Two Recent Editorial Assignments- Portraits on Location

Here's a recent tear sheet from a couple assignments I had with the Press Telegram in Long Beach last week. I've been shooting more editorial lately. It's good to have a mix of clients- corporate and entertainment events, head shots, advertising, and editorial.

I knew the portraits were going to run side by side so it was important to me have consistent lighting for both. Shooting on location with a Nikon D3/28-300 lens, I used a single Dynalite head with Photoflex softbox powered by a Dynalite XP1100 generator. There was probably a 1 to a 1 1/2 stop difference between the subject and the ambient light.

An Executive Headshot in Orange County With a Great View

Attorney Andrew Slade, Crowell & Moring

As their office sits on top of the 20th floor in a building near the John Wayne Airport, the law firm Crowell & Moring has a great view of Orange County. And although I've been taking their executive portraits for several years now, I always forget to take a photo or two of the scenery from the top. Today, I finally remembered...

A side note for the photographers who read this blog... I balance the indoor lighting with the outdoor- 1/60th, f/11, 200 iso, using two Dynalite heads powered at 250 each minus 1/3 -2/3 power depending on the distance of the subject.