Scott Editorial in Mesa Arizona
Portrait of Scott for an Editorial Magazine Article.
Being an on location Photographer is great because I like the outdoors and I am a people person. Creating an environmental portrait can be a challenge showing not only the person, but where they are. I like to incorporate some of the lines of the environment and create some visual art that tells a story as well.
You may notice that Scott is not very large in the photo. I could have zoomed in more so he would be larger in the frame. I did in some a few other photos, however in editorial photography it’s important to leave some room for cropping (A magazine cover is not full frame, some will be lost on the top or bottom) as well as leaving some negative space for the magazine title, copy, etc.
Thanks Scott for a great photo shoot!
*Strobist Lighting Information*
One Sunpak 622 from camera left.(tilted slightly up and zoomed to barely skim the grass)
2nd strobe = sb800 CLS on manual from right, possibly shining up on tree branches as well.
December 4th, 2007 at 9:07 pm
This is a great photo. Nice work Adam! What time of day did you take this photo? I’m guessing sunset.
December 5th, 2007 at 11:24 am
Chris,
Thanks for the comment. Wow, I checked the time of the photo. This image was created born @ 5:40PM. (exif info on flickr) ON that day Aug31st, Civial twilight started at 05:35 so I guess the answer is yes, however I remember the sun still being up. I could check the original times later. I do see a lot of light on the cloud in the backgound.
Many times I’ll use a strong off camera strobe to expose the people, thus not “blowing out” the exposure in the sky.
~Adam