Self~portrait, July 26 '16

Nov. 18 '15 ~ The third edit from yesterday's shoot with my friend Ash ~ I took the white balance way down into the cool tones as after the first two edits I was tired of staring at red & yellow! The green light to the sides was focused and directed by adding honeycomb grids to the strobes. At first I disregarded this original as there were others I thought turned out better. But after reviewing them the next day, I saw its potential & decided to see what would come out of it. Many times the end result ends up being far from what I would have expected it to be.

Self-portrait April 28 '16 ~ My camera has a super awesome feature that allows me to sync it to my phone through wi-fi. Once connected, I can see everything my camera sees through my phone, as well as being able to press the shutter button, and scan all the previous photos on an app. Soooo helpful when it comes to self-portraits! (I was probably looking at my phone in this pic). Lighting: To camera right I had an Einstein strobe with a 40 degree honeycomb grid attached. Attached to the grid was a yellow gel. I took black aluminum foil and made a make-shift snoot to really direct the light to a very small and specific area. To camera left I had another Einstein strobe unit with a 20 degree honeycomb grid and blue gel attached. I used a tu-tu I found at the thrift store for a couple bucks as this type of fabric really reflects the light in a way other fabrics don't. Self-portraits are never easy, this one was more of the "mistake" photo, at least at first I thought. When reviewing them later, it ended up being one of my favorites..