Thursday, April 28, 2011

Aalborg Garden II

Let me post today one more image related to Aalborg Garden band mention in my previous post. Again, a simple lighting setup with one main light with a softbox and a reflector. I like the shape of the body and the nice "formal" look of the photo. Camera spec: Canon 5D mark ii with Canon 70-200 F2.8 IS II at 80mm, F10 @ 1/160, ISO 200.

Friday, April 22, 2011

Aalborg Garden

Today I am posting an image I took a few weeks ago. The young gentleman joined a band called Aalborg Garden and wished to have a nice photo in his new uniform. The lighting was provided in my home studio with one light and Westcott softbox on camera right, reflector on camera left and a Canon 580EX II speedlite right behind him. I guess we got a rather very nice result. Camera spec: Canon 5D mark ii with Canon 70-200 F2.8 IS II at 75mm, F10 @ 1/160, ISO 200.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Pull her Down

The wedding season is starting here in Denmark and a few days ago I shot my first engagement session this year. I had a beautiful couple to work with and we were even lucky to get a sunny and a relatively warm day. When scouting the locations, I found this older building with nice yellow walls with a dominant corner. I though it could be fun to separate the couple by this corner. To increase the dynamics, I placed the corner edge to about 1/3 from the left. Then I asked the couple to connect their hands and look at each other. The final point was to get the right expression, so a simple request "pull her down" took care of the rest. Camera spec: Canon 5D mark ii with Canon 70-200 2.8L IS II at 155mm, F5.0 @ 1/160, ISO 320.

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Soft Connection

This is another of my favourite engagement shots. It was taken in a beautiful place called Rebil Bakker on a hot sunny day. I placed the couple in a shadow of a large tree with some spot highlights on her hair and his shoulder. The background was much brighter which created a nice high-key effect with the tree branches at the top creating a natural burning effect. I also like the connection of the couple, all in all, I was very happy about this image. Camera spec: Canon 5D mark ii with Canon 70-200 F4 at 84mm, F4 @ 1/500, ISO 200.