Photoshoot RECAP: Malynda-Dec08
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Having been stuck outside in the cold doing on location photoshoots for the past few weeks, it was a refreshing change to be back in a studio again. This time it was with courtesy of Paulo Francesco and his carriage house studio in DC. I am helping him to put together a new photo co-op for DC’s fashion/urban/figure photographers. These shots were taken during the second open house night gathering.
The original theme to the night was smoke and mirrors. Paulo brought in dry ice and vintage mirrors…however we were not able tot get the dry ice to lift or move about easily without dispersing everywhere. As for the mirrors, I’ve never worked with a mirror on a shoot before, and hence I was a bit lost for ideas. I had a photographer’s block earlier in the night and it was kind enough of Paulo to step in to take on the first shoot with Malynda, the model.
After a few different unsatisfactory attempts shooting in front of the black bg, I was a bit lost on ideas and decided to shoot against the wall of silver insulation. The high reflection of the silver was a pain at first, but it worked to my advantage to bring out the techy/edgy side of things. This was the second time I worked with Warren, the MUA. I had worked with him previously on Jordyn’s shoot. This time he pulled out the tricks and we got the colours in which just worked magically. I focused more on portraiture for this shoot and here are the results. Enjoy.
This was my FAVOURITE shot from the shoot. Love Malynda’s expression…just fabulous!
This is second on the fav list. 
This was one of the only 3/4-full length shots I took. I only used my two speedlights, I think this shot would’ve worked a lot better if I had a ring light to eliminate the harsh shadow. O well, got to work with what you’ve got.
It’s the header of my blog….hence I love this picture too, a bit of dual tone play in post process if anyone is interested.
Eye shot, as Jamie C pointed out, I did front focus a little. This was taken with the Tamron. When everything clicks, this lens is one of the sharpest I’ve seen.
As for lighting, all these were taken with the same lighting setup. One SB to my left aimed at the bg with a blue gel, another Sb to my right aimed at Malynda. Overall I’m quite satisfied from this night of quick snaps. I’m back in the studio groove 
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