An assignment to shoot Robert Plant for the Forestry Commission was a great opportunity to shoot a series of editorial portraits!
Never pass up the opportunity to make a great editorial portrait!
It doesn’t need to be complex with fancy lighting, it just needs to talk a little bit about the subject. Keeping it simple is the best approach.
We have talked a bit about the work Dave and I did for the Forestry commission, during which I was drawn to the diversity of fans. From posh folks with dalmatians… (You can see that image in our Forestry Commission gallery on our web site… ) to aged rockers and new hipsters.
Even though I was on a mission to capture photography of the concert, I took the opportunity to create a series of editorial portraits of these folks.
Shot very quickly on the Canon 5dmk3 and the 35mm f2, This was the simplest of editorial portrait photography.
The overcast conditions meant that I had fairly easy light to work with, so that helped as it provided an even light. But what made it work was the good hearted and friendly nature of everyone who I approached.
Here’s a small selection….
Tip; To help with and editorial portrait, its handy to have a soft reflector.
You can get reflectors that can be folded up into a very small packages and are easy to hand hold.
This is faster than using fill flash as its easy to pump a bit of fill into the face. In this case I didn’t have a reflector so the light was entirely as presented.
These photographs revisit a continuing portrait theme around the use of the 35mm lens. And also the last photography blog I wrote about the 35mm lens being the “God Lens”..
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