Boston Portrait Photographer: Education

Hey all- I have received a few concerned messages asking me why I have not been blogging. Truth be told, I have simply been incredibly busy with Actor Headshots & Children's Portrait work & clients always come before blogging! But alas...I am back and have committed to blogging every weekday for the next 2 weeks. "Wow!"

A few weeks back I attended a Speedlight workshop at Lens Pro To Go hosted by JVS & Anne. I signed up last minute and knowing there was only space for 15 attendees, crossed my fingers that there would be one space open. Thank goodness there was! The entire day was devoted to off camera lighting and I was sufficiently terrified, of course. However, I would rather make mistakes in a workshop I was paying for rather than make mistakes with clients who are paying me. I knew this workshop would help with my headshot work in Boston, but also had an inkling it would come in handy elsewhere too. During the day I screwed up and dropped things, laughed while throwing my partner Sheryl under the bus when I set up the Cheetah Boom backwards and got frustrated when I could not grasp the manual settings when using Radio Poppers! But that's what workshops and education are for, eh? Little did I know that within 2 months I would be designing a commercial shoot lit entirely by speedlights! Funny how life connects the dots like that, huh?!

The below shots were all taken by my partner for the day, Laura Linney look alike, Sheryl Widberg. They are ridiculous, I know, but I ask you:  How else was Sheryl going to get a good sense of the capabilities of the Orbis Ring Flash Adapter? I was doing her a favor. What if she has a client with crazy prescription peacock feather eyeglasses!!!?  As photographers, we need to be prepared for every scenario, my friends!? (I used to be an actor-I know how to have all the emotions.) hahahah

CONTEST: Best captions for 1 or more of these 6 images wins prize!   Leave comments below by Monday 11/8 

 Earlier in the day..I am calm. Too bad I cut my hair off...these images would have been fun to use! Argh!!! Check out the cool backdrop from Drop it Modern .

Since this entry is all about education with off camera lighting  I did nothing in post other than a little evening of Sheryl's skin tone. She is not wearing a stitch of makeup! Can we all say "gorgeous" in unison?!

 See you tomorrow.

Cheers*