Ray in light and shadows

[texxter]

I photographed Ray today - he's an aspiring actor and wanted some headshots. He pretty much left it up to me, so I tried to give him something that would look different from typical headshots. I ended up liking these two ideas, one more dramatic and other lighter yet masculine.

Equipment: E640 strobe on a gridded 32x48 Photoflex softbox on a boom, to camera right (first image) and center (second image) - medium Photoflex softbox with a grid as weak cross rim light to camera left. I also used a semicircular reflector under his chest on the second image to get the semicircular catchlights. White background unlit on the first image, but lit on the second.

The second image is a version with some facial post-processing, he'll get also the one with little or no changes to his face.

Comments and feedback always welcome!


#1. Drama tic portrait.



#2. Beauty, cinematic portrait.

[texkam]

#1 is a stunning image. Love what the rim lighting does! Great pose, expression and wardrobe. #2 obviously has a more relaxed feel. Very nice. I like what the semicircular reflector does to illiminate the subject, but I'm personally not a fan of the catchlights it creates. I would also prefer to see just a bit more hair.

[TheYard]

i aspire to get my lighting as tight as this

perfect

[texxter]

Mark, Dagger, thanks for the comments!

Mark, the second one is a crop of a frame that incorporates of his head, should take a look at other crops.

[donlfaulkner]

I really like #1

[texxter]

Thanks, Don! Appreciated!