James Brown
This shot was taken as part of a series of
images that were commissioned for a
French magazine called Dirrty Glam. For
this particular shot, I wanted to create an
image with a slight edge to it, something
that wasn’t too clean and with some depth
to it. This shot was always going to be a
simple two head set-up, as I didn’t want
to over complicate the lighting. I started
with a white background and then placed
a Gemini 500 with a Bowens Softbox
80x100cm, to the left of the model as my
main light. I took some meter readings and
set the main light to f16; this was going to
give me a nice clean look but also gave a
slight mood at the same time. You’ll notice
the nice fall off / slight shadow to the right
hand side of the model which lifts the
picture a little.
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Bowens Backlite reflector; again on a
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Gemini 500. After taking some more meter
of your reflector to enable the spread of light to be precisely controlled.
readings I set this light to f22; after playing
around with the angle of the light I decided
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to aim the light towards the top of the shot
to stop it looking flat. I also used white
poly boards either side of the model to
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bounce light back onto her to pick up any
detail. She had quite dark skin so I need
the extra light to allow for this.
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Photographer: James Brown
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Stylist: Ella Dror
Make up: Alice Isaac using MAC
Hair: Matthew Curtis using Bumble and Bumble
Model: Portia from Independent
Retouching: Paige fellows
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