Headshot: Actress Headshot... Very simple lighting setup... (butterfly i.e. paramount) 28" silver parabolic as key (24" in front, 24" above) 30x40 inch foamcore reflector chest high...

Thomas902 Loc: Washington DC

Actress Headshot...

Very simple lighting setup... (butterfly i.e. paramount)
28" silver parabolic as key (24" in front, 24" above)
30x40 inch foamcore reflector chest high just out of frame
60" octa behind talent for clean white BG

btw, agencies typically don't want to see much drama in headshots...
These aren't editorials...
Would have preferred gray seamless... Oh, well...

Thanks...

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Bob Mevis Loc: Plymouth, Indiana

I like it.

PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago

Thomas902 wrote:

Actress Headshot...

Very simple lighting setup... (butterfly i.e. paramount)
28" silver parabolic as key (24" in front, 24" above)
30x40 inch foamcore reflector chest high just out of frame
60" octa behind talent for clean white BG

btw, agencies typically don't want to see much drama in headshots...
These aren't editorials...
Would have preferred gray seamless... Oh, well...

Thanks...

Great image Thomas. Client should have been happy?

Country Boy Loc: Beckley, WV

Very well done!

vonzip Loc: cape cod

Nice clean image. Nary a shadow to be seen. vz

Thomas902 Loc: Washington DC

thanks Bob Mevis... appreciate the kind words... btw, nice camera, the d500 rocks!

Thomas902 Loc: Washington DC

Many thanks PixelStan77.... Haven't heard back from her yet... fingers crossed her agency likes it...

Thomas902 Loc: Washington DC

Thank Country Boy... btw, I'm a major fan of Beckley, WV... epic biking country just to the east!
I lived in Green Bank WVA for a while working on the Bath County Pumped Storage Project...
Took my son on Cass RailRoad (he loved it)
Wild and Wonderful West Virginia :)

Thomas902 Loc: Washington DC

Thank you vonzip... your kind words mean a lot coming from a master of the craft...

I've totally enjoyed your epic images of Aves... which btw are the only surviving dinosaurs... a quick glance at their talons conjures up T-Rex and friends... birds amazing ability to fly and adapt to diverse food sources has gifted them with a range which spans both time and space... My all time fav is the Hummingbird... feed them all summer long... natures magical little gems... can't wait for their return!

vonzip Loc: cape cod

Thomas902 wrote:

Thank you vonzip... your kind words mean a lot com... (show quote)

Thanks much Thomas for the tall praise. I'm hardly a master, more of a journeyman but do the best I can and especially like photographing birds. vz

flyboy61 Loc: The Great American Desert

Impressive! Quality I aspire to!

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

Thomas902 wrote:

Actress Headshot...

Very simple lighting setup... (butterfly i.e. paramount)
28" silver parabolic as key (24" in front, 24" above)
30x40 inch foamcore reflector chest high just out of frame
60" octa behind talent for clean white BG

btw, agencies typically don't want to see much drama in headshots...
These aren't editorials...
Would have preferred gray seamless... Oh, well...

Thanks...

Very nice image!!!
I agree with on the back ground.

I used black seamless and lit it to suit the subject. You can get any color except put white using black.

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

Good job!

yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey

Very nicely done Thomas - as always.

raymondh Loc: Walker, MI

As always, first class lighting. Not a fan of the straight on toothy smile - they tend to look forced to me.