I wanted to walk and shoot around Greenpoint last night, but didn’t feel like getting rained on. So instead I decided to stay in my apartment and flesh out a some portrait lighting ideas that have been kicking around in my head.
The one good thing about self portraits is that you always have a willing and patient model on hand. Other than that, it’s a total pain in the ass. Set up lights/camera – pose – shoot – chimp – adjust lights/camera – pose – shoot – chimp… Since I wanted a really thin depth of field for this shot, focusing was especially tricky. I ended up letting the camera autofocus *somewhere* on my face and then firing off a burst of 5/6 frames while slowly rocking my face toward from the camera, in hopes that one of the shots will have my eyes in focus.
In the end, I’m rather pleased with the result. I’m always amazed at the things you can do with small strobes, even in an extremely narrow Brooklyn railroad apartment.
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