Self portrait in my living room
It’s about freakin’ time. For years I’ve pestered family members, friends, and occasionally even strangers to stand in while I’m testing a lighting setup or indluging some photographic whim that requires a human subject in front of the lens.
Thus I’ve gradually trained all the people nearest me to duck out the back door if they see me coming with a camera in hand. “Sorry, dude, gotta run. I think my parking meter is about to expire.”
So what’s a photographer to do? I have a constant need to test lighting setups, particularly those involving multiple radio-triggered flashes, which require delicate adjustment to get the right balance. I like to know how these things are going to look before I try it out in the field. When it comes time for the actual shoot, I don’t want to force the talent, or the client, to sit through this agonizing process of tweaking. (more…)
