{"id":3140,"date":"2013-01-21T18:21:06","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T17:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tomontheroof.com\/blog\/?p=3140"},"modified":"2015-01-01T02:40:58","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T02:40:58","slug":"natural-portrait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.tomontheroof.com\/blog\/natural-portrait\/","title":{"rendered":"A Simple Portrait"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The\u00a0idea was to create a simple natural-looking portrait. The model is an actress and I hope these photographs will be a strong accent in her portfolio.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4074\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4074\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4074 \" title=\"A Simple Portrait\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomontheroof.com\/blog\/media\/2013\/11\/tomasz-bobrzynski-photography-2012-1.jpg\" alt=\"tomasz-bobrzynski-photography-2012--1\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4074\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1\/80 s, f\/1.6, ISO 100, 50 mm<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I shot these images in a bar and used mostly ambient light with a little fill from a small softbox.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4064\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4064\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4064 \" title=\"A Simple Portrait\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomontheroof.com\/blog\/media\/2013\/01\/tomasz-bobrzynski-photography-2012-2.jpg\" alt=\"tomasz-bobrzynski-photography-2012--2\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4064\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1\/80 s, f\/2.5, ISO 2000, 85 mm<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3144\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3144\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3144   \" title=\"A Simple Portrait\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomontheroof.com\/blog\/media\/2012\/11\/tomasz-bobrzynski-photography-2012-4.jpg\" alt=\"tomasz-bobrzynski-photography-2012--3\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3144\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1\/160 s, f\/2.5, ISO 100, 135 mm<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For the above photo I lit the model with a single speedlight in a\u00a0medium size Lastolite\u00a0softbox.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3146\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3146\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3146  \" title=\"A Simple Portrait\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomontheroof.com\/blog\/media\/2012\/11\/tomasz-bobrzynski-photography-2012-6.jpg\" alt=\"tomasz-bobrzynski-photography-2012--4\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3146\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1\/200 s, f\/4, ISO 100, 135 mm<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here I used a white shoot-through umbrella and a silver reflector for fill in a butterfly configuration (note the catchlights in her eyes).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3143\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3143\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3143  \" title=\"A Simple Portrait\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomontheroof.com\/blog\/media\/2012\/11\/tomasz-bobrzynski-photography-2012-3.jpg\" alt=\"tomasz-bobrzynski-photography-2012--5\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3143\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1\/200 s, f\/4, ISO 100, 135 mm<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For the last photo I used the softbox again. To add tonal transitions to the walls I lit them with a second speedlite pointed to the corner behind the model.<\/p>\n<p>Initially this background light gave a spot which was too hot for my taste. To tone it down I used a Sto-Fen diffuser and covered the diffuser&#8217;s front surface with a piece of Gaffer&#8217;s tape.<\/p>\nA Simple Portrait<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0idea was to create a simple natural-looking portrait. The model is an actress and I hope these photographs will be a strong accent in her portfolio. 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