigger. </td></tr>
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Note: I wrote this blog for <a href="http://inmenlo.com/2012/07/15/on-location-at-the-cache-creek-lavender-farm-a-long-time-menlo-park-farmers-market-merchant/">InMenlo.com</a>. It is reprinted here because I love the photos I got from my two sessions there. The first was at the annual lavender festival in June where I got the photo of the little girl and the macro of the bees and the second was a portrait session done around dusk, where I got the portrait. </div>
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When Charlie Opper acquired a few acres in the beautiful
Capay Valley northwest of Sacramento, he needed to figure out what to do with
the place. To the gratitude of
hundreds of Menlo Park Farmers market attendees every Sunday, he chose to
create a lavender farm. The <a href="http://cachecreeklavender.com/">Cache
Creek Lavender Farm</a> booth is where Charlie and his partner Linda Barrett
share the products of their labor. </div>
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Charlie and Linda chose lavender as an ideal product to
raise in the Mediterranean climate of their farm near Rumsey, CA. Asked what
attracted them to lavender, Charlie rattles off a long list that includes,
aroma therapy, sleep aid, antibiotic, anti-virol, burn remedy and scar
reduction. But the thing most people love is the fragrance, which seems to
relax and bring on a pleasant mood in most people. </div>
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After getting the farm up and running, they were looking for
an outlet for their products. Farmers markets seemed like a logical choice.
Charlie says there is lots to like about the Menlo Park Farmers Market. “The
market is really quaint. We have a very regular clientele and we are surrounded
with very high quality vendors.” Charlie also likes the demographic mix which
he says features students, seniors and dot-commers. </div>
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Charlie grew up in Southern California. He also took his
love of surfing to Hawaii for 20 years. He met Linda in nearby Woodland, soon
after moving to the farm in Rumsey. Linda grew up in Boston and came west to go
to school at Davis, where she studied plant and soil sciences. </div>
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Now that the farm is up and running, they have a lovely shop
on the premises and host an annual lavender festival the second week of June
each year. The festival is well attended by hundreds of people from all over
the state. It features lavender ice cream, wine, crafts, music and this year a
wood-fired pizza oven. </div>
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<br /></div>Scott R. Klinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427907816873424688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000206070721722652.post-55567779228980780862012-06-20T09:43:00.002-07:002012-06-20T12:05:35.612-07:00One Light<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christopher Webster of Hogan's Goat Tavern for indogpatch.com</td></tr>
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I seem to be going through a phase where I like shooting with one light. And even then, only when the ambient doesn't give me what I want. I think part of the beauty of it is the simplicity. I do a reading on the ambient, I then set my ISO as low as possible so I can see the surroundings in their own light and still freeze the action, or at least most of it. In the above photo of Christopher Webster for <a href="http://indogpatch.blogspot.com/2012/06/private-eyes-hes-watching-you-meet.html">indogpatch.com</a>, I used a 1/4 sec exposure at f5.6 and 400 ISO. I used an <a href="http://www.paulcbuff.com/b800.php" target="_blank">Alien Bees B800</a> with a gridded soft box placed to camera left. This mirrored the light coming from the door. There is a slight blur when Chris moved to greet a customer (Look at his left hand), but the expression is priceless and the ambient in the bar is just what I wanted.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hooper Nicole Wong at sunset at Warm Water Cove</td></tr>
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<a href="http://scottrklinephoto.com/blog/?p=249">Nicole Wong</a> is a Hula Hooper. We wanted a shot of her at sunset and with the hoops in motion. Balancing the light at dusk is always a fun assignment. Here, we used my <a href="http://www.paulcbuff.com/b800.php">Alien Bees B800</a> with a gridded soft box, to the right of the camera. I wanted to freeze the hoops as much as possible, so I used 1/180 for the shutter speed, the fastest that allows me to sync with the flash. There is a little blur on the hoops, which I like. f5.6 gave me the right amount of depth of field. I used ISO 200 to help get there.<br />
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This shot for (<a href="http://inmenlo.com/2012/06/19/bud-spangler-tells-the-sweet-tale-of-how-summer-jazz-concerts-came-to-filoli/">InMenlo</a>) of jazz producer, Bud Spangler, did not need any ambient. It was a tight space I could light with the single light. In this case I put the Alien Bees B800 with Octabox, right behind me. It gives me a ring-flash type effect, but with softer light. This was shot F8.0 to keep the acoustic material on the walls sharp. 1/90 was the speed and ISO at 100 for detail.Scott R. Klinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427907816873424688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000206070721722652.post-86106584370807488562012-03-30T15:56:00.000-07:002012-03-30T15:57:02.309-07:00Challenges of a Tight Space<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mary shows off her collection in a very crowded closet.</td></tr>
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For my recent shoot with vintage clothes collector, Mary Kuhn, I literally photographed in a closet. To get the light I wanted was a real challenge. The angle of the door did not allow me to set the light outside. So to make space, I sat on the floor and put a light on a stand above me. Then I held the camera just inches above her shoes on the floor to get a super low angle. With my free hand I used a handheld speedlight to light her jewelry. The total space here for Mary, me and the equipment was probably 3 feet x 6 feet. It was a good challenge.<br />
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Our second shot was in a tight hallway, I loved the vintage phone hanging on the wall. In this case I put a light outside a glass door that entered the hallway from the side, giving me a nice soft effect. I filled with a speedlight and softbox from the right. Always a sucker for a tattoo, I focused in on that for this shot.<br />
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Our final shot was more what I am used to. I used a large Octabox for this shot on the bed. We lined the bed with more of her beautiful dresses and she posed in a vintage play suit. This pose is a bow to the pin ups of the 50s.Scott R. Klinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427907816873424688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000206070721722652.post-12310809575148344822012-01-11T00:00:00.000-08:002012-01-11T00:13:31.759-08:00Cam Damage - Many Shots in Short Shoot<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KN-gPC0IWsk/Tw1CXcWqMqI/AAAAAAAABiU/fvcWTOhYKLg/s1600/Cam_Damage_54847.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 313px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KN-gPC0IWsk/Tw1CXcWqMqI/AAAAAAAABiU/fvcWTOhYKLg/s400/Cam_Damage_54847.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696282074209202850" /></a><br />Often when I shoot my tattoo portraits, I am pressed for time. 4 to 5 hours is all we get. A recent shoot with <a href="http://camdamage.tumblr.com/">Cam Damage</a> was a good example of how to get many different photos in 5 hours. Cam was flying out from the east coast for the shoot and a few others. She brought an escort. I decided I wanted a combo shoot of environmental and studio. <br /><br />3 PM - I picked her up and we did our first shot at a bike bridge. This shot was fairly simple. I had scouted it the day before at the same time of day. I had Cam’s escort hold a Lumipro LP160 speedlight with a wireless trigger, just off camera to the right. We did several shots here, but this was my favorite in pose and light. I had a <a href="http://scottrkline.tumblr.com/post/15331358795/location-scouting-today">better sky</a> the day before, but you can’t have everything. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FN5kdJhla3k/Tw1C0vqf5dI/AAAAAAAABig/TCftIBSrr-E/s1600/Cam_Damage_54895.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FN5kdJhla3k/Tw1C0vqf5dI/AAAAAAAABig/TCftIBSrr-E/s400/Cam_Damage_54895.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696282577608893906" /></a><br />4 PM – We arrived at the warehouse where I would set up the studio shots. I always like to start off in the studio or at an indoor location with natural light. I positioned Cam next to the window and shot this with a 85mm lens at f2.0 and ISO 800. <br /><br />4:45 PM - We set up a white background and shot a couple of nudes. We turned a classic 60s ball chair on its side for this nude. I used an Alien Bees B800 with a 5’ Octobox for the key light. I handheld an LP160 over the camera lens, a la Terry Richardson, for fill and to brighten the ball. I have not posted it here to respect google mature content rules. It can be viewed on my <a href="http://scottrkline.tumblr.com/post/15625558409/cam-damage-on-the-ball">Tumbr blog</a>. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Y83ORvKcO3I/Tw1DR9hDEkI/AAAAAAAABis/scNFDF1LOKY/s1600/Cam_Damage_55175_G.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 288px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Y83ORvKcO3I/Tw1DR9hDEkI/AAAAAAAABis/scNFDF1LOKY/s400/Cam_Damage_55175_G.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696283079543558722" /></a><br />5:40 PM - The shot with the ripped dress, was shot with the same Ocotobox. I added a bare B800 behind Cam on the right. I like the rim light on her arm and jaw and especially in the hair. The yellow background was added in post. <br /><br />6:30 PM - Next, we pulled out the grey seamless. I love shooting a black dress against the grey background. Having her kneel fills the camera frame, while getting I all her legs and the shoes. This is shot with an Alien Bees Ring Flash on camera. There is the Octobox on the right. It is mostly overpowered but adds some highlight in the hair. The other B800 is behind on the left for hair highlights. There is also a LP160 thrown on the background, which I darkened on the edges in post.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bWig-dQTX9w/Tw1Ddz7gzRI/AAAAAAAABi4/kCRcr2pOg3w/s1600/Cam_Damage_55304.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bWig-dQTX9w/Tw1Ddz7gzRI/AAAAAAAABi4/kCRcr2pOg3w/s400/Cam_Damage_55304.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696283283128634642" /></a><br />7:10 PM Finally, we added the Saarinen Womb chair. We kept her in the black dress, but I wish I had done another clothing change. Still, I think this is a luscious shot. It is just lit with the Octobox in very close. The falloff is beautiful on her arms and back. We packed up and were out by 8. Cam is an amazing model with a lot of energy and ideas. I can’t wait to work with her again.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mucMLDPMWh4/Tw1Dp7Gt-oI/AAAAAAAABjE/8xVnwsBPmIU/s1600/Cam_Damage_55356.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mucMLDPMWh4/Tw1Dp7Gt-oI/AAAAAAAABjE/8xVnwsBPmIU/s400/Cam_Damage_55356.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696283491213113986" /></a>Scott R. Klinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427907816873424688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000206070721722652.post-81613046878423517222011-12-21T17:14:00.000-08:002012-04-21T14:55:02.449-07:00The Little Black Dress as Technical Exercise<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kwO-5cGF2fw/TvKFQxsYvVI/AAAAAAAABhY/SN1IfS8q1sc/s1600/Emily_23948-2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688755802586266962" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kwO-5cGF2fw/TvKFQxsYvVI/AAAAAAAABhY/SN1IfS8q1sc/s400/Emily_23948-2.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 277px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Emily in an American Apparel Dress</span><br />
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I recently shot a whole series of shots with the models appearing in their favorite <a href="http://www.scottrklinephoto.com/#/Portfolio/Little%20Black%20Dress/1/thumbs" target="_blank">Little Black Dress</a>, or LBD, as it will be abbreviated here. I also decided to shoot on a black or dark grey background, to simplify the shot and increase the emphasis on the subject. This post, like most on this blog, will discuss the technical challenges of the shoot. For more on the philosophy and concept, read the blog on my website at <a href="http://www.scottrklinephoto.com/blog">scottrklinephoto.com/blog</a>.<br />
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I always like to light my subjects in studio (and usually outside) with an Octobox for the key light. I place it as close to the subject as possible, usually off to one side, but occasionally right behind me. This provides a soft flattering light on the subject. A circular catch-light is another nice aspect. (See photo below of Karli Henneman for catch light)<br />
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gVH-UV2z_bI/TvKGc9FVsBI/AAAAAAAABhk/V-vnUQCTP1I/s1600/Karli_Henneman_24941.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688757111313772562" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gVH-UV2z_bI/TvKGc9FVsBI/AAAAAAAABhk/V-vnUQCTP1I/s400/Karli_Henneman_24941.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 275px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Karli Henneman in LBD with Vintage Jewelry</span><br />
The challenge here, with the dark background is getting a good separation of the black dress from the background. The first thing I tried was creating a slash shaped gradient of light by throwing a strobe on the background then cutting the light in a diagonal shape using flags. (You can see this effect in the first photo of Emily above.) I found this frustrating and inconsistent, every time I got the light balanced on the subject, I has to rebalance the background. Also, unless the studio is huge and the subject is a long distance from the background, light from the Octobox spills onto the background, spoiling the dark effect. This can be mitigated to some degree by flagging the Octobox.<br />
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Later, I decided to place a snooted or gridded strobe above the model that points to the background, at waist level. I like the circular gradient I get. It generally flatters by outling the curves of the model. It also tends to be behind the black dress. The darker part of the background tends to be behind the head, arms and legs, giving a nice contrast to all aspects. <br />
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RyrQ9a3iL2s/TvKH4GhsUWI/AAAAAAAABhw/nt51o6luTgI/s1600/Nicole_Malice_48121.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688758677216711010" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RyrQ9a3iL2s/TvKH4GhsUWI/AAAAAAAABhw/nt51o6luTgI/s400/Nicole_Malice_48121.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 267px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Miss Nicole Malice in her own dress</span><br />
I like to throw a rim light on the opposite side from the Key Light. This is usually done with a grid or bare strobe placed behind the model and just off camera. I center it on the shoulder so that it falls on the hair and the arm as well. Occasionally, I will rim both sides for variety.<br />
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Finally, I often use a handheld speedlight, right above the lens for some fill to give the dress a little more detail. Sometime this adds a second smaller catch-light as you can see in the Karli photo.<br />
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As for camera settings, I usually shoot around 5.6. This allows me to get most of the subject in focus, and have the background somewhat out-of-focus, minimizing and flaws in the seamless. <br />
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I think this set up is very dramatic and flattering. It also has the simplicity that mirrors the dress. <br />
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You can see the entire collection of black dress shots on my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottrklinephotog/sets/72157626442924070/detail/">flickr page</a>.Scott R. Klinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427907816873424688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000206070721722652.post-20873993122860924842011-08-23T22:58:00.001-07:002011-08-23T23:01:24.916-07:00Fun With Gels<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aObFNAYgJLw/TlSTrCapbBI/AAAAAAAABg0/xoW9RsAMSl0/s1600/Michelle_Cisneros_38960.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aObFNAYgJLw/TlSTrCapbBI/AAAAAAAABg0/xoW9RsAMSl0/s400/Michelle_Cisneros_38960.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644298600594369554" /></a>
<br />For portraits, the photographer is often presented with a drab or at least colorless backdrop. One way to liven up the shot is by using a gel on a speed light or strobe. It is particularly easy using a speed light. All you need is a little strip of gel taped to the speed light to make it happen.
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<br />In the first shot of Model Michelle Cisneros, I posed her in front of a grey roll-up door at a warehouse. I balanced the main lights using an Alien Bees A800 strobe with an Octobox on Michelle’s right. To fill in the shadows and add a catch light I used an Alien Bees Ring Flash on the camera. Finally, I placed a Lumipro LP160 speed light on the ground pointing up at the door. I used a deep blue gel taped over the light. You can see the dramatic effect of the blue as the door appears to glow.
<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bhEEyaJjagM/TlSTc-GZoCI/AAAAAAAABgs/FKAu97vmNiA/s1600/Kill_Joy_40461.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bhEEyaJjagM/TlSTc-GZoCI/AAAAAAAABgs/FKAu97vmNiA/s400/Kill_Joy_40461.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644298358917537826" /></a>In the second shot of model Kill Joy, I used a very similar approach. The dramatic red light was shined on a concrete wall. I aimed the light a little higher and placed it close to the wall so that the main part of the light was behind her dark skirt. In this photo I used an Alien Bees A800 with a 20% grid for the key light on her face. I wanted big fall-off so that the lower part of her body would be almost a silhouette against the bright red. Finally I used a LP160 handheld just above the lens of the camera to give just enough definition in the shadow.
<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vG6bn08gdd8/TlSTOQwQT4I/AAAAAAAABgk/mSZT1oGuEl4/s1600/Boo_Yao_40652.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vG6bn08gdd8/TlSTOQwQT4I/AAAAAAAABgk/mSZT1oGuEl4/s400/Boo_Yao_40652.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644298106226888578" /></a>The final photo gets a little more complicated. When Boo Yao showed up at the shoot, she sported magenta hair and a green dress, those complementary colors begged to be exploited. The shot was in an abandoned munitions depot. I lit Boo with the same Alien Bees A800 with a 20% grid for the key light on her face. I used a 580EXII speed light handheld for fill. The LP160 with magenta gel was placed on a stand to the camera’s right and pointed forward to provide a rim light and light the floor behind the green dress. The second LP160 was given a green gel and point to the back wall so that the green light was behind the magenta hair. The resulting double-decker complementary color combo pops.
<br />Scott R. Klinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427907816873424688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000206070721722652.post-13381399713928906702011-06-26T15:38:00.000-07:002011-07-11T13:56:36.429-07:00Natural Light Portraits<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q7GMazEnGrs/Tge3aCegC_I/AAAAAAAABek/itwUORWKPH4/s1600/Tainted_Gypsy_35743.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q7GMazEnGrs/Tge3aCegC_I/AAAAAAAABek/itwUORWKPH4/s400/Tainted_Gypsy_35743.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622664317764635634" /></a><br />I am really getting in to Natural light portraits. I will discuss some things I find work well here. But first a little background on how I figured this out. <br /><br />I have been getting better and better at lighting my portraits. My workflow is as follows:<br /><br />- Compose the shot and shoot with no added lights. (Natural Light)<br />- Examine the shot and add a key light or a fill light.<br />- examine that shot and add a fill light if I added a key previously<br />- add rim or accent lights (with a grid)<br /><br />So the shot builds up gradually from no lights to as many as four or five lights. More on this in a future post. What I wanted to talk about here is some of the wonderful shots I have been getting without adding any light at all beyond the natural light. <br /><br />I like these shots for several reasons. They typically have a very narrow dept-of-field (DoF). This means that only a very small portion of the photo is in focus. As an example, in the photo of Tainted Gypsy above, only her eyes and lips are in focus. This is accomplished by using a wide-open aperture. The best lenses for this have an aperture that can open to f2.0 or better. In this shot I used an 85mm F1.8 Canon lens. This lens retails for around $450 most places. Quite a bit less than the 84mm f1.2 for $2100. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BeIRFb1Ll3I/Tge3CDQO1xI/AAAAAAAABec/uvtUm6w5I80/s1600/Joan_McLaughlin_22155.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 254px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BeIRFb1Ll3I/Tge3CDQO1xI/AAAAAAAABec/uvtUm6w5I80/s400/Joan_McLaughlin_22155.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622663905656362770" /></a><br />Another great factor is the warm rich colors. Because you are lighting with sunlight, it comes off as a little warmer. All the colors match because all the light is coming from the same source, usually the sun. I like to use indirect light. I place the subject in a shaded area. The light should come from the side ideally. In other words, don’t have your back to a window that the light is coming from. Also, if you are using a window for your source, have it be a window pointing away from the sun, so that the sunlight is not coming directly in the window. In this photo of art gallery owner Joan McLaughlin, the subject is about 8 feet from a huge window that faces south. The shot was in the city, so light was bounced off of buildings across the street. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-44g85iEKUGQ/Tge22XnCLdI/AAAAAAAABeU/3tsvI3Md_nk/s1600/Tim_Christensen_33510.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-44g85iEKUGQ/Tge22XnCLdI/AAAAAAAABeU/3tsvI3Md_nk/s400/Tim_Christensen_33510.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622663704962280914" /></a><br />The lack of glare and harsh light really allows the colors in the photo to be very saturated. In the photo of artist Tim Christiansen, the colors in the paintings that surround him, really pop. Not only does this technique work well for portraits, I found it works best for shooting portfolio shots of art. Here we just opened Tim’s garage door. And all the light came from that.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gy4C5L4oaN0/ThtiMroCCRI/AAAAAAAABes/w2QKaPiU7Nc/s1600/Kristie_California_37172.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gy4C5L4oaN0/ThtiMroCCRI/AAAAAAAABes/w2QKaPiU7Nc/s400/Kristie_California_37172.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628200129338149138" /></a><br />Sometimes a great effect can be made by using a reflector. This shot of Kristie California has a large white reflector on the right side of the shot. The sunlight was coming from behind and left as you can see on her hair. The reflected sunlight really adds a nice soft highlight on the side opposite the sun. It also creates a huge catch light in the eyes. <br /><br />One hang up for shooting this way is that you often use very slow shutter speeds. I find it helps push the ISO higher rather than risk the blur of camera shake. Even better is to leave the ISO at 100 or even 50 and use a tripod. Then you get a crystal clear image with minimal pixilation. This shot was at 1/30 sec, f2.0, ISO 100 using the 85mm f1.8 lens. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Hj9H20UDsNQ/Tge2nd2fqwI/AAAAAAAABeM/a0KxP5UVmh8/s1600/Miss_Rockwell_DeVil_34889.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Hj9H20UDsNQ/Tge2nd2fqwI/AAAAAAAABeM/a0KxP5UVmh8/s400/Miss_Rockwell_DeVil_34889.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622663448939703042" /></a><br />In my final example, you get the full effect with one added feature, a flattened perspective. In the shot of Miss Rockwell DeVil. the light was coming from behind her. So a very soft light rims her face, elbow and stomach. I used my beastly 70-200mm f2.8 lens set at 90mm, 1/30 sec and ISO 200. I can’t hold this one still at 1/30 so I used the tripod again. The window light was coming from the south. By using the longer lens the DoF is about a foot. Notice the front corner of the couch is out of focus as is her necklace. There were some side windows in the room. They provided some fill light for the shadows and a nice catch light in her eyes. She was closer to the back window, so that light is brighter.<br /><br />If you want to see these larger and see more examples, I have a set on my <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottrklinephotog/sets/72157626893974307/">Flickr</a> page.Scott R. Klinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427907816873424688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000206070721722652.post-22391591273260226922011-05-23T13:52:00.000-07:002013-06-04T23:03:52.815-07:00Tattoo Portraits<a href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5184/5670755059_709c2d5d2b.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5184/5670755059_709c2d5d2b.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 500px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 334px;" /></a><br />
The tattoo series of portraits has been one of my favorites to execute. Over a period of about 6 weeks, I photographed 16 different subjects. I originally intended to photograph both men and women, but after finding <a href="http://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/2111663/viewall">Model Mayhem</a>, a veritable treasure trove of tattooed women who want their photos taken, I decided to focus on women only.<br />
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I will focus here on a couple of shots I felt really stood out in the collection. If you would like to see them all, you can see the entire collection on my website at <a href="http://www.scottrklinephoto.com/">www.scottrklinephoto.com</a>.<br />
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I met <a href="http://www.modelmayhem.com/1263643">Vicci Vice</a> (see photo above) on model mayhem. We met up at her favorite hangout in Oakland, CA. Vicci had some lovely photos on her model mayhem profile, but seeing as this was a portrait, I told her to come as herself. She showed up in some very cool black jeans and a red wife-beater T-shirt. We posed her in a teal Naugahyde booth surrounded by graffiti. This shot featured her gorgeous profile. I used an on-camera 580EXII with a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Flash-Adapter-Canon-Digital-Cameras/dp/B001PNEB5G">Coco flash</a> ring flash attachment. In the final photo, I pushed the color and made the booth more teal to contrast with the red shirt.<br />
<a href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5027/5647990834_b53eb6cd54.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5027/5647990834_b53eb6cd54.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 500px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 325px;" /></a>I actually had two sessions with <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottrklinephotog/sets/72157626666855831/">Roxy Rage</a>. In the first I met her and her boyfriend at a carnival in Oakland. There were several colorful backdrops on the sides of the game trailers. With the 5’10” Roxy walking around in her mini skirt and blue wig, we drew a lot of offers of free games and entertainment from the carnival employees. We ended up with this shot on a blue background, which I felt really complermented her hair. Once again I used the Coco flash 580EXII combo.<br />
<a href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5143/5693169001_82f83983e2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5143/5693169001_82f83983e2.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 500px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 366px;" /></a>Our second Roxy shot was at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_Island_(California)">Treasure Island</a> in San Francisco. This shot was on the veranda of an abandoned barracks building. The veranda was raised up. I was able to hang a bare speed light above her, using a super clamp on a pipe. It was my only artificial source of light. I then set my camera on a tripod and got back as far as I could using my 70-200mm zoom lens set to 200mm. I tried to get barely above the level of the floor. Roxy did a great job of contorting to show her great legs and those brass-knuckle pumps, while turning to show her upper body and all that great ink.<br />
<a href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5102/5697971071_da3e354794.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5102/5697971071_da3e354794.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 500px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 334px;" /></a><a href="http://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/2139754/viewall">Jayne Doe</a> met me at<a href="http://www.beachboardwalk.com/"> Santa Cruz boardwalk</a> one Saturday morning. We retreated under the pier where the light was perfect. I added an Alien Bees AB800 light with an Octobox to get this soft light. I also threw a speed light with umbrella from camera right down low to light her legs and another speed light with a mini soft box behind her to put some rim light on her back and hair.<br />
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On all these shots, I increase the contrast on the tattoos by using a partially masked high pass filter in Photoshop. Some shots have as many as 12 layers of adjustments.Scott R. Klinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427907816873424688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000206070721722652.post-38604264983152076522011-05-16T15:16:00.000-07:002011-05-23T15:31:31.221-07:00Clone Self-Portraits<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5101/5674370877_b47046890d.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 394px; height: 263px;" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5101/5674370877_b47046890d.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Being the egotist that I am, I always wondered what the world would be like if I could clone myself. I could get a lot more done. Have work, fun, family and fitness all happening simultaneously. Well, I am happy to announce, I have succeeded in cloning myself - at least in a photo. To date, I have done four such photos. The process is straight–forward, if somewhat tedious. The imagination is the biggest limiter. <br /><br />In the first photo (below), I imagined myself at home doing the normal daily chores of life. Things like eating, sleeping, watching TV, etc. To get the shot, I set the camera with a 20mm lens on a tripod in the corner. I exposed for the ambient light at about 4 seconds on a f8 aperture. I used the camera’s 2-second exposure delay and a remote trigger to get in place. So this was actually several full exposures with me in the different places. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5262/5611205205_3072a0ec70.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 394px; height: 263px;" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5262/5611205205_3072a0ec70.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>After all the shots were taken, I opened the first one in Photoshop CS5. For each subsequent shot, I opened the new photo, selected all and copied to the clipboard. Then I went back into the main photo and pasted the image as a new layer. Next I filled the mask with black to hide the new photo. Then I painted the mask with white to reveal only the part that I wanted to add. I did this with each subsequent layer until the entire shot was composed. This one was easier than the bicycle shot at the top because there was no overlap between the layers. <br /><br />For the bicycle shot, I used a similar technique, except for using a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Canon-TC80N3-Remote-Control-Cameras/dp/B00009XVA3">Canon TC80N3 intervalometer</a>. I set this on 15 seconds and did a different loop on my bicycle, making sure to be in a different place each time. The camera was again on a tripod. I used my 580Xii on camera for fill because of the time of day. I changed shirts, glasses and water bottle every 10 shots or so, so I could have a variety of characters in the shot. I intentionally cropped some characters in half to show more motion and imply even more cyclists than were in the shot. The girl handing me the water bottle, just happened to walk by and agreed to help out.<br /><br />The layering for this shot was much more complicated than the other. There were those pesky see-through wheels with spokes. Lots of images overlapped. So selection of images to mask and reveal was much more complicated. Also, several of the characters ended up being moved from their original position. Namely the tire-changer and the front bottom character in the yellow. It was tricky to position them so that they looked correct. The shadow on the tire-changer had to move as well. I lowered the contrast and lightened the tire-changer to make sure he looked farther away.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5068/5629360249_18d3ffb53c.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 394px; height: 263px;" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5068/5629360249_18d3ffb53c.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Finally, I showed a shot of me editing photos in my home office. This would certainly make me more productive if I wasn't arguing with myself. Jerseys in this shot, except for the <a href="http://www.livestrong.org/">Livestrong</a> Jersey are by <a href="http://11-gear.com/">11-gear</a>, my favorite cycling apparel. You can see more self-portraits on my website at <a href="http://www.scottrklinephoto.com/gallery.asp?WebsiteID=21666&PageID=231238&AssetID=260854&FFS=1&IF=1">www.scottrklinephoto.com</a>.Scott R. Klinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427907816873424688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000206070721722652.post-84097443534250308122011-04-03T16:40:00.001-07:002011-04-03T17:16:13.541-07:00InMenlo Photos<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HDE1zn1wb5c/TZkH9PiQK1I/AAAAAAAABco/vPpbwIl3DW0/s1600/Barry_Eisler_22181.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 237px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HDE1zn1wb5c/TZkH9PiQK1I/AAAAAAAABco/vPpbwIl3DW0/s400/Barry_Eisler_22181.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591509161080793938" /></a><br />I have been taking photographs for <a href="http://inmenlo.com/2011/03/21/barry-eisler-best-selling-author-of-mystery-thrillers/">InMenlo.com</a>. This is a hyperlocal blog in the town where I live. Menlo Park is loaded with the famous and influential of Silicon Valley. I have quickly gotten to meet several very interesting poeple. <br /><br />The biggest challenge is coming up with a concept and a photo with limited time to prepare or actually take the photo. My favorite moment so far, was meeting <a href="http://www.barryeisler.com/">Barry Eisler</a> (photo above), the author of one of my favorite spy novels, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Rain-Fall-Barry-Eisler/dp/045120915X">Rain Fall</a>. Linda Hubbard Gulker the editor and I metMr. Eisler at Cafe Barrone on morning for coffee. After Linda finished her interview, I had a e few minutes for the photo. Mr. Eisler and I headed for the nearby train station. I thought a photo in front of a moving train might be interesting. I was fortunate to get a nicely framed image with the red swoop on the engine. This photo was shot at 1/30, f9.5 and ISO 400.<br /><br />Other shots from the InMenlo session are below. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UpLyEMxRSeE/TZkIk5GvajI/AAAAAAAABcw/2nu00bzidFY/s1600/Joan_McLaughlin_22155.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 254px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UpLyEMxRSeE/TZkIk5GvajI/AAAAAAAABcw/2nu00bzidFY/s400/Joan_McLaughlin_22155.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591509842254588466" /></a>Joan McLoughlin owner of <a href="http://inmenlo.com/2011/03/22/joan-mcloughlin-gallerist-makes-a-choice-to-give-back/">The McLoughlin Gallery</a> in San Francisco. This photo was taken with Natural Light from the large window to the right.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xPqedJaQtig/TZkKHj0BcGI/AAAAAAAABc4/d0oMmRir0VY/s1600/Colleen_Sullivan_19145.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xPqedJaQtig/TZkKHj0BcGI/AAAAAAAABc4/d0oMmRir0VY/s400/Colleen_Sullivan_19145.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591511537345982562" /></a>Menlo Park artist <a href="http://inmenlo.com/2011/03/10/colleen-sullivan-artist-exploring-improvisation-and-spontaneity/">Colleen Sullivan</a>. This shot was taken using an on camera 580EXii and Coco Ring Flash and another Speedlight and Umbrella mounted to camera right.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--8Nbu0-fxvc/TZkK9inpvoI/AAAAAAAABdA/kHv0d5iTKOc/s1600/Charles_Scandlyn_18474.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--8Nbu0-fxvc/TZkK9inpvoI/AAAAAAAABdA/kHv0d5iTKOc/s400/Charles_Scandlyn_18474.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591512464738598530" /></a><a href="http://inmenlo.com/2011/03/07/charley-scandlyn-commited-leader-of-ravenswood-education-foundation/">Charley Scandlyn</a> is a long time friend. Charley is running a fantastic fundation that provides educational support to thousands of children in East Palo Alto and Menlo Park. This shot was taken early in the morning with light coming from the right side. I added a strobe on the right to increase the effect.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-20VClEEw7R8/TZkMqbvHr0I/AAAAAAAABdI/97xqZufwOkk/s1600/Menlo_Masters_22900.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 254px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-20VClEEw7R8/TZkMqbvHr0I/AAAAAAAABdI/97xqZufwOkk/s400/Menlo_Masters_22900.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591514335496613698" /></a>Group shots are often a challenge. It is hard to get the light even and have everyone look their best. This shot of the <a href="http://inmenlo.com/2011/03/28/menlo-masters-compete-in-the-water-and-to-collect-the-most-new-shoes-for-kids/">Menlo Masters</a> was a special challenge. Taken at 7 am on a rainy cold morning, I used an on camera flash balanced with the ambient light. I also had to apply a gradient in post to darken the front of the photo a little. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aM0_svUGW04/TZkNvL3HinI/AAAAAAAABdQ/_E0oRKYmlFk/s1600/Empower_22125.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 232px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aM0_svUGW04/TZkNvL3HinI/AAAAAAAABdQ/_E0oRKYmlFk/s400/Empower_22125.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591515516646165106" /></a>The <a href="http://inmenlo.com/2011/03/24/empower-through-education-hosts-peace-and-hope-event-to-build-schools-in-pakistan-and-afghanistan/">Empower</a> group is a fabulous group of ladies who have raised $60,000 to build libraries in Afghanistan and Pakistan with <a href="http://www.threecupsoftea.com/">Three Cups of Tea</a>'s Greg Mortinson. I enjoyed working with them to try to come up with a pose where everyone looked comfortable and natural. I used an on camera speedlight for some fill light.Scott R. Klinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427907816873424688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000206070721722652.post-86718500891893884912011-03-19T19:23:00.001-07:002011-03-20T08:56:33.180-07:00Olivia Dantes at St. Brigid's Church<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dYpraYNInC4/TYVleDploUI/AAAAAAAABcA/L3VEkJdi0Mk/s1600/Olivia_Dantes_22346.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dYpraYNInC4/TYVleDploUI/AAAAAAAABcA/L3VEkJdi0Mk/s400/Olivia_Dantes_22346.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585982479873188162" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.modelmayhem.com/2033082">Olivia Dantes</a> sat for me at St. Brigid’s church. Once again I used the Octobox on an Alien Bees AB800. Shot on above also used a grid light on the background. I had great makeup from <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002157416951">Monica Bulyard</a>. These fashion shots can be quite fun. The dress in the alter shot is a PVC dress I love the Rembrandt style lighting in the first shot. To get this lighting the Octobox is only about 3' from the subject. Similar to the light in the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottrklinephotog/5423702121/">Lady with Ferret</a> shot previously shown. You can see more from this session at <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottrklinephotog/sets/72157626307768484/">my flickr page</a>.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ecLd7D3KdBo/TYVlng8KlhI/AAAAAAAABcI/YTcV8W4vWYY/s1600/Olivia_Dantes_22577.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ecLd7D3KdBo/TYVlng8KlhI/AAAAAAAABcI/YTcV8W4vWYY/s400/Olivia_Dantes_22577.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585982642354558482" /></a>Scott R. Klinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427907816873424688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5000206070721722652.post-31681336736335124282011-03-09T08:59:00.000-08:002011-03-20T09:04:32.051-07:00Maggie Runner<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OxxAAtFVXEg/TYYk6XuJUcI/AAAAAAAABcQ/TtuGNbaVvbo/s1600/Maggie_Runner_20772_MSTR.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 281px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OxxAAtFVXEg/TYYk6XuJUcI/AAAAAAAABcQ/TtuGNbaVvbo/s400/Maggie_Runner_20772_MSTR.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586192973018255810" /></a><br />We travelled to <a href="http://longbranchfarms.net/">Long Branch Farms</a> near Half Moon Bay. This shot used three lights. My make up person, Christina Del Ben, had a friend, <a href="http://www.modelmayhem.com/2012578">Maggie Runner</a>, who decided to pose as a 50s bombshell for the shot. Maggie has a great wardrobe, and this yellow number was perfect for the location, an old airstream-style trailer being used as a mini-golf clubhouse. The lighting worked out great, but the background through the trailer door and the window did not. I tried to blow it out, which I did. But I ended up replacing it with a background from nearby Pescadero that I had shot a month or two earlier. I am very happy with the result. This shot ended up with 30 or so layers. <br /><br />The shot used a grid on the 600B next to the camera on her face. Octobox on 7B strobe camera right. And a snoot on the other 7B strobe to light behind the models head on the left.Scott R. Klinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427907816873424688noreply@blogger.com0