52photo #12 – Me!
April 5, 2010I know this is late, but better late than never, right?
This week I got some new flash triggers for my camera, and so on Good Friday I decided to play around and shoot myself. Not gonna lie, I definetly could not do this one in a single shot (self potraits are very hard!), so after about 200 shots I ended up with this one. If you ever decide to shoot self portraits, here is a hint: teach yourself to smile first:)
My technical setup was a Canon 1D Mark IV camera with an 85mm 1.2L lens (amazing lens btw – kudos Canon!). For lighting I was going for a butterfly lighting setup (with a single umbrella directly above the camera), but I modified it a bit and for this shot I had a reflector in front of me, and I have 2 Canon 580 EX II speedlites firing into the white side of the reflector. If you have any comments on how I could have improved the lighting, please let me know!
I hope you like it, please don’t be too harsh and hurt my feelings!
Blessings,
Mark
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